Transformational $3 Million Gift
Cal Poly Humboldt has received a landmark $3 million commitment from the Campbell Foundation to establish the University’s first fully funded endowed professorship. The Campbell Foundation has specifically designated the funds for the Cannabis Studies program.
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Athletics Raises Over $223,000 Through Giving Day and 40th Annual Auction
Cal Poly Humboldt Athletics celebrated a highly successful week of fundraising, generating more than $223,000 in support of student-athlete scholarships through its annual Giving Day and the 40th Annual Humboldt Athletics Auction.
Trailblazing Cultural Property Scholar and Violin Maker to Receive Honorary Degree
Cal Poly Humboldt is proud to announce it will award an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts to alum Carla Shapreau (‘83, Special Major) at Commencement this May, recognizing her groundbreaking work at the intersection of music, law, and cultural heritage.
Art + Film Professor Sarah Lasley Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship
Cal Poly Humboldt Professor of Art + Film Sarah Lasley has been honored as a member of the 2026 Guggenheim Fellowship Class.
Cal Poly Humboldt to Launch Health & Medical Sciences Degree
The United States is facing a shortage of healthcare workers, a problem especially prevalent in rural regions like the North Coast.
Alumni & Donor Stories
Educator, Advocate, Philanthropist: Alum’s Journey from Student to Community Leader
Julie Fulkerson ('64, German, '75, M.A. Psychology) grew up with Cal Poly Humboldt woven into her daily life. Before she ever enrolled as a student, she attended College Elementary School in what is now Gist Hall, spending her earliest years learning on campus.
From Pathfinder to Legacy Builder: Alum Plants Seeds for Future Foresters
Robert “Bob” Archibald (‘59, Forestry) has gifted $30,000 to establish the Archibald Forestry Pathfinders Scholarship Endowment—creating lasting support for Forestry students and honoring a legacy that began more than 70 years ago at Cal Poly Humboldt.
Life-changing Impact of Scholarships (PHOTOS)
The impact scholarships make was on full display at the annual Scholarship Reception, held March 19 at Cal Poly Humboldt.
Advancing Hands-On Sustainability Learning
Scott Terrell (‘80, Natural Resources, ‘81, M.A. Education) has gifted two gifts totalling $52,500 to help students build the knowledge, skills, and practices needed to advance sustainability work in their communities and beyond.
Campus Achievements
27 Cal Poly Humboldt Communication majors who are currently incarcerated at Pelican Bay State Prison presented at the National Conference on Higher Education on Friday April 10. …
On April 14th the Sexual Assault Prevention Committee hosted the third annual Anti-Violence Summit at College of the Redwoods. In partnership with the President's office at College of the…
Forestry graduate students, Courtney Copper, Sebastian Evans, and Kaitlyn Briggs, as well as Forestry faculty Lucy Kerhoulas gave oral presentations about their research at the Northwest…
Forestry graduate student Millen McCord presented a poster (Physiological responses of Oregon white oak to thinning in the East Cascades; Millen McCord & Lucy Kerhoulas) at the Northwest…
Gabriel Roletti (ESM BS 2020, Forestry MS 2022) published his Master's thesis in Forest Ecology and Management…
Humboldt in the News
Recognizing the expertise and achievements our faculty, staff, students, and alumni. Know of a story we should consider for Humboldt in the News? Email us at news@humboldt.edu.
In the Pacific Northwest, ecosystems are shifting due to heatwaves, disease and invasive species »
Further down the coast, Rafael Cuevas Uribe, an aquaculture researcher at Cal Poly Humboldt, along with Karen Gray from GreenWave, a non-profit supporting regenerative ocean farms, established ProvidenSea, California’s first commercially licensed, open-water seaweed farm , in 2019 in Humboldt Bay.
Helix Magazine - Apr 2026
Cal Poly Humboldt Launches Five New Degree Programs »
As part of its transition to a polytechnic university, Cal Poly Humboldt is launching five new degree programs to meet North Coast workforce needs.
EdSource - Apr 2026
Cal Poly Humboldt Scientist Discovers New Rodent in the Andes »
Scientist from Cal Poly Humboldt helped describe a previously unknown semi-aquatic rodent living in Peru’s cloud forests.
MSN - Apr 2026
New Rodent Species Discovered »
Cal Poly Humboldt biologist Silvia Pavan is part of the research team that discovered a new species of semi-aquatic rodent, the Incan small-eared water mouse (Incanomys parviauris)
KOBI-TV Medford - Apr 2026
Along an Arkansas riverbank, Cal Poly Humboldt's Allison Bronson is helping unravel the mystery of “Sharkansas,” where an ancient seafloor preserved rare shark skeletons that are reshaping what we know about early fish evolution
Garden & Gun - Mar 2026
