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Support the Cal Poly Cares Endowment
By Cal Poly Student Affairs
Help students facing crisis situations for years to come.
Help students facing crisis situations for years to come. Cal Poly Student Affairs Make a gift to the Cal Poly Cares Endowment, and make an impact in the lives of students for years to come. Your gift today will help the program continue to make a difference in the lives of the students it serves for years to come by helping them overcome the financial barriers to success. Unlock Challenge When we collectively meet our $25,000 goal for the Cal Poly Cares Endowment, we will unlock an additional $50,000, tripling your gift! Once our goal has been met, an anonymous Cal Poly Parent will gift $50,000 to the Cal Poly Cares Endowment for a total investment of $75,000 to support future students in perpetuity. With an endowment, your gift will grow over time ensuring future students will always have the help they need. Why an Endowment Matters Endowments are powerful because they generate sustainable funding year after year. The principal of the fund is invested, and a portion of the earnings will be distributed annually to support Cal Poly Cares grants. Your contribution isn’t just a donation, it’s an investment in Cal Poly’s future. Together, we can help ensure that Mustangs stay on the path to graduation — today and for years to come. Learn more about endowments here. About Cal Poly Cares The Cal Poly Cares program was established in 2015 to help support students experiencing unexpected financial emergencies and keep them on the path to graduation. Entirely funded by donors, the program provides one-time emergency grants of up to $2,000 supplying critical assistance to students navigating crisis situations such as the loss of a parent, natural disasters, homelessness and basic needs insecurity. For many of the students it serves, the program’s support means the difference between staying enrolled at Cal Poly or leaving altogether. Over the years, more students are utilizing our basic needs services and support than ever before. Through Cal Poly Cares emergency grants and services such as the Food Pantry, we seek to ensure that all students have ongoing access to the resources needed to focus on well-being, education and success at Cal Poly.
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Support the Cal Poly Food Pantry
By Cal Poly Student Success
This fall, the Food Pantry needs your support to keep the shelves stocked for students in need.
This fall, the Food Pantry needs your support to keep the shelves stocked for students in need. Cal Poly Student Success This November, make a gift to the Cal Poly Food Pantry, and make an immediate difference in the lives of students. The Cal Poly Food Pantry needs your help! Demand is up: the Food Pantry is now serving approximately 5,000 students each week, up from 4,000 a week last year, with shelves often empty by noon. We need your help now more than ever to ensure Cal Poly students facing food insecurity have easy access to free groceries and fresh produce. To address the current need, we've set a goal to raise $15,000 to provide much-needed funds to keep the pantry fully stocked with food for students. Cal Poly Food Pantry It is estimated that approximately 39% of students experience food insecurity at some point during their career at Cal Poly. To address this concern, Cal Poly established the Food Pantry, which ensures that all students have access to nutritious meals every day in order to stay focused on their success. The Food Pantry provides students in need with a wide variety of packaged and canned foods, frozen meals, fresh produce and groceries and personal hygiene products. On-campus meal vouchers are also available for students who are in immediate need of a meal. Learn more about the Food Pantry here. Thank you in advance for supporting student success and wellness with your gift!
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Accelerate Formula SAE to our Michigan Competition
By Cal Poly Racing
Help Cal Poly Racing Formula SAE compete in the Formula Electric SAE International Collegiate Design Series in Michigan next Summer!
Help Cal Poly Racing Formula SAE compete in the Formula Electric SAE International Collegiate Design Series in Michigan next Summer! Cal Poly Racing We are the Formula Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Cal Poly team, and we design, build and test a race car for the Formula Electric SAE International Collegiate Design Series each year! We compete against schools internationally in design, logistic and dynamic events judged by industry professionals. Cal Poly Racing allows students to apply knowledge from the classroom and hands-on experiences in machine shops to create elite racing vehicles with impressive capabilities. Each year, our team places highly amongst teams from across the world. This past year, our team placed 7th overall and was one of only 23 teams worldwide to successfully complete the 22km endurance race, in which we finished in 2nd place. Our team has also been honored with the HAAS Manufacturing Excellence Award in 2024 and 2026, and the Multimatic Vehicle Dynamics Excellence Award in 2023 and 2024. Last year, we tripled our $5,000 goal and raised over $15,000 to support our team! These funds go into purchasing materials, tools, parts and financing our Build Week Event. The largest portion of our proceeds goes to sending our students and vehicle to Michigan to compete in the SAE competition this June. Cal Poly’s crowdfunding projects are an essential opportunity for us to fund our travel expenses and accept donations with ease. We greatly appreciate the continued support from our alumni, families, friends and industry partners, and we are thankful for donations of any amount! Thank you for your continued support of Formula SAE!
