Faculty William F. Wood, Chemistry:

On Jan. 26, 2012, Professor Wood presented a worldwide American Chemical Society WebinarTM to 500 participants titled: Chemistry Stinks! And How Nature Uses These Noxious Chemicals. The webinar consisted of a 20 minute presentation of his research on skunks, giraffes, garter snakes, wolverines and weasels followed by 30 minutes of questions and answers from the audience. The program was moderated by Professor Darren Griffin, University of Kent, UK. In the future, this ACS Webinar will be available for viewing at http://acswebinars.org/.

Staff Kim Hall, Veterans Enrollment Services and Transition Office:

For the second year in a row, Humboldt State’s Veterans Enrollment Services and Transition Office is listed in the Guide to America’s Top Military-Friendly Colleges and Universities by Military Advanced Education, the monthly magazine of career advice and educational opportunities for service people. The 2012 Guide recognizes HSU for policies and practices that meet the magazine’s new, more demanding criteria for inclusion. The V.E.T.S. office is located in Lower Library Room 58 and online at humboldt.edu/veterans/community the phone number is 707/826-6272.

Faculty Marcy Burstiner, Journalism & Mass Communication:

The Center for Afghan Studies at the University of Nebraska has selected the textbook Investigative Reporting: From premise to publication, authored by Assoc. Prof. Marcy Burstiner, for translation into two Afghani languages as part of a program to teach modern journalism principles and practices at the University of Kabul and prepare Afghani students for media careers.

The book will be translated into Pashto and Dari as part of a $1.3 million grant from the U.S. Embassy. Investigative Reporting: From premise to publication was published in 2009 by Holcomb Hathaway Publishers. For more information: hh-pub.com.