Tasked with a scenario, a team of more than 50 people come together biannually to spend a few hours training at Cal Poly's Emergency Operations Center. The training has the team respond to a simulated emergency, making sure the campus community was safe and had access to shelter, food and medical needs.

Brandon Johnson disassembles a hot water system for Campus Dining. “We are here to make sure that everything works, and everyone is comfortable so students can study and professors can teach.” Johnson brings more than 20 years of experience to a plumbing shop with eight full-time plumbers on staff.

Michael Beaubien is one of a pair of UPD maintenance technicians who do everything from maintaining off-duty weapons to making sure that parking meters are functioning properly. Through the judicial application of their many tasks the team ensures that Cal Poly is operating at its best.

John Ludwig, an 11-year veteran of the Cal Poly Carpenter Shop, counter sinks holes in a length of steel to be used on a fire door at the bookstore. Ludwig is one of a staff of 14 that the Carpenter Shop sends out every day to perform scheduled maintenance, fabricate replacement parts, and fix nearly anything that gets broken on campus.

Cindy Vizcaíno Villa, senior vice president, Administration and Finance, CFO (right) talks with a group touring the Vista Grande construction site. Through years of research and campus input, this three-story dining complex will have six micro-restaurants and will be LEED certified.