Campus News

For the first time next week, HSU will take its annual career fair online.

Humboldt State University will celebrate international education and exchange Nov. 18-22 during International Education Week. Now in its 12th year at HSU, the annual event includes an international fashion show, lectures, a keynote speaker and panels on studying, living and working abroad. The event is free and open to the public.

On October 28, the CSU Board of Trustees Search Committee held an open forum where students, faculty, staff and community members provided input into the desired characteristics and experiences they seek in the next President.

HSU students Derrick Hicks (’13, Business) and Graeme Lock (’17) won the FLW College Fishing Western Conference Invitational on Clear Lake Oct. 12, qualifying them for the 2014 national championship.

Many events celebrate the HSU centennial but few will have this authentic touch: a locally created tune from the era of the school’s founding, played on the actual instrument of one of its founders.

The HSU Guitar Ensemble explores the world in concert on Friday, November 8 at Fulkerson Recital Hall.

Over the course of the fall semester, Humboldt NOW will be profiling our new faculty. For a list of the new faculty "click here":http://now.humboldt.edu/news/university-welcomes-26-new-faculty-members/.

Who in the world was Alexander von Humboldt? During Humboldt State University’s centennial year, this original play about the school’s namesake attempts to capture the spirit of his life as visionary explorer, scientist, godfather of ecology and champion of diversity and freedom.

Humboldt State University Recreation Administration students, in partnership with the cities of Arcata and Eureka, will host two Halloween carnivals for children Oct. 31. The events will take place from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Arcata Community Center and the Adorni Center in Eureka.

The Indigenous Arts Coalition from the San Francisco Bay Area, an evolving group of culturally and artistically diverse artists identifying as indigenous, are featured at Humboldt State University’s Goudi’ni Gallery in _Artists from The Indigenous Arts Coalition present: “post contemporary,”_ November 8 through December 5. The exhibit opens with a reception for the artists from 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday, November 8. The public is invited to attend this free, public event.

Humboldt Symphony performs the climactic movements of Stravinsky’s famous Firebird Suite and other selections in its first concert of the school year Nov. 2 in Fulkerson Recital Hall.

HSU staff and students will soon find it easier to enroll in California’s CalFresh program thanks to a $45,000 contract awarded to Humboldt State’s Department of Social Work.

To commemorate HSU's centennial, throughout November, Humboldt State University’s College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences will hold a series of events and activities to showcase its programs.

Over the course of the fall semester, Humboldt NOW will be profiling our new faculty. For a list of the new faculty "click here":http://now.humboldt.edu/news/university-welcomes-26-new-faculty-members/.

Humboldt State University student Cara Owings (Native American Studies) has received a $10,000 Rodney T. Mathews Jr. Scholarship.

Humboldt State University and the University of California will co-host a biomass energy workshop Thursday, November 7 at the Humboldt Bay Aquatic Center.

_The following is from the CSU Public Affairs Office._ The California State University Board of Trustees is beginning the search for a new president of Humboldt State University (HSU) to succeed Rollin C. Richmond, who has announced he will retire at the end of the 2013-14 academic year.

_The following is from the Arcata Police Department_ The Arcata Police Department is requesting assistance in identifying witnesses to a stabbing that occurred on September 29, 2013.

On the bottom floor of Science D, a group of students sat in small groups discussing water turbidity, pH levels, mineral content and energy consumption.

College of the Redwoods and Humboldt State University’s 2013/14 Book of the Year author Jim Dodge will read selections from his novel _Fup_ twice in November. Dodge will read first at HSU on Tuesday, Nov. 5 at 7:30 p.m. in Goodwin Forum. And at CR, he will read in the New Theater on Friday, Nov. 15 at 10:00 a.m. A book signing will follow both readings which are free and open to the public.

Poet and hip hop artist Tim’m West headlines the 15th annual Campus Dialogue on Race with his keynote address, “Deconstructing Dis/ease: The Body as a politicized site for healing self and community,” on Monday, Nov. 4 at 6 p.m. in the Gist Hall Theatre.

Over the course of the fall semester, Humboldt NOW will be profiling our new faculty. For a list of the new faculty "click here":http://now.humboldt.edu/news/university-welcomes-26-new-faculty-members/.

Following a semester of booming enrollment and ongoing efforts to bolster campus diversity, Humboldt State University now qualifies as a Hispanic-Serving Institution by the U.S. Department of Education.

The HSU production of the Mel Brooks musical _Young Frankenstein_ is onstage for two weekends in Gist Hall Theatre beginning Thursday, October 17.

The Reese Bullen Gallery celebrates Humboldt State University’s Centennial, with the final exhibit of a three-part art faculty exhibition series. _REVISIT: Art by Former Faculty_ highlights artwork from faculty that began teaching at HSU in the late 1960's through the early 1990's. The exhibit runs from November 1 through November 21, with an opening reception on Friday, November 1, from 4:30-6:30 p.m. The public is invited to attend this free event.