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Accelerate Baja SAE to our Arizona and Pennsylvania Competitions
By Cal Poly Racing
Help Cal Poly Racing Baja SAE compete in the Baja SAE Arizona and Pennsylvania Competitions!
Help Cal Poly Racing Baja SAE compete in the Baja SAE Arizona and Pennsylvania Competitions! Cal Poly Racing We are Cal Poly Racing’s Baja SAE team and we design, build and test a single seat, offroad racecar for competition in the Baja SAE International Collegiate Design Series each year! We compete against schools around the nation in design, cost and dynamic events judged by industry professionals. Cal Poly Racing allows us to combine our knowledge from the classroom and hands-on experiences in machine shops to create elite racing vehicles with impressive capabilities. Each year, our team places highly amongst teams from top institutions across the country. This past year, our team had standout finishes in acceleration at both of our competitions placing 1st and 3rd, top-ten placements in hill climb and maneuverability, a 6th-place endurance finish and an impressive 10th-place finish overall at our Oregon competition. Our team was also honored with the HAAS Manufacturing Excellence Award in 2025, recognizing our commitment to exceptional in-house manufacturing and inspection practices. Last year, we tripled our $5,000 goal and raised over $15,000 to support our team! These funds go into purchasing materials, tools, parts and financing our Build Week Event. The largest portion of our proceeds goes to sending our students and vehicle to both Baja SAE competitions in Marana, Arizona and Williamsport, Pennsylvania this coming May. We greatly appreciate the continued support from our alumni, families, friends and industry partners, and we are thankful for donations of any amount! Thank you for your continued support of Baja SAE!
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Help BioBreakthrough host a STEM conference
By BioBreakthrough
Support the BioBreakthrough club's efforts to host a professional conference for students pursuing non-traditional STEM careers.
Support the BioBreakthrough club's efforts to host a professional conference for students pursuing non-traditional STEM careers. BioBreakthrough BioBreakthrough brings Cal Poly students together with professionals whose nontraditional STEM careers are driven by positive missions. Students leave with connections, career paths they hadn’t considered and the confidence to pursue them. At BioBreakthrough 2026, 94% of student attendees learned something new that they would apply to their job or internship search, and 87% made meaningful connections with STEM professionals. Our April 2027 conference is free for every Cal Poly student who wants to attend, making STEM career development accessible to all. Your gift helps cover: Meals: breakfast, coffee, and lunch for students and speakers Conference materials: name badges, lanyards, notebooks, tabletop and banner signage, and AV equipment for workshops and networking sessions Venue costs: speaker parking and day-of maintenance Student-led from start to finish, this conference is Learn by Doing in action. Our team plans the program, recruits the speakers and runs the entire conference day, building real leadership experience along the way. Join us in giving the next generation of STEM changemakers a head start. Every gift, big or small, helps a student see what’s possible. “I found all the speakers really valuable and enjoyed their talks. I am also more open to the possibility of being an entrepreneur after BioBreakthrough! The speakers were inspiring and really made me think that starting my own company is a possible career route.” - Student quote from BioBreakthrough 2026. Thank you for your continued support of Cal Poly BioBreakthrough!
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Help Cal Poly Golf Engineering Club Build the Future of Golf
By Cal Poly Golf Engineering Club
Help Cal Poly Golf Engineering Club design, manufacture and test golf putters that will revolutionize the game of golf.
