Do you love to sketch, tell stories or draw fanciful images? Have you ever wanted to design something really big? Are you passionate about education and its life-changing impact? The concept contest for the 2021 Cal Poly Universities Rose Float…
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A pair of astronauts and their alien friends helped Cal Poly Universities capture the Extraordinaire Award at the 2019 Rose Parade. “Far Out Frequencies” is the 71st student-built and student-designed float of Cal Poly Pomona and Cal Poly San Luis…
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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,…
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The 2018 Cal Poly Rose Float, “Dreams Take Flight,” features three young animals soaring in homemade planes above the clouds. Bringing the Rose Float to life takes months of hard work, ending in a grueling but fun two weeks in…
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With a rich 70-year Rose Float legacy and 57 awards, Cal Poly Pomona has announced plans to build a new $3.7 million Rose Float facility. The Rose Float Lab and Design Complex, scheduled to break ground in 2018, will include…
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It’s 4:30 a.m. and the temperature has plunged into the 30s when the Cal Poly Universities Rose Float is finally in position for the 128th Rose Parade. The four-member team that will operate the float along the 5.5-mile route tries…
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The 2017 Cal Poly Universities’ Rose Float is 52 feet long and will be decorated with approximately with 60,000 flowers and other natural material. It is the job of the decorations team to figure out which flowers and plant material…
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Cal Poly Pomona will observe Rose Day on Thursday, Dec. 1, with fun-filled activities and a celebration of the unique Rose Float program from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in University Park. There will be games, a photo booth, pie…
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By mid-afternoon on New Year’s Eve, the Cal Poly Universities Rose Parade float, “Sweet Shenanigans,” will be covered in more than 46,000 flowers and natural materials that include crushed walnut, silver leaf, melaleuca bark, rice powder and toasted sesame. The…
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KTLA’s Morning News reporter Gayle Anderson visited the Rose Float Lab on a chilly December morning to learn more about “Sweet Shenanigans,” the 2016 Rose Parade float self-built by students at Cal Poly Pomona and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.…
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