Bailey Events - All About the Students
Three Bailey College on-campus events focused on our students' achievements and helping them create paths to success. Enjoy these recaps and photos of the events.
Bailey College Career Fair
OCTOBER 23-24, 2024, CENTENNIAL LAWN
Bailey College Innovation Gathering
AUGUST 1, 2025, SCIENCE NORTH COURTYARD
Biochemistry student Stephanie Tran thanks a
professional adviser at the Bailey College Career
Fair. Photo by Alexis Kovacevic
Cal Poly students came out in big numbers for these two inaugural Bailey College events focused on providing valuable resources and mentorship to our students as they envision and plan their career and professional paths.
At the Career Fair, students took advantage of helpful offerings including resume tips, expert-led conversations, interactive interview practice and networking with industry professionals.
Participating companies connected with promising students, conducted on-campus interviews, or shared job openings info. They had direct access to a highly qualified and talented pool of soon-to-be-graduates who could potentially be perfect fits for their needs.
Biological sciences student Liza Znamerovskaya
is advised by Chemistry alum Paul Keitz at the
Career Fair. Photo by Alexis Kovacevi
The companies and organizations involved with the 2024 Bailey College Career Fair included:
- Apple Inc.
- Arlon Graphics
- Caltrans
- Community Health Centers
- Hardy Diagnostics
- Johnson & Johnson
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- Lightriver Technologies
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
- Nevada National Security Sites
- NuSil Technology
- PVA TePla Scanning Acoustic Microscopy
- Quaker Houghton
- Sarepta Therapeutics
- U.S. Space Force
Learn more about getting involved with the Bailey College Career Fair!
Marine Sciences student George Stein connects with
Brian Webb, Mathematics alum and Senior Principal
Engineer for Webflow. Photo by Reese Catchings
The Innovation Gathering was designed to allow students interested in learning about innovation and entrepreneurship to ask questions and glean insights into career options by connecting in-person with industry professionals, seasoned entrepreneurs and experienced faculty. It was a lively and well-attended event that proved very useful to Bailey undergraduates.
“Having that extra wisdom and extra support has been so amazing,” said biochemistry major Charlie Palmer, who attended the Innovation Gathering. “There's a paralyzing feature of starting a company and having someone else to bounce ideas off of has been so important.”
Biological sciences student Shawky Bassil connects
with entrepreneur and mentor Peter Falzon.
Photo by Reese Catchings
Learn more about getting involved with the Bailey College Innovation Initiative!
23rd Annual Bailey College Student Research Conference
MAY 15-16, 2025, BAKER CENTER
Biochemistry major Addison Sampietro presents
her research poster at the conference.
Photos by Alexis Kovacevic
The annual Student Research Conference is a longtime Bailey College tradition occurring on campus each May in the Baker Center. Poster presentations and student talks on innovative and relevant projects provide undergraduate researchers the opportunity to share and communicate their work with peers, faculty, graduates and professionals from various fields.
Throughout the multi-day conference, students engaged with alumni and industry professionals, receiving mentorship and career advice, along with strengthening their Mustang network.
Biochemistry major Sam Catania discusses his
research with an alum at the conference.
The conference continues to expand in size and participation each year. For this year's event, more than 450 Cal Poly students participated, representing a growing culture of learning and discovery through research. More than half of those students were involved with the conference for the first time.
Bailey College faculty members and staff worked tirelessly to organize the research event, encourage student registration and arrange alumni mentor conversation sessions. Biological sciences Professors Dena Grossenbacher and Elena Keeling were key to the planning along with Adrienne Seiler, events coordinator in the Bailey College Dean's Office.
From left, Sarepta Scholars Colin McCombs, Grisha
Dekhtyar, Fiona Ffrench and Cooper Koenig stand
in front of new signage recognizing Sarepta
Therapeutics' support of scholarships and the
lab space.
In addition to the conference activities, a special gathering took place in the Frost Center to recognize a lab being renamed to reflect the generous donation from Sarepta Therapeutics. Signage with the new lab name was unveiled for Sarepta Scholars, a Sarepta Therapeutics executive and the co-directors and staff of the Center for Applications in Biotechnology.
The 2025 Bailey College Student Research Conference was generously supported by Sarepta Therapeutics.
Learn more about getting involved with the Bailey College Student Research Conference.
From left, McCombs, Dekhtyar, Ffrench, Koenig , Sarah Lewis (Vice President of Translational Sciences, Sarepta Therapeutics), Jean Davidson, Katharine Watts, Jennifer VanderKelen and Nathaniel Martinez at the entrance of the newly renamed Sarepta Therapeutics Simulated Translational Sciences Lab. Davidson, Watts and Martinez are biological sciences professors and co-directors of the Center for Applications in Biotechnology; and VanderKelen is the lab manager.