Help Cal Poly Golf Engineering Club design, manufacture and test golf putters that will revolutionize the game of golf. Cal Poly Golf Engineering Club Cal Poly Golf Engineering Club (CPGE) began in fall 2025 with a question: Can a group of college students design a tour-quality golf club? Since then, we’ve grown to more than 40 active members and built eight fully assembled putter prototypes. Our members take projects from computer-aided design through machining, assembly and testing — putting Cal Poly’s Learn by Doing philosophy into practice. Building a golf club takes more than a good design. Students need raw metal, specialized cutting tools and equipment to evaluate how their ideas perform. As a young club, we’ve relied entirely on member fundraising to cover these costs. Your support will help more students turn their designs into working prototypes and gain hands-on engineering experience. This campaign will support materials and machining tools for our next putters, a new putter-testing robot, higher video production quality and research and development for our first iron designs. “CPGE was founded on the belief that engineering students united by a love of golf and a passion for learning have what it takes to push the limits of golf design and innovation. Guided by Cal Poly’s Learn by Doing philosophy, we turn that passion into precision-engineered putters and the equipment to test them, with the ultimate goal of growing the game so everyone can feel at home on the golf course” - Jonathan Donohue, President & Founder. Help us build the next generation of golf clubs and develop the engineers behind them. Every gift supports students learning to design, manufacture, test and improve something they’re proud to put in a golfer’s hands. Thank you for your support of the Cal Poly Golf Engineering Club!
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Help Cal Poly Human Powered Vehicles set land speed records!
By Human Powered Vehicles
Support Cal Poly Human Powered Vehicles' goal to set land speed records!
Support Cal Poly Human Powered Vehicles' goal to set land speed records! Human Powered Vehicles Cal Poly HPV is on a mission to set a collegiate land speed record, and we need your help to do it! At Cal Poly Human Powered Vehicles (HPV), we design, build and race vehicles for competitions every year. We take our vehicles across the country to compete against other schools as well as professional HPV groups. Cal Poly HPV gives students invaluable experience applying what they learn in classrooms to real world scenarios and prepares them for careers in a variety of fields. Students learn vehicle dynamics and chassis design, fabrication, precision manufacturing, aerodynamic and mechanical analysis and composite systems design and manufacturing. We are the oldest team in the world of any type, collegiate or professional, that has consistently designed, built and raced fully-faired human-powered vehicles. The organization was founded in 1977, and has been breaking records and topping podiums ever since. Today’s students continue to push the team forward with the same drive for innovation and progress that the team has valued for decades. As the club enters its 50th year, we’ve started work on a brand new vehicle design, centered around a carbon fiber chassis. With this new lightweight bike, we hope to set new American collegiate men’s and women’s land speed records when we head to the World Human Powered Speed Challenge in September of 2027. This annual, week-long competition is hosted in Battle Mountain, Nevada, where we compete with teams from around the globe. Donations for this year will allow more members of our growing team to attend the competition, in addition to helping fund material costs for the manufacturing of our vehicle. We greatly appreciate the support we receive from our generous friends, families, alumni and industry partners, no matter the amount. Thank you for your continued support of Cal Poly Human Powered Vehicles!
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Help Cal Poly Rugby Compete at the Highest Level
By Cal Poly Rugby
Support Cal Poly Men's and Women's Rugby!
Support Cal Poly Men's and Women's Rugby! Cal Poly Rugby For more than five decades, Cal Poly Rugby has brought students together to represent the university through competitive collegiate rugby. The men’s and women’s teams provide athletes with the opportunity to challenge themselves, compete at the Division 1 level, and be part of a program that extends well beyond their years at Cal Poly. As a student-led club, Cal Poly Rugby relies on the support of alumni, families and donors to operate. Fundraising helps cover travel, equipment, coaching, medical support and other competition expenses. Every contribution directly supports the athletes who represent Cal Poly today and helps sustain the program for future generations. Cal Poly Men‘s Rugby has been at the forefront of the Division I circuit. To stay competitive, the program must play the nation's best teams. The continued support of our supporters and alumni was integral to our standout wins against Army, UCLA and USD. The Men's team strives to climb higher in the Top 10 rankings, proving that Cal Poly is a formidable program. We are extremely grateful to our parents, supporters, alumni, and all who choose to donate to the Rugby program. As the Women’s team comes to its 10th anniversary this year, we could not extend more gratitude to you, our supporters and alumni, for your continued encouragement and support as we begin our second season as a Division I program. In the past 3 years, we have made our way from defending Division II National Champions to strong competitors in our Division I league, placing 5th in both 15s and 7s nationally in 2026. We owe our success to our players who continue to strive to be the best players, teammates and friends on and off the pitch, our coaches who work to raise our standards day in a day out and you, our supporters, who have believed in us from the beginning. We are proud to represent the legacy of Cal Poly Rugby. We strive to enhance Women and Girls in our sport, and we cannot wait to compete this season. Your support will propel us further into the playoffs setting us on track to compete for a national championship, and we look forward to seeing you at our matches this season. Thank you and Go Mustangs!
