Campus News

Songs from the Renaissance to the Beatles are given voice in the Madrigal and Mad River Transit Singers spring concert at 8 p.m. Sunday, May 5 in Fulkerson Recital Hall.

_The following was provided by the California State University Chancellor's Office_:

He traveled around the world and is considered the founder of modern geography. Charles Darwin once called him the “greatest scientific traveler who ever lived.”

An international agency has adopted a new technical standard led by the Schatz Energy Research Center at Humboldt State University that harmonizes national quality assurance requirements for solar-powered light-emitting diode devices (LEDs).

Humboldt State is continuing its commitment to sustainability and environmental protection with a number of events celebrating Earth Day, Monday, April 22.

For the fourth year in a row, Humboldt State University is rated among the most environmentally responsible colleges in the U.S. and Canada by the Princeton Review, an education services company, in partnership with the U.S. Green Building Council.

Humboldt State’s Residential Academic Mentoring Program will host a career panel with community leaders Monday, April 29 from 4 to 7 p.m. in the Great Hall above the College Creek Marketplace. The event is free and open to the public.

Middle and high school students from Arcata High, Douglas City, Eureka High, McKinleyville High and Sunny Brae won top honors at Humboldt State University’s Department of Mathematics 54th annual Redwood Empire Mathematics Tournament on April 13.

The visiting University of British Columbia Wind Ensemble and the HSU Symphonic Band share a free concert on Monday, April 29 at 8 p.m.

Is it love or ambition? Is it genius or madness? And what is the proof?

Humboldt State University is broadening and intensifying its long-term programs for campus-wide suicide prevention and wellness with a two-year, $155,000 grant from the California Mental Health Services Authority and other funding sources.

Humboldt State University will host its inaugural Earth Day Symposium on Marijuana and the Environment this weekend, centering on a key issue often overlooked in mainstream analysis: marijuana’s environmental effects.

Research findings of medical marijuana dispensaries will be the subject of the last of the spring speaker series of the Humboldt Institute for Interdisciplinary Marijuana Research on Monday, April 29, at 5:30 p.m. in the Native American Forum adjoining the Behavioral and Social Sciences Building at Humboldt State University.

Humboldt State University saluted its Outstanding Students 2012-2013 at award ceremonies April 11 hosted by President Rollin Richmond, Provost Bob Snyder and Vice President of Enrollment Management and Student Affairs Peg Blake.

Humboldt State University's 2013 Distinguished Alumni Award recipients are Clifford Allenby ('59, Economics, Psychology), Ellie Cachette ('06, Political Science), Robert Henry ('67, Social Science) and Rick Rosenthal ('67, Zoology).

How do you survey 20th century music and leave out spaghetti westerns, African rhythms and video games? If you’re the HSU Guitar Ensemble in their April 19 concert, you don’t.

Following his appointment as the new chancellor of the California State University system in January, Timothy White pledged to visit all 23 campuses during the first year of his tenure. Monday and Tuesday, Chancellor White came to Humboldt State, touring the campus, meeting with students, faculty and staff, and learning about the people and programs.

The road to heaven goes through hell—at least if you’re a soprano. Your first name doesn’t even have to be Tony.

Humboldt State will host the 46th annual Humboldt Film Festival April 17-20 on the HSU campus.

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.

Offering everything from mainstream standards to funk and postmodern blends, five HSU Jazz Combos perform two shows of small group jazz at Fulkerson Recital Hall on Friday April 12.

Jessica Garcia, an 18-year-old freshman at Humboldt State University, will be remembered at a community memorial service on Wednesday, April 10 at 6 p.m. in the Redwood/Sunset Hill Courtyard. The memorial will take place in the Redwood Lounge in case of rain.

The anthropology students set up a tripod, then carefully mounted the total mapping station. Over the next few hours, they used the electronic device to take detailed measurements, creating a topographical map of the excavation site.

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":http://humboldt.edu/100. And be sure to share your own memories and photos from campus at "humboldt.edu/100/share":humboldt.edu/100/share

_The following is a message from the Office of the President._ Please join me in extending a warm welcome to our new Chancellor, Timothy P. White, when he visits our campus April 8 and 9. He will be joined by his Deputy Chief of Staff, Jessica Darin.