Cal Poly San Luis Obispo has kicked off its largest-ever fundraising campaign. University officials hope to raise 700 million dollars by June 2021. Adding that the funds raised will support three pillars: Empowering Students, Empowering Excellence, and Empowering Innovation. Money raised will also be used for state-of-the-art facilities and expansion of student-faculty research, as well as increasing scholarship opportunities. According to KSBY, the fund raising effort has collected 556 million dollars from 51,000 donors.