Cal Poly may have started a little earlier this year thanks to its conversion from quarters to semesters, but we’re still putting out our Student Guide at the same time we do every year! Early September. This year, you can find stories about budget cuts impacting Cal Poly students’ ability to provide care to communities in need, a program that enables high school students to see what attending Cal Poly might be like, three hole-in-the-wall food spots that are delicious and affordable, and the Metallica grant that helps fund firefighter education at Allan Hancock College.
Still rolling
Cal Poly mobile health clinic fights to stay on the road
BY CHLOË HODGE
Trial runs
Cal Poly gives high schoolers a college preview during an explorative summer program
BY MADISON WHITE
Cheap eats
Discover three tucked-away economical culinary gems
BY GLEN STARKEY
Heavy mettle
Hancock’s Fire Academy wins grant from Metallica’s workforce education program
BY BULBUL RAJAGOPAL
Read the whole issue here.
This article appears in Student Guide 2026.
