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Support Our Student Clubs
AWWA Cal Poly SLO — more commonly known as Cal Poly WaterWorks — is a water resources club at Cal Poly and a student chapter of the American Water Works Association (AWWA). Our goal is to further awareness of sustainable water management practices by connecting students to academic and professional opportunities. Each year, we host guest speakers, take part in the EPA’s Annual Campus RainWorks Challenge, collaborate on hands-on water-related projects, participate in volunteering opportunities, and more.
The Cal Poly student chapter of CalGeo, formed at the beginning of the Fall 2013 quarter, is Cal Poly’s first club devoted to Geotechnical Engineering. The goal of CalGeo is to propagate and preserve the interest of Geotechnical Engineering among Cal Poly students, and to provide our members with academic and professional connections to ensure their success in the world of Geotechnical Engineering.
Most engineering disciplines have a recognized national honor society. For the Civil and Environmental Engineering professions, Chi Epsilon fill this role. Students and professionals are selected to become members based on recognition of their scholarship, character, practicality, and sociability, considered by Chi Epsilon to be the four primary traits of a successful engineer. For student members, scholarship is determined by being in the top third of their junior or senior class. Members of Chi Epsilon are considered top graduates and are highly sought by civil and environmental engineering employers.
Our concrete canoe team is one of our prized traditions and has been part of student life for over 30 years. Through teamwork, leadership and hard work, the Cal Poly concrete canoe team has placed in the top five in 12 of the last 14 years with 5 national titles. When you support our endowment, your contribution is invested with and becomes part of our endowment. An annual distribution is made to the concrete canoe team to help cover expenses associated with constructing and traveling for the concrete canoe conferences. Because the principal remains intact the fund will generate support in perpetuity.
GeoWall is a student-run project team tasked with designing and building a mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) retaining system. The process includes measuring material strength data, designing and analyzing the retaining system, and building our design at National and Regional competitions.
ITE is an organization dedicated to connecting and educating transportation professionals. The Cal Poly San Luis Obispo student chapter aims to connect students with peers and professionals, to explore the opportunities within the field, and to make a lasting and meaningful impact on the community and profession.
Cal Poly’s Society of Civil Engineers (SCE) is one of many student chapters within the American Society of Civil Engineers organization. SCE is a club that focuses on promoting personal, professional, and scholastic development with academic and social events such as general meetings, career fairs, hiking, camping, and more. SCE also has two major project teams called Concrete Canoe and Steel Bridge which provide members opportunities to get hands-on experience that they may not experience in their classroom environment.
The Society of Environmental Engineers (SENVE) provides students with social, academic, and professional resources. Club members have opportunities to network with industry speakers at every meeting and meet other students through social activities like camping and banquets. Throughout the year, SENVE hosts professional networking events, and does community service and outreach. SENVE is associated with 3 different design competition teams which students can get involved in for credit, and is also a student chapter of the Air and Waste Management Association.
Cal Poly Steel Bridge is a competition team consisting of undergraduate students within the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Every year team members work together to plan, design, fabricate and construct a one-tenth scale model steel bridge to compete at the Pacific Southwest Conference and the National Student Steel Bridge Competition in the Spring. This project incorporates technical knowledge with hands-on experience consistent with Cal Poly’s “Learn By Doing” motto.
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Hal Cota Endowed Air Pollution Laboratory
Dr. Harold (Hal) Cota, helped found the Environmental Engineering Program at Cal Poly in 1968. During the 50 years that followed, he has been a valuable contributor and supporter of this program. We are delighted to honor Dr. Cota’s contributions to the program by establishing an endowment to support the Air Quality Measurements Lab to continue to provide students with high-quality laboratory opportunities. In honor of Dr. Cota, we would like to name this lab the “Hal Cota Air Pollution Control Lab” and use the endowment to provide much need upgrades to the lab equipment. Email us at ceenve@calpoly.edu to donate.
join our industrial partnership program
The Industrial Partnership Program has opportunities to create a presence on campus and build relationships with our students, clubs, and faculty. Our program connects you to top-tier students through unique recruitment and branding opportunities.
Find out if your company matches gifts and double your impact! Matching gift applications take just a few minutes to complete, and most programs will accept applications for gifts you’ve already made.
Find out if you or your spouse work for a Cal Poly gift matching partner and begin your application by entering your company’s name in the Employer Match tool below.
If your employer has a matching gift program, follow the links to their application and instructions. Below is the important information you’ll need to complete your application:
Org/Recipient Name: Cal Poly Foundation/California Polytechnic State Univ. Foundation
Tax/EIN: 20-4927897
Address: Cal Poly Fund, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
Send your gift, along with your application, to the address above for completion by our matching gifts specialist. If you completed an online application, we will receive an electronic request from your matching program to verify your gift. When the matching gift is received, we’ll send you a notification and send the matching funds to the same program as your original gift.
For more information, visit https://giving.calpoly.edu/matching-gifts.
You may also send a check directly to the department, payable to the Cal Poly Civil and Environmental Engineering Department.
Add a note specifying one of the CE/ENVE needs, unless you would like us to use our discretion in directing the gift to one of the needs listed.
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