Cal Poly accepts $60M gift for applied computing
A $60 million donation from the trust Robert N. Noyce will be enough to bring online the first-of-its-kind interdisciplinary school at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. Announced May 8, the $60 million gift will go toward getting The Noyce School of Applied Computing online as soon as possible. The idea of The Noyce School of Applied Computing Read More →
Angel City FC re-ups contract with CLU, team reps speak on business of sports
The partnership between the first ever fully women-founded football club, Angel City, and California Lutheran University has gone well over the past two years — so much so that both sides are signing up for more. On April 23, Angel City FC announced it has extended its contract with CLU as the team’s training site Read More →
Cal Poly marketing students embrace NIL
The 2021 federal ruling that made it possible for student-athletes to make money off their name, image, and likeness — NIL — has given a lot of opportunities for college athletes that go to big-name schools to make, potentially, millions of dollars. But Randy Rovegno, a professor at Cal Poly SLO’s Orfalea College of Business, Read More →
UC Regents settle Goleta housing suit
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UC Santa Barbara, Goleta reach settlement agreement on student housing
Goleta and the UC Regents have reached a settlement on the 2021 lawsuit in which the city alleged UC Santa Barbara was not building student and faculty housing as provided for in the university’s 2010 long range development plan. Announced March 22, the city alleged that the lack of long range housing plans negatively impacted Read More →
Tri-county colleges expand degree programs
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Forum focuses on needed affordable housing for area educators
Many students at California’s public colleges and universities have to sleep in their cars because they can’t afford permanent housing, including dormitories. Among them are those enrolled at CSU Channel Islands, according to Linda Braunschweiger, CEO of the Housing Trust Fund Ventura County. “There’s a large percentage of them,” she told the Business Times on Read More →
