Despite rising costs, Humboldt County’s economy remained largely unchanged in August, according to the latest Humboldt Economic Index, produced by faculty and students in Cal Poly Humboldt’s Economics program.
Cal Poly Humboldt is one of the nation’s leading universities serving rural students, earning the No. 8 spot in Washington Monthly’s inaugural Top 100 Rural Colleges ranking.
When families log into a Cal Poly Humboldt event and hear their first language spoken clearly and confidently, the impact is immediate. What might otherwise feel inaccessible becomes welcoming and personal.
With summer comes the warmth and sunshine that wine grapes need to thrive. It also comes with more vineyard-destroying rodents. To keep vermin at bay while reducing the need for harmful pesticides, California vineyards have been turning to an avian ally: barn owls.
Four years after releasing its Climate Action Plan 2.0, Cal Poly Humboldt continues to show measurable progress toward its goal of becoming a carbon-neutral campus by 2045.
Nearly $1 million. That's the legacy Chris Lynch ('73, Political Science) and Bill Tanner have committed to future Cal Poly Humboldt students through the Christine Lynch and William C. Tanner Scholarship Endowment.
As CEO of Enterprise for Youth in San Francisco, Carlo Solis ('08, Ethnic Studies) spends his days creating opportunities for young people. Under his leadership, the nonprofit connects hundreds of youth each year with paid internships, professional mentors, and career experiences that can shape the rest of their lives.
The Humboldt Fishin' Lumberjacks, a group made up of Humboldt Fisheries alumni, have spent the last 25 years building friendships on the water. Now, they're working to build something even more timeless and enduring.
For many high school juniors and seniors, college can feel like a distant goal filled with unknowns. Cal Poly Humboldt's High School Scholars Program is changing that by giving local high school students the opportunity to earn college credit, experience university life, and discover they belong in a college classroom.
Terry Bowyer (‘70, Wildlife, ‘76, M.S. Wildlife) has spent much of his life watching animals closely enough to see what most people never will: moose bulls battling in the Alaska wilderness, grizzly bears and wolves hunting, cow moose caring for calves, and the subtle ways animals communicate, compete, and survive.
With summer travel in full swing, high gas prices continue across the nation–particularly in Humboldt County, a coastal rural town in far Northern California.
Cal Poly Humboldt parent Keith Berman had a very straightforward reason to establish a new Cal Poly Humboldt scholarship in 2022: to invest in students who can shape a better future for all of us.
Cal Poly Humboldt Athletics achieved one of the most successful years in department history, finishing fourth in the 2025-26 California Collegiate Athletic Association Robert J. Hiegert Commissioner's Cup standings.
Cal Poly Humboldt Rowing capped off a historic 2026 season, earning a national runner-up finish at the NCAA Division II Rowing Championships at Lake Lanier Olympic Park in Gainesville, Georgia.
Through a charitable remainder unitrust, a generous planned gift from alumni Mike and Carmen Minch will create lasting support for students in Environmental Resources Engineering and Wildlife, the two programs that helped shape their lives and careers.
