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SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. - As the coronavirus pandemic progressed during the spring quarter at Cal Poly, Facilities Operations Executive Director Jude Fledderman started thinking about posting signs on campus to help people safely navigate the campus in the age of COVID-19.
At the same time, University Graphic Systems (UGS), the Graphic Communication Department's student-run printing and design operation, was brainstorming how to keep their business running during die pandemic. "1 knew facilities were looking to get these signs printed quickly, and we have the equipment and capacity to produce them," Colleen Twomey, chair of the Graphic Communication Department, says, "It was serendipitous."
Since July, the students who primarily operate UGS have been making the signs, which...