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GIS Scholarship for HSU Undergrad

The Northern California Region of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing has awarded a $500 scholarship for the 2009 academic year to HSU student Brian Huggett for his GIS studies.

Student Charged with Assaulting Fellow Student

Arcata – Arcata police have arrested an 18-year-old Humboldt State University resident student, Phillip Tripp, and a 15-year-old Happy Camp resident in connection with the alleged stabbing early Sunday morning, May 10, of a 23-year-old HSU student in the vicinity of 11th Street and J Street off-campus downtown.

Student Journalists Take First For Suicide Investigation

The National Society of Professional Journalists has awarded a First Place Mark of Excellence Award for In-Depth Reporting for region 11 to the Investigative Reporting Class at Humboldt State University for the story ??Nobody's Fault?? that was published in the North Coast Journal last May.

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Students Fight Against Light Pollution

The student-led Humboldt Energy Independence Fund has granted $75,000 for a Green Campus Program proposal to upgrade the Redwood Bowl stadium lighting at Humboldt State University and slash electricity consumption and light spillage.

Snyder Named Provost at HSU

Arcata – Humboldt State University President Rollin Richmond has appointed Robert Snyder, interim Vice President of Academic Affairs and Provost, to hold that position permanently, effective July 1.

Marketing Students Bolster Local Business

Area businesses got a helping hand from Humboldt State University students who recently completed marketing research for the local companies eager to learn more about what’s going on in their back yards.

HSU Don Translates Hiroshima Haiku

Father Eric Freed, director of Humboldt State University’s Newman Center and a lecturer in the Department of Religious Studies, has put into English the story and haiku poetry of a Japanese woman who was a teenager when the U.S. struck Hiroshima with an atomic bomb on August 6, 1945.

Black Artist Series Celebrates Harlem Nightclub

Arcata - ??Midnight Hour at the Lenox Lounge?? is the culminating performance of a two-semester course, The Black Artist in America (EDUC 680), piloted this year by HSU Professor Patty Yancey for the School of Education Master of Arts Program.

HSU Nets Grant to Study Head Injury

Humboldt State University together with researchers at Michigan State University recently received a $243,943 grant from the National Operating Committee for Standard on Athletic Equipment (NOCSAE) to study the effects of concussion on depression, neurocognitive performance, and balance/coordination in collegiate and high school student-athletes.

Sexual Battery Reported on Campus

Arcata – The Humboldt State University Police Department is searching for two suspects in connection with the alleged on-campus groping of an 18-year-old female resident student early in the morning of Wednesday, May 6.

Annual Feast of Choral Singing on May 10

Lovers of large choral group singing should mark their May calendar for the annual joint concert of the 64-member University Singers and the 75-member Humboldt Chorale on Sunday, May 10 at 8 p.m.

Jazz Orchestra Celebrates Epoch-Making Music of 1959

The HSU Jazz Orchestra celebrates the golden anniversary of a golden year in jazz, with both the epoch-making music of 1959 and compositions that carry on its spirit, in its final spring concert on Saturday May 9.

Harpst to Re-open for Graduation

Arcata – To ease campus access for finals week, end-of-semester departures and Commencement exercises, Humboldt State University will temporarily reopen Harpst Street for eastbound, one-way traffic from L.K. Wood Boulevard from Monday, May 11, through Sunday, May 17.

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At 40, ITEPP Celebrates Its Successes

For RoseMary Pimentel, her time with the Indian Teacher and Educational Personnel Preparation (ITEPP) program has left a deep and lasting impact.

Grant Boosts Forest Managers’ Efforts

Arcata — Humboldt State University recently received a $308,598 grant from the national Joint Fire Science Program to provide forestland managers with comprehensive, up-to-date techniques for reducing wildland fuels in the western United States.

Record Year for HSU Model U.N.

In its largest delegation to date, the Model United Nations program at Humboldt State University’s Department of Politics sent 31 students to San Francisco for the 2009 five-day intercollegiate simulation of the U.N., where they garnered five Meritorious Delegation Awards. The results placed HSU among the top three performers at the conference for the third year running.

Get Ionized with the HSU Calypso Band and Percussion Ensemble

Recently returned from performances at the Northwest Percussion Festival in Oregon, the HSU Percussion Ensemble, HSU World Percussion Group, and the Humboldt State Calypso Band present their combined spring concert on May 2 in the Van Duzer Theatre.

Student Awards Slated for April 30

Humboldt State University will conduct its annual Outstanding Student Award ceremonies on Thursday, April 30, in the Kate Buchanan Room at University Center from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m.

Alum Named Guggenheim Fellow

Humboldt State alum Thomas Joshua Cooper (’69 Art, Secondary Education) has been awarded a prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship for 2009. The award will help him complete the North American portion of his wide-ranging project to photograph “the beginnings of civilization” around the Atlantic Ocean.