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Cal Poly Humboldt’s second annual Giving Day was a tremendous success as the Humboldt community came together to raise $325,260 in just one day!

Join other Cal Poly Humboldt students, faculty, staff, alumni, friends, and family on Wednesday, April 3, for this 24-hour fundraising campaign to support the program on campus you care most about.

In collaboration with the Center for Community Based Learning, Cal Poly Humboldt's Career Development Center is thrilled to announce the return of its largest annual event, the Career Expo & Volunteer Fair, on Thursday, Feb. 15, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., in the West Gym.

Students and individuals from under-served communities will have access to free tax services as part of the University’s student-run tax clinic, which returns this February.

To help increase equity and diversity in the behavioral health workforce, Cal Poly Humboldt’s Social Work department launched the Rural and Tribal Behavioral Health MSW Fellowship this fall.

Cal Poly Humboldt students can now design their own degree through the Interdisciplinary Studies—Individualized Degree Program (IDP).

McKinleyville is the third largest community in Humboldt County, and as it grows, many wonder who will help manage its expansion—and whether or not incorporating it into the county’s eighth city is the answer.

California has a severe shortage of healthcare workers, according to the California Future Workforce Commission.

Cal Poly Humboldt is one of the 79 best colleges in the West according to The Princeton Review. The education services company lists Humboldt in the Best in the West section of its “2024 Best Colleges: Region by Region.”

Classrooms around the country are becoming more diverse, underscoring the need for a teaching force and curricula that reflect and support this diversity.

Cal Poly Humboldt’s Outdoor Leadership class braved a 13- hour drive to the vast canyons, rolling hills, and wildlife of Oregon’s Owyhee Canyonlands for a student-led backpacking expedition.

Since 1964, Cal Poly Humboldt has honored outstanding faculty and in 1986, the University added the Scholar of the Year Award. Nominations are reviewed by the Faculty Awards Committee.

The Executive Committee of the Cal Poly Humboldt Emeritus and Retired Faculty and Staff Association (Humboldt ERFSA)  is pleased to announce the winners of this year’s awards.

What began 10 years ago as an idea turned into ideaFest. Cal Poly Humboldt’s annual extravaganza showcases hundreds of research and creative projects from students, staff, and faculty over the past year.

The berries have long been hailed as a superfood—while they’re known for a plethora of health benefits, new research proves this superfruit could help burn fat during exercise. 

Rick Gardner (‘65, Psychology) remembers the day he was accepted into Cal Poly Humboldt. “I opened the mailbox and saw the letter from Humboldt. When I opened it, I went running to my parents to show

Many people don't understand how to do their taxes, let alone how to minimize them. That’s why student volunteers from Cal Poly Humboldt’s School of Business are providing free face-to-face tax filing services — including on-the-spot e-filing — to eligible individuals throughout the campus and community.

Cal Poly Humboldt continues to grow its Place-Based Learning Communities, which offer first-year students improved connections to local communities and each other.

More than 300 graduates participated in Cal Poly Humboldt’s Fall Commencement last week. 

Cal Poly Humboldt celebrated the graduation of more than 1,250 students who participated in three ceremonies in Redwood Bowl on Saturday.

Each May, more than a thousand Cal Poly Humboldt students take part in Commencement. For two students, the ceremony will be particularly meaningful as they walk across the stage to receive their diplomas on Saturday.

Child Development Professor Meenal Rana; Mathematics instructor Sonja Manor; and Forestry Professor Jeff Kane are being recognized for their excellence in teaching and scholarship.

For the first time in two years, due to the pandemic, the Cultural Graduation Celebrations will be held in person prior to the Cal Poly Humboldt Commencement ceremonies. These collaborative events will honor the rich cultural heritage, knowledge, and resilience diverse students contribute to campus.

Recognizing the academics and co-curricular excellence and achievements of our students. Congratulations to this year’s winners and nominees!

The roots and branches of cannabis research extend well beyond its traditional beds of botany and social justice, spreading tendrils to settler colonialism, global capitalism, and environmental stewardship. This was the impetus behind a book edited by the co-directors of Cal Poly Humboldt’s Humboldt institute for Interdisciplinary Marijuana Research.