This week, students in Northern Santa Barbara County gained something that once seemed out of reach: the ability to earn a Cal Poly business degree without moving or commuting to San Luis Obispo.
The launch of this new program through Cal Poly’s Orfalea College of Business represents another major step forward in Hancock’s work to bring four-year degrees directly to our community. It also comes at an interesting moment for my own family.
Last month we dropped our son, Trey, off at Cal Poly as a transfer student, almost 40 years to the day after I transferred from Eastfield College to the University of Texas at Austin…