Campus News

Humboldt State University’s Logging Sports team captured first and second overall in the annual California Conclave competition in November, hosted by Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and held at the Cal Poly Swanton Pacific Ranch just north of Santa Cruz. A contingent of 24 HSU students participated and many of them placed first in individual events. They competed with teams from Cal Poly, UC Berkley, Modesto Junior College and Central Oregon Community College. HSU senior Jess Engle captured the Belle of the Woods award for the overall best female competitor.

He is described as America’s best-loved, most popular and best-selling poet. Born 800 years ago in Persia, the poet and mystic called Rumi is a contemporary global phenomenon. Now his work has inspired North Coast actors and musicians to create “An Evening with Rumi,” presented by the HSU Department of Theatre, Film and Dance for two weekends, beginning December 2.

A Jenga tower leans atop a table in the room. Jenga is the game of the night for HSU’s dedicated student callers. Anyone who brings in a donation pledge that night gets to take a turn.

Humboldt State University has suspended admissions to its Nursing Program for Spring 2011, due to ongoing difficulties within the department.

The family of Professor William G. Golden expects to announce a memorial date and arrangements after the Thanksgiving holiday for the late professor of chemistry and chair of two science departments at Humboldt State University.

Humboldt State University alumnus Steven Dixon (’10), formerly of McKinleyville, has been appointed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to the California State University Board of Trustees.

_The following was provided by the California State University Chancellor's Office_ h4. CSU Raises Tuition (State University Fee) to Sustain Enrollment, Classes and Services The CSU Board of Trustees this week approved a two-step tuition (State University Fee) increase needed to sustain enrollment, classes and services for current students.

Humboldt State University, a Lead Small Business Development Center in the California State University system, is part of a new CSU agreement with the California Small Business Development Center Network to augment backing of the state’s small businesses.

Exercise, health, nutrition – and the Internet? Combining technology and teaching is expected in Computer Science and Engineering programs, but the Department of Kinesiology and Recreation Administration has developed a way to combine interactive, online teaching with exercise and nutrition education.

_The following was provided by the California State University Chancellor’s Office._ (November 9, 2010) – The California State University Board of Trustees Committee on Finance today approved a two-step tuition increase needed to sustain enrollment, classes and services for current students.

Ann Marie Stock, Professor of Hispanic Studies and Film Studies at the College of William & Mary in Virginia, where she is Dean of International Affairs and acting head of the Reves Center for International Studies, is the keynote speaker for International Education Week, Nov. 15-19, at Humboldt State University.

A student referendum on an increase to the Instructionally Related Activities (IRA) fee is set for Dec. 7, 8 and 9.

Jay Perrine has been a hands-on parent in his daughter Danielle’s education since preschool. So, when Danielle decided to pursue her Environmental Science degree at Humboldt State in 2007, it was just a matter of time before Jay found a way to lend a hand.

Social and business networking is essential to rural-based ethnic entrepreneurs if they are to become more profitable, according to a first-of-its-kind survey by the California Center for Rural Policy (CCRP) at Humboldt State University, partnered with HSU’s Institute for Spatial Analysis.

Biology Professor Jacob Varkey, Humboldt State’s Outstanding Professor of the Year 2009-2010, will deliver a free public lecture on whether sperm contribute to the early development of an embryo on Wednesday, Nov. 17, at 5 p.m. in Van Duzer Theatre. An informal reception will follow in the theater lobby.

Six days of events are on tap for the Campus Dialogue on Race, Nov. 1 through Nov. 6.

Humboldt State University, Arcata, Calif.—A suspect was arrested Sunday morning at approximately 2:30 a.m., after allegedly committing unauthorized entry to the residence halls areas of the Humboldt State University campus and assaulting several residents and Housing Staff members. Injuries were reported, however no persons involved with the incident required hospitalization.

HSU's Justin Graves won the Men's Div. II downhill race at the Collegiate Mountain Bike National Championships on Sunday, Oct. 17, in Truckee, Calif. Graves' victory against the best mountain bikers in the country makes him a Collegiate National Champion and earns him the prestigious stars and stripes jersey given only to national champions.

Humboldt State University’s Department of Biological Sciences hosts a ceremonial planting of the Wollemi pine (Wollemia nobilis), a rare ‘living fossil’, on Friday, Oct. 29 at 3 p.m. next to the southeast corner of Science Building A, north of the lecture hall Science B 133.

A big thanks to the hundreds of alumni, parents, families and students who made their way to campus for Homecoming & Family Weekend.

Arcata, Calif.—Humboldt State University will be testing a new audible alert and strobe light warning system designed to alert the campus in the event of an emergency.

The Department of Sociology’s Master’s Degree in Public Sociology, Ecological Justice and Action at Humboldt State University, one of only two such programs nationwide, has been reaccredited until 2017 as a “very innovative and successful” curriculum.

Cycling Club riders Justin Graves, Kevin Pabinquit and Joe Mulleary will represent HSU in the Collegiate Mountain Bike National Championships Oct. 15 to 17, in Tahoe, Calif. Graves and Pabinquit will compete in the gravity events-- the four cross (4x), where riders race four at a time down a course with several jumps and berms, much like the snowboard cross you saw at the Olympics. Riders qualify for the final round by winning their heat.

Humboldt State University has started a series of campus-wide forums and other communications efforts about a proposal to increase and reapportion annual IRA (Instructionally-Related Activities) fees to cover mounting costs.

Humboldt State University’s cycling club scored eight victories in this weekend’s collegiate mountain bike races in the Bay Area. UC Berkeley hosted the events. On Sunday morning, HSU Cycling won three races in a row, starting with the Men’s C short track cross-country events. Andrew Spickerman took the early lead and was passed by a UC Berkeley rider heading into the last lap. But Spickerman stuck to his competition’s wheel and the two sprinted uphill to the finish line where Spickerman came through for the win.