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Currently in Phase I, the library renovation project aims to re-imagine the spaces, services, and experiences at Kennedy Library. Working with architects and strategists, we would like your input on the ongoing renovation project.

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Learn By Doing Scholar Award Recipients Announced September 19, 2018 Hailey KoetzAt the Fall Convocation, which took place on September 13th, 2018, six faculty members were ...

Move-In: 100 years of Cal Poly dorm living September 14, 2018 Laura SorvettiIt’s mid-September, that energetic time when thousands of students return to San Luis Obispo after the summer break. ...

Falling Down the Archive “Rabbit Hole” September 7, 2018 Charlie WilliamsCharlie Williams (HIST ’19) is a student assistant in Special Collections and Archives. Here she looks ...

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