Arcata - Rob Gunsalus, Vice President of Advancement (external affairs and fundraising) at Humboldt State University, announced today that Elizabeth Hans McCrone, General Manager of KHSU-FM, has submitted her resignation to pursue other endeavors.
Arcata - Humboldt State University’s Office for Economic and Community Development (OECD) has launched a customized research initiative to make regional high growth companies more competitive in national and global markets.
Arcata - Humboldt State University has begun work on accessibility and safety upgrades in the vicinity of Harry Griffith Hall that will require closing B Street to through-traffic from Harpst Street to 17th Street for about eight weeks.
Arcata – The Humboldt State University Library has assembled an exhibit concerning documents from an historic lawsuit over land ownership on the Eureka Waterfront.
Arcata - "The paint was blowing off my roller!"
Humboldt State studio art student Kate Hansen is talking about the winds that buffeted her as she painted the sweeping new mural on the north side of the Natural History Museum that depicts life-size prehistoric mammals and birds.
Seth Powell walks along Southern California’s coast bearing only his backpack. His mission is to travel roughly 1,000 miles on foot to reach Humboldt State University in time for the first day of classes, Aug. 25. Each day he walks 20 miles carrying his pack in the California summer heat. So far, Powell has only ridden public transportation and accepted rides a handful of times. As long as the car was already heading north, he says, but the bulk of the journey will be on foot.
Dr. Lori Dengler, Professor and Chair of Humboldt State University’s Department of Geology and an international authority on tsunami and earthquake hazards and mitigation, has been named 2008 Scholar of the Year.
Arcata - Four area students, all of them Native American, have won 2008 Gates Millennium Scholarships and all but one will attend Humboldt State University this fall.
HOUSTON, Texas — It's only been nine years, which in the course of a career like Frank Cheek's probably seems like a short trip to the grocery store and back. But 100's of athletes later, Humboldt State's run to its second softball national championship stands right there among the highest moments of an esteemed 40-year career.
Humboldt State University has taken delivery of a hydrogen-powered Toyota Prius that will use clean hydrogen fuel produced and dispensed at a new fueling station built by the campus's internationally recognized Schatz Energy Research Center.
Arcata — After spending a semester working hand-in-hand with 15 classmates, students from the Journalism & Mass Communications Department's Investigative Reporting class are receiving kudos for the thoughtful and thorough work they did covering an extremely sensitive topic.
As a concert pianist, she is a well-known performer on North Coast stages as well as in prestigious venues around the world, and on television, radio and recordings. As a teacher at Humboldt State, she has trained prize-winning keyboard artists. She has been an activist and advocate for music education. Now some of her North Coast friends have organized a celebration of Deborah Clasquin’s achievements and a benefit concert to help her defray medical costs as she continues treatments for cancer.
ARCATA — Community members are invited to nominate candidates for induction into the Humboldt State Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame, with a submission deadline of June 22.
ARCATA, Calif. — Humboldt State men’s basketball player Grayson Moyer and women’s track and field athlete Audrey Oswald were named California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) Male and Female Scholar-Athletes of the Year, respectively, it was announced on Monday at the CCAA Executive Council Meetings in Arcata.
Arcata — For most creatures sporting a bright blue exterior, the promise of a mouthful of poison is enough to deter predators. For an unassuming Pacific tree frog that looks like the blue of a robin's egg, that coloration is the result of a genetic mutation and not a beacon of self defense.
Humboldt State University has requested formal approval from the CSU system to discontinue its German major, which for many years has struggled with low enrollment.
KHSU 90.5 turns 50 in late 2010, and in preparation for its golden anniversary, station staff and volunteers are assembling a digital archive to preserve the station’s history.
Arcata - Staff from Humboldt State University and the City of Arcata quickly traced the source of paint-contaminated flush water that made its way into Campbell Creek, finding the problem just two hours after a citizen reported it to University Police at 4:56 p.m. Thursday, May 29.
More than 20 HSU geography majors, accompanied by department chair Joe Leeper, professors Joy Adams, Stephen Cunha, Dennis Fitzsimons and Chris Hayne, attended the California Geographic Society's 62nd annual Conference. Adams chaired a panel discussion on “Strategies for Mentoring and Supporting Female Students and Faculty,” along with geography students Anna Leeper, Diana Muncy, Corinne Cogger and Angela Crane. Adams was also elected to the CGS board of directors. Leeper presented “Challenges Confronting Humboldt County Agriculture” and Cunha presented “The Changing Face of Vietnam.”
Some of HSU's most outstanding undergraduates, nominated in eight categories of excellence by faculty, staff and fellow students, were recognized at the recent Outstanding Student Awards ceremony in the Kate Buchanan Room on April 30.
Music fit for a king might describe many classical pieces, especially those commissioned by monarchs and other high officials. But music actually composed by a king is rarely heard. On Friday June 6 at HSU, it will be, as performed by one of three chamber music groups of North Coast commoners to play that evening.
ARCATA — Humboldt State softball pitcher Lizzy Prescott has been recognized for her accomplishments again, this time with two prestigious awards on the conference and national level.
WALNUT — For the second straight year Humboldt State's Audrey Oswald came up just short of the nation's top spot, earning second place in the women's hammer at the NCAA DIvision II Track and Field Championships on Friday.
ARCATA — Competition begins Thursday at the NCAA Division II Track and Field Championships in Walnut, with four of Humboldt State's six qualified athletes in action.
