Proud to play a vital role in campus life
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.
Recent Press
Cal Poly finds weekday use for weekend-only cafe: Cooking classes
When looking for a way to get more use out of its Canyon Cafe, open during the weekends only, California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, Calif., tried something new: free cooking classes. The weekday classes, which are capped at 14 participants, have...
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Cal Poly Corporation Marketing and Communications Wins 10 International Awards
Cal Poly Corporation’s Marketing and Communications department recently received several honors for campaigns promoting the excellence and hard work of Campus Dining, corporation and Administration and Finance. The department took home three platinum and three gold...
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Cal Poly Corporation Presents at National Conference on Work to Engage Gen Z Students on Campus
Engaging Gen Z students and the work done to connect and communicate with them on campus was the main focus of a presentation recently given by Cal Poly Corporation staff at the national C3X Annual Conference and Expo in Orlando, Florida on Oct. 15. Focusing on...
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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.”