Campus News

Once upon a time in the mid-1980s, a total stranger knocked on the office door of Humboldt State Music Professor Eugene Novotney.

A New York Times best selling author and a renowned nature photographer headline Humboldt State University’s Centennial Speaker Series presented by Center Arts. With talks by authors Paul Ehrlich, Peter Singer, Naomi Klein and Michael Eric Dyson, union organizer Arturo S. Rodriguez and photographer James Balog, Humboldt State celebrates Big Ideas during the campus’s Centennial Celebration.

A number of common assumptions about marijuana use require more scrutiny based on hard scientific evidence instead of limited anecdotal data, according to a Humboldt State University academic journal.

Not many college students can say they're a published writer. But "young adult author" is a title that Vincent Gonzalez (’15, Wildlife) recently added to his resume.

Humboldt State University First Street Gallery presents Young Alumni-2013, on exhibit from July 2nd through August 4th, 2013. This exhibition celebrates the diversity and skills acquired by Humboldt State Art majors during their enrollment at the university.

Humboldt State’s master’s degree in education has been named one of the top programs of its kind in the nation by "mastersdegreeonline.org":http://www.mastersdegreeonline.org/, a website for master’s programs.

Boston-based marimba master Nancy Zeltsman, founder of the international Zeltsman Marimba Festival, promises that Humboldt State and Arcata Playhouse audiences will hear “absolutely ear-opening percussion” at her concert series June 30-July 13.

Humboldt State University’s Department of Music and Music Professor Eugene Novotney will host the international Zeltsman Marimba Festival June 30 - July 13 with multiple concerts open to the public.

Registration is now open for the 2013 Marine Sciences Summer Program. The three-session program is an opportunity for young children (first through sixth grades) to learn about the coastal environment through fun and exciting activities.

Humboldt State University will resume North Coast teacher workshops this summer for California State University’s Expository Reading and Writing Course (ERWC) for high school teachers, co-sponsored by the Humboldt County Office of Education, College of the Redwoods and The Redwood Writing Project.

Humboldt State Professor C.D. Hoyle, Department of Physics and Astronomy, has received a three-year, $155,746 continuation grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for ongoing testing of Newton’s law of gravity and Einstein’s theory of relativity in HSU’s Gravitational Research Laboratory.

The Schatz Energy Research Center at Humboldt State University has received a $95,000 state grant to continue experiments aimed at converting biomass—slash from logging and fuel reduction efforts—into energy dense “bio-coal.”

Humboldt State University oceanography professor Christine Cass has been named one of the top 20 women professors in California by "statestats.org":http://www.statestats.org/ and "onlineschoolscalifornia.com":http://onlineschoolscalifornia.com/.

Humboldt State NOW digs into the photographic archives as campus gets ready for the yearlong centennial celebration in the ’13-’14 academic year. Enjoy a look back every week as HS NOW features historical photos. Photos will also be added to the Scrolling Archive on the HSU Centennial webpage. And be sure to share your own memories and photos from campus at "humboldt.edu/100/share":http://humboldt.edu/100/share.

Emanuel Delgado (’13, Geography) has always had a passion for sustainability, but it wasn’t until he came to HSU that he really had a chance to get his feet wet.

_The following was provided by the California State University Chancellor's Office._ Governor Brown’s May Revision of the 2013-2014 state budget continues to propose an additional $125.1 million in state funding for the California State University and also maintains reinstating $125 million that was cut from last year's budget and was due to be reimbursed in this year's budget following the successful passage of Proposition 30. The proposal also states that the administration will work with the colleges and universities, legislature and other stakeholders on a framework that would link future budget augmentations to performance-related measures.

Humboldt State University’s California Center for Rural Policy has been awarded a two-year, $1 million grant by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to bolster Humboldt County health care.

Geography professor Monica Stephens' 'Geography of Hate' map has attracted national and international media attention, from news website "Mashable":http://mashable.com/2013/05/13/geography-of-hate/?hubRefSrc=permalink#l… to German national newspaper "Die Zeit":http://blog.zeit.de/open-data/2013/05/13/hate-map-twitter/.

Humboldt State will host the Zeltsman Marimba Festival June 30 to July 13 on the HSU campus.

Humboldt State is looking at ways to make campus lighting more energy efficient.

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Humboldt State University will offer an array of courses this summer, from Trinidad to Garberville. Venues will include Redwood National Forest, Samoa’s speeder train in Samoa and a Crabs game at Arcata Ballpark.

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This semester, students in Patricia DuRant’s engineering dynamics class had the chance to design and build their own robots using wheels, plastic gears and other self-designed parts.

Humboldt State University recently received a Silver Rating in STARS, a nationwide program that evaluates an institution’s programs and practices in sustainability. The rating places HSU among the nation’s leaders in sustainability.

Jacob Bloom, a Communication major, is the new Associated Student president after winning 55 percent of a run-off vote held May 1 and 2. Jennie Rose Saunders, an Environmental Policy major, is administrative vice president after winning 53 percent of the vote, and Juan Diaz-Infante, also an Environmental Policy major, is student affairs vice president winning a 60 percent majority.