Our View: Warren Baker made Cal Poly SLO the world-class university it is today
It’s not easy to think of Warren Baker as a disruptive leader. His style was low-key and collaborative. He reveled in many of the traditional trappings of university life — among them, strong football programs and a world-class performing arts center. But Baker, who died Oct. 7 at age 84, clearly altered the trajectory of Read More →
Cal Poly to build $30M Madden Football Center
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Dubroff: Dorfman, CLU look to the future with new round of startup grants
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UCSB marine science programs get $60M Benioff gift
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff and his wife, Lynne Benioff, have donated $60 million to UC Santa Barbara’s marine science programs. The gift is “one of the largest known gifts anywhere to support ocean research,” UCSB said in its Sept. 21 announcement, and will result in the university’s Marine Biotechnology Lab being renamed for the Benioffs. Read More →
Pacifica Graduate Institute names new president
Santa Barbara community leader Leonie Mattison will become the next president of Pacifica Graduate Institute next month. She becomes the first Black woman to lead a post-graduate institution on the Central Coast and, according to a release from Pacifica, she received unanimous support from the school’s board of trustees. She will officially start at the Read More →
UCSB, Cal Poly, CLU all crack top 10 on U.S. News lists
The tri-county region is home to one of the 10 best public universities in the nation and two of the 10 best regional universities in the West, at least according to the new U.S. News & World Report “Best Colleges” rankings. UC Santa Barbara was seventh among public universities on the 2022 list — one Read More →
Gilbert family’s gift will fund 100 CLU scholarships
A $2.5 million gift from the TOLD Foundation will provide California Lutheran University with roughly 100 scholarships to low-income and moderate-income students over the next eight years. The gift is the largest non-estate gift CLU has received for scholarships, according to a Sept. 8 statement from the university. Called the Rod Gilbert Achievement Scholarships, the Read More →
