Cal Poly hires vice president for university advancement

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• Cal Poly VP aims to woo first-generation students

  Cal Poly VP aims to woo first-generation students

  Cornel Morton, Cal Poly’s vice president for student affairs since 2002, will take on a new assignment aimed at recruiting more first-generation college students, according to university officials.

  Morton has been a leader at the university in dealing with a range of issues affecting students, including sexual assault and discrimination.

  Preston Allen, associate vice president for student affairs and executive director of university housing, will serve as interim vice president for student affairs until a national search for a permanent successor is concluded, according to university officials.

• Cal Poly names new volleyball coach

  Cal Poly names new volleyball coach

  This time, it wasn’t just about finding someone who had the right amount of coaching experience or good enough offensive and defensive systems to deliver conference championships and NCAA Tournament berths.

  The new Cal Poly volleyball coach needed to have the ideal personality and characteristic traits to assume a program that was rocked with sexual allegations last September, which led to the firing of Jon Stevenson. The Mustangs announced Friday afternoon their new head coach in former Cal assistant Sam Crosson, who Cal Poly athletic director Don Oberhelman noted as someone with “a very quiet confidence.”

  “He doesn’t come in and fill the room with enthusiasm and noise,” Oberhelman said. “When other coaches come in, they just take over the room. He’s more quiet and reserved. He’s a listener. He’s exactly what the program needs right now, someone who brings a calmness about him. A lot of stability. And he’s going to think very, very carefully about every decision he makes in the leadership of this program

• Viewpoint: Ann Coulter appearance a victory for liberal education

  Viewpoint: Ann Coulter appearance a victory for liberal education

  Ann Coulter’s upcoming appearance is a milestone for Cal Poly. Coulter is the most renowned conservative speaker to visit the campus since then-Gov. Ronald Reagan stirred it up in the 1970s.

  Yet it seems as though the left is doing everything in its power to stunt the success of Coulter’s speaking engagement Tuesday.

  Liberals are the first to deride Ann’s bold statements and outspoken nature, but deep inside, they are horrified that her voice will somehow influence their peers.

• Bill targets UC, CSU execs’ raises

  Bill targets UC, CSU execs’ raises

  If students at state universities such as Cal Poly have to pay more in tuition, no university executive should get a raise, according to a bill introduced Friday by a state senator.

  Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, proposed legislation to prohibit pay raises for top university administrators for at least two years when student fees are increased or during bad budget years.

  The bill also proposes a ban on allowing new executives to receive more than 5 percent of their predecessor’s pay.

• Enrollment increased for new school in Nipomo

  Enrollment increased for new school in Nipomo

  The Lucia Mar Unified School District has increased the number of spots it will make available for next years’ first ever freshman class at a new school in Nipomo.

  Central Coast New Tech High is scheduled to open next August on the Nipomo High campus with a class of 125 freshmen. District officials announced Friday that the enrollment has been increased to 150 students partly because of the demand and also to allow more flexibility with schedules and class offerings.

  New Tech High is a small-school program that incorporates high-technology teaching methods -- including ensuring each student has a computer -- and “project-based learning” similar to Cal Poly’s “learn by doing” philosophy.