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Building the Rose Float from the Ground Up

Posted December 26, 2019 / Cynthia Peters

Do Students Really Build the Rose Float? You Bet. On Jan. 1, students from Cal Poly Pomona and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo will send their 30-foot tall, 55-foot long float, Aquatic Aspirations, down Colorado Boulevard in the Pasadena Rose…

Christopher Maciosek and Naythan Muro with the Cal Poly Universities Rose float, Far Out Frequencies.

Hands-On Learning Extends to Creating Aliens Landscape

Posted December 27, 2018 / Cynthia Peters

Morgan the astronaut towered 16 feet above Campus Drive as the Cal Poly Universities’ Rose Float began its slow journey to Pasadena on Thursday night. The 29-mile trek to the Rosemont Pavilion took just under six hours. During Design Week,…