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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.
Recent Press
Ahead of Fall Quarter, Cal Poly campus comes back to life
The Cal Poly book store will reopen under a new name in late September. The Mustang Shop, the book store run by the Cal Poly Corporation, underwent renovations and has reopened to students. The upgraded bookstore includes a new entrance in the University Union Plaza,...
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San Luis Obispo’s Housing Market Is Pricing Out Cal Poly Employees. A $65 Million Housing Project Aims To Help
The growing demand for housing among Cal Poly faculty and staff is in the process of being answered. “There’s only one long-term solution, which is to build more housing for our faculty and staff,” Cal Poly Corporation CEO Cody VanDorn said. The Cal Poly Corporation...
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Cal Poly dining hall gets new name, teases school’s founding year
Cal Poly’s Campus Dining complex will go by a new name, campus officials announced Thursday. Building No. 19 will be called 1901 Marketplace. The name change, which highlights Cal Poly’s founding year, follows months of gathering campus feedback. The...
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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.”