The Humboldt State University community was shocked and saddened following the suicide of a student sometime late Sunday evening or early Monday morning.
ARCATA — A special tribute to the men's and women's soccer programs' senior players highlights the week of sporting events for Humboldt State Athletics.
A record number of alumni are making gifts to Humboldt State University as the participation rate for the number of confirmed alumni has risen to 10 percent, a rate that is projected to top the 23-campus California State University system. This information comes from a recently submitted report on 2007-2008 academic year giving to the American Council on Education.
There’s nothing like a little sin to get the creative juices flowing. Humboldt State’s "Art Department":http://www.humboldt.edu/~art/ will host a collaborative exhibit titled “Sin in Tin,” that aims to raise funds for various department programs. The show will feature work from students, faculty and staff, and focuses on the seven deadly sins.
Arcata - Marine scientists at Humboldt State and their colleagues at U.C. Davis have uncovered a large eddy southwest of Cape Mendocino that they suspect interferes with the flow of nutrients and marine species to waters farther south.
The dim, stuffy room was packed with excited students. Strains of conversations continued from the earlier "Renewable Energy Student Union":http://resu.humboldt.edu/~resu/ meeting floated through the air. These conversations were not your typical engineering talk; they were revolutionary engineering talk.
The new $44 million Kinesiology and Athletics Building, designed by Yost Grube Hall Architecture, ushers in a new era in education and athletic competition for Humboldt State students, faculty, staff and alumni. The campus and the community will benefit from top-notch educational spaces, labs, health programs and a spacious, modern arena. Kiewit Building Group constructed the 91,598 square-foot facility using 325 tons of structural steel, 400 tons of rebar and 4,800 yards of concrete.
Arcata – Leading authorities on Redwood Coast economics and finance will examine the global credit crisis and looming recession at a Humboldt State University roundtable on Wednesday, Oct. 29, from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. in Goodwin Forum, Nelson Hall East.
Arcata – Humboldt State University has established two solar energy initiatives as part of a joint program with "California State University":http://www.calstate.edu/ and the "California Department of General Services":http://www.dgs.ca.gov/default.htm to generate eight megawatts of solar photovoltaic power and reduce the human carbon footprint.
For her second solo recital as a faculty member of the "HSU Music Department":http://www.humboldt.edu/~mus/index.php, pianist Ching-Ming Cheng plans to take the audience on a journey: “chronologically, technically and musically.”
For some high school students, nothing is quite as terrifying as cracking open an algebra book to find a dizzying array of numbers, letters and peculiar Greek symbols peering back at them.
Humboldt State’s Information Technology Services (ITS) is preparing to update email and calendaring systems, adding new functionality and additional features.
"It's a beautiful thing to get up in front of hundreds and to get people laughing and thinking," said author and educator Richard Van Camp, who will deliver the keynote address at the "Fall English Studies Conference Uniting Educators", held Friday and Saturday, Oct. 24 and 25, in Humboldt State's Founders Hall.
Arcata - "KHSU/KHSR-FM"::http://www.khsu.org/ will broadcast exclusive interviews during its Fall 2008 membership drive with Dr. Helen Caldicott, a specialist in the medical hazards of the nuclear age, and Helen Thomas, First Lady of the White House Press Corps.
Arcata - Dr. L. Scott Quackenbush, executive director of the Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Dauphin Island, Alabama, and Humboldt State University’s Associate Dean of Marine Science and Director of the Telonicher Marine Laboratory in Trinidad from 2005 to 2008, died Oct. 12 at his home in Mobile, Ala., after a brief illness. He was 56 and reportedly succumbed to cancer.
Nine HSU Students, along with Geography Professor Tony Rossi, are currently on a six week trip across Tibet as part of the GEOG 411 Senior Field Research course.
While not itself all that old, the HSU Jazz Orchestra will highlight a composition by the man the Guinness Book of Records recognized as the founder of the oldest continuously existing jazz band on the planet—or at least it was until recently. It happens at Fulkerson Recital Hall on the HSU campus in Arcata on Saturday, Oct. 18, when the Jazz Orchestra plays their half of the program, preceded by the HSU Symphonic Band.
ARCATA – Heading towards the final push, four of Humboldt State's fall sports programs enjoy the benefit of playing in front of the home crowds this weekend. Volleyball gets the action started when its hosts a league match on Friday, and keeps it going with another Saturday.
When a contestant on the television game show _Wheel of Fortune_ spins and lands on the dreaded bankrupt space, a gloomy slide-whistle sounds a forlorn note. Right now, if the American economy were a game show, that bankrupt sound would be repeating ad infinitum.
A king, mad with jealousy, and a kingdom thrown into chaos. A beautiful queen, imprisoned and left for dead. A foundling child, left on the wild shore of a distant and now enemy country.
Arcata – When word spread at Humboldt State University that the Coast Guard had towed a stranded Chinese junk into Humboldt Bay Oct. 4, many members of the campus community perked up their ears.
Arcata — KRFH-AM and _The Lumberjack_, Humboldt State's student-run media outlets, are hosting a forum on Monday, Oct. 13, 6-8 p.m., in the University Center's Banquet Room with the six candidates vying for Arcata's three city council seats. The event is an opportunity for students to share their concerns with the future of city government.
