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Doing Business with the Corporation
From dining services for the entire campus to grant administration for university research, Cal Poly Corporation supports the campus community with a number of essential services.
Working at the Corporation
Nearly 3,000 corporation employees come to work every day to serve the educational mission of Cal Poly and create a world-class university environment for more than 20,000 students.
Featured Projects
Learn about the latest facilities projects in the works for Cal Poly Corporation.
Recent Press
Campus Dining increases health and safety efforts
Campus Dining opens the 2020-21 academic year opens with new programs and protocols in place to help keep the campus community safe. These additions expand on the already thorough sanitation procedures with growing resources, as well as increased time and energy...
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CAL POLY CORPORATION NAMES NEW CEO
Following a nationwide search, the Cal Poly Corporation has named Cody Van Dorn as its next chief executive officer. He will assume this new role on Aug. 1. VanDorn comes to the Corporation after serving as the executive director of Strategic Business Services at Cal...
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Cal Poly chef brings gleaming resume to campus catering
Russell Thomas recalls a night at Lumière, an award-winning Boston restaurant he worked at in the middle of his career. His colleagues had cold-called Julia Child, who had her phone number listed in the Cambridge, Massachusetts phone book. “They called her just to...
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“The Cal Poly Corporation is one of the unsung heroes of campus — it touches the lives of students in myriad ways, from the coffee they get at Campus Market, to the textbook they buy at the University Store, to the position as research assistant that the Corporation fills through a professor’s external grant. The Corporation is central to the Cal Poly experience, seamlessly integrating with the rest of the university to make Learn by Doing a reality.”