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Help EMPOWER Expand Our Project Capacity
By EMPOWER
Help EMPOWER Biomedical Engineers expand project capacity to help more students get hands-on experience.
Help EMPOWER Biomedical Engineers expand project capacity to help more students get hands-on experience. EMPOWER EMPOWER is a student-led club designed for aspiring engineers, offering hands-on experiences that prepare members for careers in the industry. Our mission is to provide impactful engineering solutions to benefit the community while partnering with medical device companies to help students develop technical expertise, critical thinking and leadership skills. We welcome students from all backgrounds, with or without prior experience, to collaborate on projects that make a difference. Our projects, available annually and quarterly, are fully funded by EMPOWER, and cover the costs of materials such as 3D printing supplies, machining tools, wood, metal, epoxy, electronics and other essentials. "EMPOWER has provided me with a space to hone my technical skills, which led to my first internship. It was also the first time I felt accepted in the engineering community, connecting with the board, industry professionals, and general members. I am now starting my own soldering projects and feel much more comfortable stepping out of my comfort zone." – EMPOWER member Our Challenge: Unfortunately, limited funding imposes restrictions on our projects, preventing them from reaching their full potential and delivering the highest-quality solutions to the community. Additional funds are crucial to support our projects and provide the necessary materials to maximize impact. Your support will go towards the enrichment of the students’ education and the challengers in our community. Current projects: Some of the club’s confirmed current projects include, but are not limited to, the following (with a short description of what materials the money would go to): Assistive Arthritis Device for Christina: A dynamic mechanical forearm support designed to reduce elbow stress during everyday tasks. Prosthetic for Pismo: A custom-designed prosthetic limb for a Cal Poly professor’s dog. Prosthetic for Connor: A waterproof prosthetic built from high-quality, non-corrosive materials for a local San Luis Obispo resident. Foldable Bike for Sally: A custom foldable bike crafted with lightweight aluminum alloys for a local resident managing chronic tendinitis. Marching Band Haptic Feedback System: A navigational system using precision GPS receivers, vibration motors and microcontrollers to assist blind marching band members. Weightlifting Prosthetic for Dr. Retsek: Specialized materials to construct a durable weightlifting prosthetic for a Cal Poly professor. Wheelchair Rain Cover for John: Weather-resistant materials for a custom wheelchair rain cover for a Cal Poly employee. Your gift helps us better enrich our community and give students the chance to Learn by Doing. Thank you for your continued support of EMPOWER!
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Help LLEAP Support Individuals with Paraplegia
By Cal Poly LLEAP
Help LLEAP developing a powered exoskeleton to restore upright mobility for individuals
with paraplegia.
Help LLEAP developing a powered exoskeleton to restore upright mobility for individuals with paraplegia. Cal Poly LLEAP The Lower Limb Exoskeleton Assist Project (LLEAP) is a student-led club at Cal Poly developing a powered exoskeleton to functionally assist someone with paraplegia. LLEAP’s exoskeleton is a hard, active, bipedal device that supports and powers motion at the hip, knee and ankle joints. Designed to enable both sit-to-stand transitions and upright walking, the system incorporates a rigid structural frame, powered joints and soft interface components that provide comfort and stability for the user. LLEAP gives students the opportunity to apply their classroom knowledge to an assistive technology project. Our members design parts in CAD and learn to use manufacturing tools and equipment to turn those designs into physical components. They also build electrical systems and write control software, learning how mechanical, electrical and software systems must work together in a complete device. The project serves as a platform for students to immerse themselves in the medical technology and mechanical systems fields, applying their classroom knowledge to a real-world assistive technology challenge. Through this project, students gain experience in interdisciplinary collaboration, advanced prototyping and human-centered design, while contributing meaningfully to the future of exoskeletal innovation. Our teams are currently developing custom carbon fiber components, joint mechanisms and the electronic systems needed to control and monitor movement. Building and testing these systems requires raw materials, hardware, electrical components, tooling, and measuring equipment. These purchases are essential to making progress on the exoskeleton. We are raising $5,000 to help cover these expenses and give our students the resources to continue building and improving the exoskeleton. Your donation supports hands-on engineering education and our goal to improve the life of someone in need. Thank you for supporting LLEAP!
