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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Marketing and Communication Wins 5 international awards
SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA – Cal Poly Corporation’s Marketing and Communication department recently took home five international MarCom awards for campaigns created to promote employee excellence within Campus Dining, corporation and Administration and Finance. Of...
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Cal Poly students donate 500 meals to Prado Day Center
SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA – Cal Poly students, with help from Campus Dining and the Cal Poly Honors Program, recently donated 500 meals to the Prado Day Center to help feed those in need. The donation program came together near the end of winter quarter, and...
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Cal Poly Corporation Marks 10 Years of support for Prado Day Center
SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA. – More than 10 years ago, Carly Baker, wife of previous Cal Poly President Warren Baker, started a bi-monthly effort to help feed the homeless by volunteering with the People’s Kitchen at the Prado Day Center. Today, Cal Poly Corporation and...
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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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Cal Poly Campus Dining Switches to Compostable Paper Straws
SAN LUIS OBISPO — Campus Dining is making the switch to paper straws at the beginning of the 2018-19 academic year, taking another step toward Cal Poly’s zero waste goal. The move away from plastic straws to a more recyclable alternative supports Cal Poly’s commitment...
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Campus Dining Wins Two National Awards
SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA – The National Association of College and University Food Services (NACUFS) recently announced Cal Poly as one of the grand prize recipients for the NACUFS 2018 Loyal E. Horton Dining Awards. University Catering received this honor for...
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Corporation Donates $5 Million to New Science and Agriculture Complex
SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA – The Cal Poly Corporation Board of Directors approved the largest single contribution in its history with a $5 million contribution to construction of the new Science and Agriculture Teaching and Research Complex. The move took place during...
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Campus Dining Burger Again in the Running for James Beard Award
SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA – For the second time this academic year Campus Dining has a burger in the James Beard Foundation’s Blended Burger Project. The Bishop Mountain Burger, the brainchild of Executive Chef Ken Kline, is built on a foundation of 100 percent...
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Cal Poly Corporation Launches New Website
SAN LUIS OBISPO – On May 9, after nine months in the making, the Cal Poly Corporation launched a new website to better serve the campus and the broader community. Completely redesigned with the latest web tools and techniques, the new calpolycorporation.org is...
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Campus Dining Increases Dining Plan Options for 2018-19
SAN LUIS OBISPO – Cal Poly Campus Dining is offering three new dining plan options for incoming freshman as well as continuing and transfer students for the 2018-19 academic year. The plans will provide more options and freedom for students living on campus. “We heard...
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Campus Dining donates $500 to SLO Responds
SAN LUIS OBISPO – On Friday, February 23, Campus Dining raised $500 for hurricane and wildfire victims during San Luis Obispo Responds, a benefit concert. Hosted at the Performing Arts Center, the concert raised more than $36,000 for victims of Hurricane Maria...
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Campus Dining Supports Students Through the One Million Acts of Good Movement.
SAN LUIS OBISPO — On March 1 Campus Dining, in cooperation with The Ellen DeGeneres Show and Cheerios, will participate in the One Million Acts of Good movement, creating healthy food boxes to support students in need. A partnership between Cheerios and The Ellen...
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Cal Poly Creates Mustang Meal Share to Support Students Struggling with Food Insecurity
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Cal Poly Campus Dining Feb. 7, 2018 SAN LUIS OBISPO — Cal Poly has launched a meal-share program that aims to ensure all students have access to nutritious meals every day. The Mustang Meal Share program allows all freshmen with a meal plan to...
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