Campus News

Humboldt State University’s Natural History Museum will re-open to the public next week with a broader academic mission and solid financial backing from recent grants.

Economic Fuel: The Humboldt County Student Business Challenge announces the start of the 2011 competition year in conjunction with College of the Redwoods, Humboldt State University, and the North Coast Small Business Development Center.

A bit of luck helped HSU senior Tawny Neal secure her summer internship saving endangered birds with the Maui Forest Bird Recovery project.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded over $45,000 to Humboldt State’s Rangeland Resources program to help recruit students, assess course materials and adopt new technologies.

Smoke was reported in the University Center around 3:10 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 31. University Police and Arcata Fire Volunteers responded to the reports and immediately evacuated the building.

Portions of Humboldt County need more food stores, expanded transportation and greater spending power to supply threatened families and children with enough food and healthy choices, according to the California Center for Rural Policy at Humboldt State University.

Responding to California’s whooping cough epidemic, Humboldt State University will host a free vaccination clinic for students, staff and faculty on Tuesday, Sept. 14, 11- 5p.m., in the South Lounge at University Center.

Through her summer internship with the Harvard Forest, Andrea Garcia learned that computer coding can be used for more than just games or programming – it can provide key information for environmental conservation.

Richard Engel, an engineer with the Schatz Energy Research Center and an Environmental Resources Engineering alum ('88), is back at HSU after serving as a Fulbright scholar to El Salvador. Engel spent a semester teaching and assisting with renewable energy projects in the region.

Humboldt State University and China’s Xi’an International Studies University awarded dual degrees June 28th in Xi’an to the first graduating class of the Chinese school’s Humboldt College.

Humboldt State University is getting ready to welcome a new crop of students. And many who chose Humboldt as their new home away from home have the Preview Plus initiative to thank. What started with one passenger van full of students and one adult chaperone has grown to serve up to 200 students annually in two large buses, with as many as 12 alumni chaperones.

With the start of the new academic year, Humboldt State University has activated a pay-for-print system in all student computer labs that will curb costs to most users and save thousands of pages of paper wasted each semester.

_The HSU Bookstore recently debuted its full-fledged book rental program. We asked student writer Desiree Perez to try the new program for herself and report back. Here’s what she found._ Students searching for affordable textbooks can now stop scouring the Internet for deals. This semester they may find the most affordable option on campus at the HSU Bookstore. In addition to its other money-saving efforts, the bookstore is now offering textbook rentals.

U.S. News & World Report has ranked Humboldt State No. 10 among public master's level universities in the West.

Humboldt State University will set up a permanent new traffic plan on Monday, Aug. 23 that reopens Harpst Street to two-way traffic.

Humboldt State University is one of 19 ‘five-star’ schools nationwide lauded for gay-friendliness by Campus Pride, a Charlotte, N.C. non-profit that promotes safe and harmonious environments for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students.

Humboldt State University celebrates the kick-off of the Fall 2010 semester with the opening of its 21st-century College Creek Apartment complex, welcoming 430 students into the new residence halls.

Veterans Enrollment & Transition Services at Humboldt State University is among the top 15% of colleges and universities nationally that provide comprehensive support to soldiers, G.I. Jobs magazine announced Aug. 16.

Harpst Street is open to one-way traffic entering the campus through Aug. 22 for College Creek residents only who are moving into the new apartment complex.

Humboldt State University’s Children's Center will receive another year of continued support for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Child and Adult Care Food Program, available without charge from Oct. 1 to all of the center's enrolled children.

Humboldt State University will start construction Monday, Aug. 9, on a safer, more efficient driveway entrance to the Harry Griffith Hall parking lot from B Street. Construction will continue through Aug. 31.

When activated to respond to a major oil spill, the Marine Wildlife Care Center at Humboldt State University becomes a birdbath.

Humboldt State University Department of Politics professor Noah Zerbe has won $2,500 in state-of-the-art instructional technology to continue and expand his use of electronic and online learning in the classroom.

_The following was provided by the California State University Chancellor's Office._ In response to Governor Schwarzenegger's signing today of an executive order directing state agencies as of August 1 to reinstate three furlough days per month for employees until a new budget is passed, California State University Chancellor Charles B. Reed reiterated that CSU employees will not be subject to furloughs.

Harpst and Rossow streets, including their intersection, will be closed for paving from 6 a.m. Friday, July 30, through noon Saturday, July 31, in connection with College Creek Apartments construction.