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HSU Plays Major Role in Energy Savings

A Humboldt State University graduate student and three HSU alumni are part of a grant team that has won $4.4 million in federal stimulus funding to support the development of the North Coast Energy Independence Program.

Natural History Museum to Finish Closure

Humboldt State University’s Natural History Museum, which has been open only to school groups since it closed to the public last August, will close entirely after the end of the current school year. School trips planned for this spring will not be affected.

UPD Follows Leads in Weekend Assault

Arcata - Humboldt State University Police are actively following leads in a physical assault over the weekend that resulted in two 19-year-old male resident students being briefly hospitalized.

Campus Reform Ideas Getting Reviewed

Humboldt State's Expanded University Executive Committee recently met about a proposed series of campus reform proposals, and has forwarded the proposals to campus governance groups. The groups - Academic Senate, Associated Students, Staff Council and the University Executive Committee - have been asked for feedback by March 9.

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Student Uses Camera to Lend Haiti a Hand

When the magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti, HSU journalism student Travis Turner knew he couldn't wait for the media to bring him the story. He needed to grab his camera and see it for himself. Now his work is on display at Arcata’s Venatore Gallery through March 12.

TED Speaker to Share Origami Secrets at HSU

Robert J. Lang, an international leader in computational origami and among the world’s foremost origami artists with a repertoire of more than 500 designs, will deliver a free public lecture at Humboldt State University on Tuesday, March 9. The 2008 "TED Conference":http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/robert_lang_folds_way_new_origami.html speaker will address the links between Japanese paper-folding and the solution of modern scientific and engineering problems.

UPD Seeks Leads About Campus Assault

The Humboldt State University Police Department is seeking information and anonymous tips to help identify suspects involved in an alleged physical assault early Sunday morning, February 14, near the University Art Building.

Give Your Regards to W. Broadway at HSU

It was after the Humboldt Light Opera Company production of _The Music Man_ that several cast members decided to stick together awhile longer—and sing together, to raise money for HLOC as well as have some fun.

Nagatsuka Assumes New HSU Research Post

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.

HSU Prof is Finalist In Audubon Photo Contest

Charles M. (Mike) Anderson, emeritus professor of environmental resources engineering at Humboldt State University, is among 100 finalists in _Audubon Magazine’s_ inaugural photography awards competition who were chosen from among approximately 2,500 contestants. They submitted some 16,000-plus images.

Bolick-Floss Named to National Forum

Annie Bolick-Floss, director of Humboldt State University’s Career Center and Service-Learning Programs, is among eight civic and community engagement leaders from California Campus Compact (CCC) institutions who will attend a one-of-kind professional development institute in July titled Diving Deep: Campus Compact’s Institute for Experienced Civic and Community Engagement Practitioners.

One-time Funds Enable CSU to Provide More Classes

_The following is a California State University Employee Update from the Chancellor's Office_ The CSU will allocate $50.9 million in one-time funds to campuses to provide approximately 8,100 additional course sections systemwide as well as retain additional lecturers for the fall 2010 term.

HSU Panel Urges Sweeping Reform

Following a one-year review of the challenges facing Humboldt State University, a special campus panel has recommended a series of initiatives to strengthen the institution.

HSU Forum Assesses Quake ‘Lessons Learned’

Humboldt State University’s Department of Geology will present a community forum, “The Week the Earth Trembled,” on Monday, February 8, at 5 p.m. in the Kate Buchanan Room, weighing the impact of and lessons learned from the January 9 and 13 earthquakes on the North Coast and in Haiti.

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KRFH Opens Doors for Student Broadcasters

Behind the door of Gist Hall 105 is a mural of Manhattan’s 52nd Street in the '40s. Vivid colors illustrate the Onyx Club and the famous Birdland jazz club with legendary drummer Gene Krupa’s name, painted like a marquee. This is the pathway to student-run KRFH — Radio Free Humboldt.

HSU Shares in $720K to Boost Salmon Oversight

Humboldt State University Fisheries Biology Professor David Hankin is among the recipients of a three-year, $720,000 California Ocean Protection Council award, administered by California Sea Grant, to explore the connections between ocean climate and the survival and abundance of the state’s Chinook salmon.

Send Bette and Boo to Reno!

It used to be that an unhappy couple would go to Reno for their divorce. In February, another unhappy couple—and a lot of their friends—are trying to get to Reno, for a much happier reason. But they need help.