Arcata — Humboldt State's new football coach, Rob Smith, made his much anticipated debut in front of a home audience with the Lumberjacks delivering a strong first half but ultimately losing to Smith's former team, the Western Washington University Vikings, in a 30-14 game on Saturday.
Arcata - Dr. Lori Dengler, Professor and Chair of Humboldt State University’s Department of Geology and the University’s 2008 Scholar of Year, will present a free lecture on Monday, Sept. 29, at 5:00 p.m. in Van Duzer Theatre.
A monstrous forest fire that won’t end is threatening this small lumber town. People are arriving from all over to help fight it, and they are changing the town from within.
ARCATA — Football occupies the focus of this week's sports schedule, taking its much-awaited turn in the home spotlight. Coach Rob Smith's Lumberjacks open league play this week under the lights in Redwood Bowl, taking on Western Washington at 6 p.m. Saturday.
Renewing a performing partnership that goes back more than a decade, violinist Terrie Baune and pianist Deborah Clasquin headline a program of works by Dmitri Shostakovich and other Eastern European composers of the Soviet era.
Arcata - Four Humboldt State University students, one from Redding, have been awarded $6,500 each in Dale M. Schoettler Scholarships that assist blind and visually impaired students across the California State University system.
Christy Laird (’77), entrepreneur of Rose Court Cottage and Arcata Stay, “The Lodging Network of Exceptional Accommodations," describes her alumni colleagues this way: “Entrepreneurial people with a multitude of different skills who share the HSU connection and a love affair with Arcata.”
Humboldt State University’s new hydrogen fueling facility is the first rural station on California’s ‘Hydrogen Highway,’ and a crucial link between renewable energy and transportation fuel that started with a handful of engineering students.
Virtuosic jazz tenor Donny McCaslin will grace the stage of the Fulkerson Recital Hall this Tuesday and follow up his trio’s free-flowing performance with a free workshop on Wednesday.
A significant expansion of the wireless network at Humboldt State University is enabling students to check email, download class assignments and conduct research from a greater number of locations on campus.
Peter Johnstone and Kristen Radecsky set out before dusk everyday for a month to walk through Kenya’s marketplaces. The two Environmental Systems graduate students were busy collecting data on kerosene lamps and collaborating with Kenyans on a safer, more economical alternative.
Champ Ferguson is such an intriguing Civil War character—guerrilla, slave owner, cold-blooded killer—it’s hard to believe he’s been nearly forgotten by history. A new book by Professor Thomas Mays, a historian at Humboldt State University, looks to breathe life back into a story that once gripped the nation’s attention.
There’s no question about it: Sue Woodstra knows volleyball.
Woodstra, Humboldt State head coach and assistant coach for the U.S. Olympic Women’s Indoor Volleyball Team, recently helped lead Team USA back to the medal stand for the first time in 16 years. The national squad brought home the silver from the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, matching its best-ever finish.
Monmouth, Ore. – The 2008 Humboldt State women’s soccer season opened with a tough 2-1 loss in double overtime against Western Oregon on Thursday in Monmouth, Ore.
FAIRBANKS, Alaska — An extended journey from Arcata didn't deter the Humboldt State men's cross country team from claiming a victory in its opening meet, a 22-35 win over Alaska-Fairbanks on Thursday.
Arcata - University and Arcata City Police are stepping up enforcement against lawbreaking bicyclists and skateboarders in the wake of two serious accidents near campus that sent two Humboldt State students to the hospital this week with serious brain injuries.
Arcata – Iraq combat veteran and third-year Humboldt State student Travis Holt says the most important element of the University’s expanded program for veterans is its emphasis on the often difficult transition from military to civilian life.
On Saturday, Sept. 20, the Fifteenth Annual Day of Caring will kick off at Humboldt State University’s Art Quad at 8 a.m. HSU volunteers will join volunteers from the community to take part in this inspiring day of service. Hands-on projects for Day of Caring include dune restoration, emergency food box preparation, community gardening, native plant habitat restoration, painting, and organizing at various community agencies.
Arcata – The Crescent City headquarters of Redwood National and State Parks estimates it can save almost $8,000 in annual utility bills with energy conservation measures developed by a trio of environmental resources engineering students at Humboldt State University.
ARCATA — All six of Humboldt State's fall sports squads open the 2008 season this week with road events. Football, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's cross country, and volleyball, all travel for competition.
Beijing — Sue Woodstra, Humboldt State head coach and assistant coach for the U.S. Olympic Women’s Indoor Volleyball Team, helped lead the national squad to a silver medal finish on Saturday.
When examining ideas like world ecological degradation and an impending dark age it’s comforting to know there’s still a flickering light of hope at the end of the tunnel.
Students in the dance studio can peer out a bank of expansive windows to a redwood forest; students, staff and faculty can swim laps in an airy, light-filled space; and local sports fans can yell themselves silly from their stadium-style seat in the expanded gymnasium.
