Campus News

Arcata - "The paint was blowing off my roller!" Humboldt State studio art student Kate Hansen is talking about the winds that buffeted her as she painted the sweeping new mural on the north side of the Natural History Museum that depicts life-size prehistoric mammals and birds.

Seth Powell walks along Southern California’s coast bearing only his backpack. His mission is to travel roughly 1,000 miles on foot to reach Humboldt State University in time for the first day of classes, Aug. 25. Each day he walks 20 miles carrying his pack in the California summer heat. So far, Powell has only ridden public transportation and accepted rides a handful of times. As long as the car was already heading north, he says, but the bulk of the journey will be on foot.

Dr. Lori Dengler, Professor and Chair of Humboldt State University’s Department of Geology and an international authority on tsunami and earthquake hazards and mitigation, has been named 2008 Scholar of the Year.

Arcata - Four area students, all of them Native American, have won 2008 Gates Millennium Scholarships and all but one will attend Humboldt State University this fall.

Humboldt State University has taken delivery of a hydrogen-powered Toyota Prius that will use clean hydrogen fuel produced and dispensed at a new fueling station built by the campus's internationally recognized Schatz Energy Research Center.

As a concert pianist, she is a well-known performer on North Coast stages as well as in prestigious venues around the world, and on television, radio and recordings. As a teacher at Humboldt State, she has trained prize-winning keyboard artists. She has been an activist and advocate for music education. Now some of her North Coast friends have organized a celebration of Deborah Clasquin’s achievements and a benefit concert to help her defray medical costs as she continues treatments for cancer.

Arcata — For most creatures sporting a bright blue exterior, the promise of a mouthful of poison is enough to deter predators. For an unassuming Pacific tree frog that looks like the blue of a robin's egg, that coloration is the result of a genetic mutation and not a beacon of self defense.

Humboldt State University has requested formal approval from the CSU system to discontinue its German major, which for many years has struggled with low enrollment.

The HSU Children's Center announces sponsorship of the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) based on this year's new eligibility scale.

KHSU 90.5 turns 50 in late 2010, and in preparation for its golden anniversary, station staff and volunteers are assembling a digital archive to preserve the station’s history.

Arcata - Staff from Humboldt State University and the City of Arcata quickly traced the source of paint-contaminated flush water that made its way into Campbell Creek, finding the problem just two hours after a citizen reported it to University Police at 4:56 p.m. Thursday, May 29.

Arcata – The Humboldt State University Police Department has identified the alleged perpetrator of the reported rape near Sunset Hall May 11, but no criminal charges have been brought because the survivor prefers not to take the case to trial.

Facing serious fiscal challenges due to the overwhelming state budget crisis, the California State University Board of Trustees today increased undergraduate student fees by $276 for the 2008-09 academic year.

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger‘s May revision of the State budget restored $97.6 million to the California State University, reducing the $386 million gap in state funding initially anticipated for the 2008-09 CSU budget.

Arcata - The Humboldt State University Police Department released today a composite sketch of a male suspect in connection with an acquaintance rape that reportedly occurred in an outdoor area between Sunset Hall and the Jolly Giant Commons at about 3:00 a.m. Sunday, May 11, 2008.

Arcata — The Humboldt State University Police Department, the HSU Administration and the Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office are reviewing administrative sanctions and criminal charges against three HSU students in connection with three cardboard boxes placed around campus, one of which bore the threat, “I will destroy your city.”

Arcata — Humboldt State University's police department responded to the discovery of three cardboard boxes, one of which carried an explicit threat, near the Science B, Art and Natural Resources and Sciences buildings. There were no injuries and the boxes, after being examined by Humboldt County Sheriff bomb technicians, were found to contain nothing dangerous.

Sofia Pereira, the lone presidential write-in candidate, prevailed in the third and final round of this year’s protracted Associated Students presidential contest, eclipsing Luke Ferrari 350 votes to 247.

Arcata – Humboldt State University will add $1 million to its endowment in support of community college transfer students, funded by a $16 million pledge to California State University by the Bay Area Bernard Osher Foundation.

The regional accreditation agency that oversees Humboldt State University has reaffirmed its academic standing, a process that occurs every 10 years.

Humboldt State University alumnus Michael Crooke (’90), a world leader of socially responsible business and former chief of Patagonia outdoor equipment, will be the Commencement speaker at all three Humboldt State University graduation ceremonies on Saturday, May 17 in Redwood Bowl.

Arcata - Humboldt State University’s Office for Economic and Community Development is giving a key training session in May to equip local manufacturers with techniques to cut costs and increase capacity.

It’s summer time and the surf is calling. Most surfers will be driving up and down the beach looking for that perfect set. This summer two surfers are ditching their car and doing it right.

Arcata - Some 2,200 graduates and credential recipients are scheduled to cross the stage on Saturday, May 17, when Humboldt State University hosts its 2008 Commencement, expected to draw an estimated 25,000 guests to Redwood Bowl.

Arcata – Humboldt State’s Commencement exercises on May 17 will include the award of honorary doctorates to a distinguished Tribal leader and an alumnus of international stature.