CSU agrees to faculty salary increases, averts strike

The California State University system and its faculty narrowly averted the largest strike in the history of U.S. higher education, when the two sides announced an agreement April 8 for across-the-board raises over the next two years. If the CSU trustees and the California Faculty Association’s full membership approve the contract extension, all 26,000 faculty Read More →

Cal Poly students build and launch tiny satellites

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CSU, faculty union reach tentative contract deal to avoid strike

California State University Chancellor Timothy P. White and California Faculty Association President Jennifer Eagan will hold a joint news conference at 10 a.m. April 8 to announce a tentative contract agreement between the university administration and faculty union. A proposed five-day faculty strike, slated to begin on April 13, will be postponed pending approval and Read More →
Cal Poly SLO gets $1.5 million to study wave energy

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo received a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to continue testing the feasibility of a Central Coast wave energy facility. Cal Poly’s Institute for Advanced Technology & Public Policy is testing the feasibility of building a Central Coast wave energy park through its CalWave project. The $1.5 Read More →

Small businesses take to streets to sell goods

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