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Help Mock Trial Travel to Tournaments Across the Nation
By Mock Trial
Support the Cal Poly Mock Trial Club
Support the Cal Poly Mock Trial Club Mock Trial Cal Poly Mock Trial is a competitive Mock Trial club, which is an extra-curricular activity in which students take on the role of attorneys and witnesses in fabricated courtroom trials. Thousands of college students across the United States participate in American Mock Trial Association (AMTA) tournaments which involve legal research, public speaking, debating and writing skills, as well as critical thinking, teamwork and leadership abilities. University clubs host tournaments, each having somewhere between 18 to 40 teams, where schools compete in four separate three-hour rounds. Students represent the Prosecution/Plaintiff and defense sides of a case, simulating a real-life trial in which they are scored on performance. Cal Poly Mock Trial mainly competes on the West Coast but frequently is invited to high-caliber Mock Trial tournaments around the country, including Harvard, University of Florida, and Boston College. There, students work as teams to take home awards for their university, all the while striving to be recognized individually as outstanding attorneys and witnesses. Having existed for years, Cal Poly Mock Trial has been nationally recognized as a serious competitor. Every few years, we send one of our teams to the National Tournament, where some of our alumni have even won outstanding All-American awards. Apart from these competitions, our members have consistently been ranked as the best attorneys and witnesses at several other tournaments. Your gift will allow Cal Poly Mock Trial to travel to the necessary tournaments in the competitive AMTA circuit and bring back more and more awards. We have 40 members split into four different teams, and we would love to see them all compete at the highest possible level. Thank you for your support, and Go Mustangs!
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Help the Muslim Student Association Provide Ramadan Dinners
By Muslim Student Association
Support the Muslim Student Association!
Support the Muslim Student Association! Muslim Student Association The Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Muslim Student Association (MSA) is a club that strives to provide a safe and inclusive space for students to discover, practice, and express their faith. It aims to offer religious services, provide resources and support Muslim students on campus. One of the ways we support all students is by providing complimentary dinners every night of Ramadan (a holy month of fasting, charity and reflection), so we need all the help we can get to continue to make this happen! During these dinners, MSA welcomes all students of any background or faith to join us and enjoy free, delicious food. It’s a time to meet new people, grab a warm meal and build community. We are fundraising to be able to cater dinner, offer dessert and provide drinks or any other materials needed to feed large groups. Your gift goes a long way as the dinner crowd can reach up to 50 people or more most nights. We appreciate your support of the Muslim Student Association, and we thank you for your generous donations!
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Help the Water Sport Design Club Make High-Performance Sport Gear
By Water Sport Design Club
Help purchase supplies needed to turn our student designs into a full-scale, ocean-testable hydrofoil.
