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PolyLink, Cal Poly's Online Community PolyLink, Cal Poly's Online Community, is here.
If you're a Cal Poly alum, watch your e-mail basket in August and your September Cal Poly Magazine for details and your personalized first-time log-in code. GOLD alumni – Graduates Of the Last Decade – are already asking when they can sign in to PolyLink. Other alumni are asking what it is. If you're wondering, "What's an online community?" here are some answers: What is PolyLink -- and what's an online community? PolyLink is first and foremost a place for career networking, Mustang to Mustang. Alumni will be able to make contact with other Cal Poly alumni from a wide variety of career levels and professional experiences across all fields of business and industry – all with the same respect for Cal Poly’s “Learn by Doing” tradition. Not to mention Cal Poly’s strong tradition of hiring Cal Poly grads! It’s a place where professionally established alumni will be able to sign up to give career advice and tips to young alumni. Plans call for adding faculty to the PolyLink community soon, so alumni can easily get in touch with their favorite professors, coaches and mentors. In the next phase, PolyLink will be opened to current juniors and seniors -- the university's "almost alums." PolyLink is also a place for alumni to look up old friends from clubs and classes, exchange messages, and reconnect. What can I do when I sign in to PolyLink? Alumni will also be able to post their own class notes, photos and professional updates on PolyLink. You can also sign up to receive Cal Poly-specific news, either via e-newsletters sent to the e-mail address of your choosing, or by "feeds" which will appear when you Log-in to the community -- or both. PolyLink will also feature an Events Calendar full of details on alumni mixers, dinners, sporting events, outings, hikes and other activities throughout California, the West -- and beyond. Through the PolyLink Events Calendar, you'll be able to easily register for those events -- and check on who else is signed up to attend. Alumni can also start PolyLink group pages and connect on PolyLink bulletin boards. Connect with old friends and new generations from clubs like the Rose Float and Logging teams, the Poly Penguins, and more. Don't see your favorite club or any interest groups on PolyLink that appeal to you? You can start one! What about career networking? On their personal pages, alumni can sign up to be available as a mentor and post advice. Looking for a new job? You can set your personal page information to display your resume information, where you're looking to move -- and even your desired salary. Then watch the PolyLink Career Center message boards for any job openings posted by fellow alumni. How many people will have access to PolyLink? That list includes 40,000 alumni with e-mail addresses – likely to be among the first to Log-in to PolyLink. If your name is not among the 120,000 on the PolyLink list, you may be one of our “lost” alumni. You will be directed to an online form to submit your name and information for verification and addition to the PolyLink alumni list & community. What if I don't want anyone signed in to PolyLink to see my contact information? Or my personal page? All 120,00 alumni in Cal Poly's database will have their first name, last name, and grad year listed in PolyLink. That information can only be seen by alumni (and soon, faculty) after they sign in to PolyLink and become members. It will never be available to the general public. PolyLink also offers an Event Calendar which will soon allow online event RSVPs, registration, and ticket purchasing. One function of the event calendar includes the choice to add yourself to the public “attendees” list for any event for which you register. If you register, RSVP or buy tickets for an event but do not want your name to appear on the list of attendees, you can always chose to opt out of the event attendees list display. What about photos? On PolyLink, alumni can add photos and create photo albums about your family, friends, and travel -- as many photos and as many photo albums as you want. Click here for the printer-friendly 'How to Upload Photos to PolLink" pdf Be sure to upload any photos of alumni or family members wearing Cal Poly gear! Remember, only PolyLink members will be allowed to see your personal page, its photos and the private areas of the PolyLink community -- which make up the majority of the PolyLink site. Do I have to be a member of the Cal Poly Alumni Association to use PolyLink? I went to Cal Poly but I didn't finish my degree. Can I still use PolyLink? If you went to Cal Poly but did not graduate or do not see yourself among the list of 120,000 alumni on PolyLink, visit this CPAA Web page and enter your contact information (Type “Verify for PolyLink” in the “comments” box before you hit the “submit button”): http://www.alumni.calpoly.edu/network/update_address.html Are all areas of PolyLink private -- members only?
All other areas of the PolyLink community are restricted to members only. Only registered, validated PolyLink members will have access to all other PolyLink areas -- the secure private sections of the PolyLink community. These include but are not limited to:
That means in order to register for an event, use the Career Center, find a classmate, read message boards, view any PolyLink personal pages, view and post to group pages and message boards, alumni will have to Log-in with a valid security code issued by the University. What about university friends or parents who might want to register for an event? Guest account holders, Advocates and university friends will not have access to the private areas of the PolyLink community. How do I make sure I get an e-mail with the PolyLink web address and my personalized first-time Log-in code? Make sure Cal Poly has your preferred e-mail address on file. To update your preferred e-mail address and other contact information, visit: http://www.alumni.calpoly.edu/network/update_address.html How will I first be notified about PolyLink? And when? Watch your e-mail basket in late August. If you are among the 40,000 alumni for whom Cal Poly has an e-mail address on record, you will receive an e-mail from the PolyLink community, including your first time log-in code, and a link to PolyLink. Click here for the printer-friendly 'How to Complete the First-Time Login' pdf I lost the e-mail containing my first-time log-in code. How do I get my code now? How else will I be notified about PolyLink? If you're not one of the 70,000 alumni who receive Cal Poly Magazine, update your contact information in our University Advancement database. In the comment box at the bottom of the page, type "Subscribe: Cal Poly Magazine" http://www.alumni.calpoly.edu/network/update_address.html
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