Despite growing up in a dense urban area, Nurit Katz remembers having a keen interest in the outdoors and environmental science as a child. Now, as sustainability coordinator for the University of California, Los Angeles, Katz is able to pursue her passions and help the campus become more ecologically friendly by applying what she learned at Humboldt State.
Taking the show on the road has international meaning for two clowns from Humboldt State University. Shea Freelove, a senior in the Theatre, Film and Dance Department at HSU and alum Steven Dimon (’08, Political Science) recently returned from a trip to Kenya where they shared the circus arts with the Mbaranga parish.
Arcata—Humboldt State has connected with the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to become a primary data-collecting site for solar radiation.
The Career Center presents the 4th annual "Career Expo and Volunteer Fair" at HSU Friday, Feb. 20 to help students get ready for the transition from school to career.
Arcata – Humboldt State and CSU officials warn of dire consequences to California and its educational system if pending budget legislation is adopted by lawmakers and signed by the governor.
Compost Event on Friday, Feb. 20 from 3:30 to 5 p.m.located at the northwest corner of Redwood Bowl at Campus Recycling Program’s Compost Demonstration Site. Questions: (707) 826-4162 or recycle@humboldt.edu.
*The following appeared on Humboldt State's Emergency Notifications page after a gas leak was discovered in the south west section of campus.*
Update: Campus Officials are in the process of restoring full service to campus. Classes will continue as scheduled today and tomorrow, Friday, Feb. 13. No interruptions in building services are expected.
Alliance for the CSU will host a forum on Friday, Feb. 13, at noon in the Kate Buchanan Room to rally support for Humboldt State’s budget and that of the entire CSU system.
Arcata – The California Center for Rural Policy at Humboldt State University and a partner at UCLA are accepting applications for a health data training course that will be hosted in April and May by the Humboldt Area Foundation in Bayside.
Lonnie Weeks and Winema Huitt Weeks see a diversity of significance in beadwork. It can serve as a form of relaxation, represent one’s personal medicine, exist as an expression of art and even help pay the rent.
Eureka - Humboldt State University First Street Gallery presents _Animal of My Time: Photographs and Sculpture by Cecilia Paredes_, from Feb. 7 through March 9. Paredes’ work frequently combines overlooked, marginalized subjects and materials from nature, while employing traditional artistic techniques.
Arcata – Redwood Coast Connect, the pilot project partnered by Humboldt State University to spur high speed broadband service in the four-county region, has been recognized for its achievements by the state agency that oversees Internet resources for higher education.
Young guitarist Antoniy Kakamakov is on a roll. After winning prizes for his playing in San Francisco and Portland, in 2008 he won the Wesley Day Solo Classical Guitar Recording Competition, which is designed to launch one particularly talented student from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music on a professional career.
Getting to study oceanography at the undergraduate level is pretty rare. Even more unusual? Getting access to a 90-foot fully-equipped floating laboratory. HSU’s Coral Sea is the nation’s only research vessel dedicated to undergraduate research.
Meet with members of the Humboldt Energy Independence Fund committee and learn more about HEIF and network with other students to collaborate on proposals! Learn more about the Request For Proposals (RFP) process as it relates to HEIF. Wednesday, Feb. 11 from 5 to 6 p.m. in the UC South Lounge. Contact Jeffrey Steuben at jls125@humboldt.edu or HEIF at heip@humboldt.edu.
Humboldt State is in a 10-week competition with 512 other schools to see which campus can recycle the most materials. The competition’s website details how the contest works and has a results page where updated rankings can be viewed.
Arcata - The HSU School of Business and its Institute for Entrepreneurship Education will offer a one unit course in the fall of 2009, “Business for Scientists,” an introductory overview of business skills designed for both professional and personal use.
EUREKA, _Calif_.—Humboldt State’s First Street Gallery presents _Not What It Seems: Paintings and Mixed Media by Karen Sullivan_, from Feb. 7 through March 9. This exhibition features work created from Sullivan’s curious intermingling of the subconscious with the everyday world.
Arcata – Contemporary landscape photography, including works by two Humboldt State University alumni, will be featured Feb. 12 through March 12 at the University’s Reese Bullen Gallery opposite Van Duzer Theater.
The local, organic produce served at Humboldt State's main dining hall is fresh. In fact, if you're eating a salad in The J at noon, there's a good chance the lettuce was picked that same morning.
William Shubert, a Geography major at Humboldt State, was recently awarded an internship with National Geographic in Washington D.C. The internship will begin in the fall of 2009.
Arcata – Humboldt State University will host some 250 high school students in early February from the Bay Area, the Sacramento Valley and north to the Redwood Coast at a Leadership Conference in Sustainability that builds on HSU’s historical role in green initiatives.