Help purchase supplies needed to turn our student designs into a full-scale, ocean-testable hydrofoil. Water Sport Design Club The Water Sport Design Club at Cal Poly brings students together through a shared passion for watersports, engineering and hands-on manufacturing. Our goal is to create opportunities for students to design and build high-performance sports equipment using advanced composites, while learning practical skills in CAD, mold making, carbon-fiber layups and testing. We want to grow a community where students can explore ideas, work across disciplines and Learn by Doing. Our current senior projects use high-performance hydrofoils as a testbed for this mission. Students are developing carbon-fiber masts and wings while focusing on the process behind each prototype: making molds more efficiently, comparing composite manufacturing methods and reducing the time and cost required to move from a design to a finished part. By improving how prototypes are made, we can test more ideas and learn from every iteration. What we learn will reach beyond hydrofoils. We hope to develop repeatable, lower-cost composite manufacturing methods and share that knowledge through future club projects, so more Cal Poly students can participate in creating advanced sports equipment without needing an industry-sized budget. We see this as a way to make high-performance composite design and manufacturing more accessible to the wider campus community. Our $3,000 fundraising goal will support carbon fiber, resin, core materials, 3D-printed molds, vacuum bagging supplies and assembly and testing materials. Your support will help us build and improve prototypes today while laying the groundwork for students to pursue new composite sports-equipment projects tomorrow. Thank you for supporting the Water Sport Design Club and Cal Poly’s Learn by Doing spirit!
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Support the Cal Poly Rowing Team!
By Cal Poly Rowing Club
Help Cal Poly Rowing perform at their best at Regattas!
Help Cal Poly Rowing perform at their best at Regattas! Cal Poly Rowing Club Cal Poly Rowing is a student-run club sport team founded just four years ago with a mission to build community, develop leadership and compete at the highest level of collegiate rowing. In a short time, we’ve grown from a handful of students with a dream into a dedicated team of athletes who train early mornings while balancing rigorous academics. Just as our club grows stronger with each year, so too does the engineering of the boats that rowing teams use. Having the latest and greatest boats and equipment allows our rowers to race to their greatest potential, letting nothing stop our best efforts to translate to our best times at regattas. As a completely student-run program, we rely on fundraising to cover expenses like registration fees, hotel accommodations and transportation. Every dollar goes directly toward ensuring our student-athletes can compete at the highest level possible. Your donations will help us make these opportunities a reality, giving our athletes the chance to represent Cal Poly and continue growing the tradition of rowing on campus. Thank you for your support of Cal Poly Rowing!
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Send Cal Poly NAHB Students to the International Builder's Show!
By NAHB
Send the National Association of Home Builders to Las Vegas, Nevada for this year's competition!
Send the National Association of Home Builders to Las Vegas, Nevada for this year's competition! NAHB Every year, Cal Poly students compete in the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Student Competition at the International Builders' Show in Las Vegas, Nevada. This year, 24 students across five majors—Construction Management, Architecture, Engineering, Business, and City and Regional Planning—will form two interdisciplinary teams. Working over four months, these students apply classroom learning to solve complex, real-world housing development challenges. The Production Home team tackles a large-scale land development plan for a 24.24-acre property in Collin County, Texas. The team navigates multi-parcel land acquisition, integrates income from existing self-storage operations, and builds financial models to achieve at least an 18% Internal Rate of Return. The Custom Home Build team focuses on designing a luxury, storm-resilient beachfront home along Florida's Gulf Coast. Facing a $1.5 million construction loan cap, the team manages site selection, market research, and construction logistics while creating a financial plan to secure necessary gap funding. The project culminates at the International Builders' Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, where students present their final solutions to panels of industry judges. As a student competitor shared, "Participating in this competition gave me the confidence to step into the professional world, understanding that our hard work has tangible, impactful results." Sending 24 student competitors and faculty advisors to Las Vegas requires funding for travel, lodging, registration, and meals. Your crowdfunding gift directly enables these students to showcase their work and represent Cal Poly on a national stage.
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Send Concrete Canoe to Regionals and Nationals!
By Concrete Canoe
Help send Cal Poly Concrete Canoe to Regionals in Los Angeles and Nationals in Kansas.
