Cuesta College President Gil Stork sets ambitious goals as he prepares for retirement
After nearly 50 years with San Luis Obispo’s community college, Cuesta College President Gil Stork announced August 18, 2017, that he will retire. His last day will be June 30, 2018. Here he reflects on his biggest accomplishment of the past eight
Architecture students from colleges around the West Coast work to piece together their structures during the Cal Poly Design Village Competition in Poly Canyon on the San Luis Obispo, California campus.
Cuesta College Professor Amy Stapp invites the community to come out to the North County Campus in Paso Robles, California, as they celebrate a year of new agricultural classes and facilities with a plant sale on Saturday, April 21, 2018.
Cal Poly's annual Open House was held April 12-15, 2018. Demonstrations, food booths, scientific experiments, bottle rockets, giant chess and racing radio-controlled cars were just a few of the things for prospective students and families to try.
Cal Poly students marched across campus in one of multiple planned Open House protests over the administration's perceived lack of action on Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity, after photos surfaced of a member in blackface and others as racial stereotypes.
Students gathered to protest at Cal Poly's Open House on Friday, April 13, 2018. President Jeffrey Armstrong visited the group, who was frustrated over the university response to fraternity members dressed in blackface and insensitive stereotypes.
Cal Poly SLO students unveiled on Saturday, April 7, 2018, their ultra-lightweight solar car called “Dawn,” which is made of carbon fiber composites and over 100 square feet of solar panels. They hope the car will break the world land-speed record.
Cal Poly's annual student-run enterprise project, Tomatomania, was held April 7-8, 2018, at the Horticulture Unit. More than 70 varieties of tomato plants are available at the plant sale from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in San Luis Obispo, California.
Meet Cal Poly Rodeo Coach Ben Londo. “You know, rodeo, it’s a lot more than just a sport," Londo says. “It’s a heritage. It’s a way of life." The 2018 Poly Royal Rodeo — the largest college rodeo in the U.S. — will be held April 13-14.
Dorothea Lange Elementary School in Nipomo added a 'Buddy Bench' to help students make friends and feel less lonely. Several other Lucia Mar Unified School District schools have also added benches.
Students at Pacheco Elementary School in San Luis Obispo participated in the national school walkouts on Wednesday, March 14, 2018. "Let's help each other, let's support each other, let's be good friends to each other," Principal Rick Mayfield said.
The parents of a bullying victim at San Luis Obispo High School address the San Luis Coastal Unified School District board. A student was arrested on suspicion of a hate crime after allegedly sending threats to another student.
Cal Poly students showed solidarity with the nationwide student walkout to protest gun violence. More than 150 people joined hands on Dexter Lawn on Wednesday, March 14, 2018, in San Luis Obispo, California.
With the help of PG&E meteorologist John Lindsey and airmen from Vandenberg Air Force base, Branch Elementary school kids in Arroyo Grande got an up-close look at an actual weather balloon and watched it take to the sky.
The Cal Poly Food Pantry provides fresh and canned food for students who need help meeting basic needs. Since it opened in 2014, usage of the pantry has risen 600 percent.