Campus News

Water service on the Humboldt State University campus was restored at 7:30 a.m. today, following a short outage caused by an overturned fire hydrant.

Jacqueline Nagatsuka, a veteran of institutional research at both four-year and two-year institutions with a doctoral degree in Educational Leadership from UCLA, is the new Director of Institutional Research and Planning at Humboldt State University, effective February 1.

A 27-year-old Arcata man is in the Humboldt County Correctional Facility after Humboldt State University Police discovered him at the scene of an alleged burglary of HSU’s construction offices in the Schmidt House, near 17th and Union Streets on the main campus early Sunday morning, January 24. A second potential suspect is being evaluated.

Humboldt State University’s Department of Mathematics invites the general public to same-day, consecutive lectures in February about fisheries science and policymaking by a researcher in mathematical and theoretical biology who specializes in ecology, evolution and behavior and applied science.

Wildlife professionals across the state know they can count on Humboldt State when the unexpected happens. That’s why, last October, when a 72-foot blue whale tragically died and washed up on the Mendocino County coast, Professor P. Dawn Goley was among the first to be notified.

Humboldt State University’s Library has been tapped to receive one of nine Hidden Collections Grants from the Council on Library and Information Resources. The grant is targeted at making archival material from California’s environmental history available to scholars throughout the world.

The Math Tutoring Lab provides free walk-in tutoring for all HSU students needing help with math up through PreCalculus and some beginning calculus and statistics. Come check out our new office hours in Library 208. Schedule is below.


A provision in the federal stimulus package signed by President Obama last February will enable more Humboldt State students and parents to qualify over the next two years for an annual tax credit of up to $2,500 per student to pay for college expenses.

Humboldt State University suffered little damage from the Jan. 9 earthquake, amounting to a few thousand dollars at most, based on a field survey conducted by HSU Plant Operations on Jan. 11.

Humboldt State University’s Schatz Energy Research Center is road testing a smog-free, hydrogen-powered Toyota fuel cell hybrid vehicle as part of an effort to commercialize the smog-free vehicle in five years.

Edward Subkis has been named the new General Manager at KHSU, the public radio station licensed to Humboldt State University. He starts work Feb. 1.

Tom Lidot, a member of the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indians of Alaska and a member of the Chilkat Indian Village, will speak on strengthening collaboration between tribes and county agencies at a one-day conference on Friday, Jan. 8 at Humboldt State University.

Humboldt State University has received one of the largest cash gifts in its history: $1 million from The Bernard Osher Foundation to fund HSU’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI), which provides learning opportunities for those over 50.

_Update: As of 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 16, the Health Center will no longer be administering H1N1 vaccinations to faculty and staff._

Come ride to your heart’s delight! On Tuesday, Dec. 15, engineering students at Humboldt State University (HSU) will unveil their Smooth Ridin’ bike-powered blender to the campus community.

The Humboldt Science and Mathematics Center at Humboldt State University, teamed with UC Davis and West Sacramento Early College Prep, will award 24 teacher teams up to $30,000 each to foster classroom innovation and improved learning outcomes.

Humboldt State has prepared its second annual handbook with extensive budget information for fiscal year 2009-10 titled “The Operating and Capital Budget Book,” available at the "HSU Budget website":http://www.humboldt.edu/~budget/.

Humboldt State University and the other 22 campuses of the California State University system are reaching out with honorary degrees to hundreds of former Japanese-American students whose CSU studies were halted when they were forced into World War II internment camps by presidential order.

_The following update was provided by the CSU Chancellor's Office._ The state’s Master Plan remains a viable framework for California’s public higher education system, according to CSU Chancellor Charles B. Reed, but the state needs to renew its investment in higher education.

Humboldt State consistently attracts top performing students who value its strong academics. But for a number of years, it has had comparatively high and frustrating attrition rates among sophomores compared to other campuses in the California State University system. What’s behind the “sophomore slump”?

Humboldt State University has closed Fall 2010 applications for freshmen and transfers after strong demand from prospective students during the priority application period. The cutoff marks a big change from prior years, when the campus accepted applications through February or even later.

Humboldt State University and Universidad Autónoma Benito Juárez de Oaxaca have renewed their long-standing academic partnership, extending it to 2014.

A record 609,000 prospective students have applied for admission to the California State University, up 28 percent from last year. The largest increase came from community college transfer students whose applications increased 87 percent over last year with a total 195,113 applicants. First-time freshmen applications were up 12 percent with just over 412,000 submissions.

The HSU Natural History Museum opens its doors for a interactive workshop in physical science for children ages 7 to 14 years. Chemistry and Physics Discovery Day is on Saturday, Dec. 12. The event runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. with exhibits on both chemistry and physics during the four hours.