Help send Cal Poly Concrete Canoe to Regionals in Los Angeles and Nationals in Kansas. Concrete Canoe Every year, the Cal Poly Concrete Canoe Team designs, builds and races a full-scale canoe made entirely of concrete. Our student-led team spends months developing concrete mixes, designing and constructing molds and preparing our canoe to compete against universities from across the country. Our first major competition is the ASCE Regional Concrete Canoe Competition, held this year in Los Angeles, where we compete against other universities from the Southwest. At Regionals, our team is evaluated on four major components: a themed display showcasing our canoe and its design, a technical presentation, a written technical proposal and a series of canoe races. These events challenge us not only to build a successful canoe but also to demonstrate our engineering knowledge, communication skills and teamwork. Our ultimate goal is to qualify for the ASCE National Concrete Canoe Competition, held this year in Kansas. Nationals follows a similar format to Regionals, bringing together the top qualifying teams from across the United States and international competitors. Last season, Cal Poly placed 7th overall at Nationals, and this year we hope to make another run at the podium. Getting to these competitions requires significant resources. In addition to the specialized materials needed to construct our canoe, we must transport our team, equipment, and canoe to Los Angeles and potentially all the way to Kansas. Donations help us cover these construction and travel expenses, allowing our students to continue representing Cal Poly and putting our Learn by Doing education into practice. Thank you for your support of the Cal Poly Concrete Canoe Team!
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Support the Future of Cal Poly Sailing
By Cal Poly Sailing
Help Cal Poly Sailing attend Regattas and race across the state!
Help Cal Poly Sailing attend Regattas and race across the state! Cal Poly Sailing Cal Poly Sailing is a competitive club sport with over 60 active members that revolves around teaching our peers and introducing sailing to hundreds of Cal Poly students every year. Our team is entirely student-run and donation-funded, and we rely on the support of our community to compete in the Pacific Coast Collegiate Sailing Conference (PCCSC). We are the biggest uncoached and non-NCAA sailing team in the PCCSC, and we continue to grow every year. For the second year in a row, Cal Poly Sailing is in the running for a spot at the Inter Collegiate Sailing Association (ICSA) National Championships, in Spring 2027. Competing at Nationals would be a huge opportunity for our team to represent Cal Poly and compete against some of the best collegiate sailing teams in the country. Our team currently relies exclusively on student coaching, and many of our boats and sailing equipment require extensive repairs. Thanks to the support we have received in previous years, this fall we were able to make significant upgrades to our fleet that allow us to bring more sailors to regattas in better, faster boats. But those boats also require upkeep, repairs and replacement gear to stay race-ready. We are raising money to continue repairing and improving our boats, replace worn-out sailing equipment and cover the costs that come with maintaining a growing fleet. Donations will also help us attend competitive coaching clinics, travel to regattas and pay entry fees as we work toward qualifying for Nationals. Being able to continue repairing our boats and investing in our gear would significantly advance our sailing level, give more students the opportunity to compete and help us build toward competing on a national scale. Thank you for your continued support of Cal Poly Sailing!
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Wearable Engineering: 2027 NerdFlare Open House Badge
By Cal Poly Wearable Engineering
Help the Wearable Engineering Club create limited-edition Cal Poly-themed electronic badges for Open House.
Help the Wearable Engineering Club create limited-edition Cal Poly-themed electronic badges for Open House. Cal Poly Wearable Engineering At Cal Poly NerdFlare, students from across campus come together to explore where art and engineering meet. Our signature creations are electronic “badges”: wearable, custom-designed circuit boards that transform technology into art. They can glow with colorful lights, host small games, conceal playful surprises and always carry a design that is entirely their own. Creating a badge is “Learn by Doing” in action. Each one blends illustration, electronics, software and practical problem-solving into a tangible work of art. Each NerdFlare member is encouraged to develop designs that reflect their own interests and personalities, while learning how to turn an idea into something real. Club funds cover the manufacturing and components for these individual student projects, making this hands-on creative experience accessible to anyone eager to participate. For the past two years, NerdFlare has also collaboratively designed and manufactured a Cal Poly-themed badge for alumni attending the Wine & Beer Garden during Open House. These badges are fun, interactive mementos of the Cal Poly spirit and the many alumni who have helped shape it. They also include an ice-breaking game that gives attendees a playful reason to connect with one another during the event. This year, we hope to produce 500 Open House badges, and we need your support to make it possible. Donations will directly help cover costs related to manufacturing, electronic components and assembly. Your gift gives students meaningful experience in electrical and software engineering, PCB design and manufacturing, creative thinking, teamwork and real-world constraints such as budgets, physical design and supply-chain challenges. Please support NerdFlare and help us put 500 pieces of Cal Poly ingenuity into the hands of our alumni. Thank you for your support!
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