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Congratulations to HSU’s Outstanding Students of 2020!

These 2019-20 Outstanding Students Awards recognize the academics and co-curricular excellence and achievements of our students. Congratulations to this year’s winners and nominees! Read more about the winners and nominees!

A Celebration of Ideas

The 7th Annual ideaFest Symposium will be held virtually May 4 through Friday, May 8 to showcase HSU student and faculty research and projects that they have worked on throughout the past year.

HSU Sustainability Champions Announced

Sustainability is the recognition that humanity is a part of the natural world, not separate from it, and that healthy social and economic systems depend on the health and resilience of ecological systems.

HSU Students Excel at Student Research Competition

Humboldt State students took home two first-place awards and one second-place award at the 34th Annual California State University Student Research Competition held virtually at CSU East Bay this year.

HSU Concludes Faculty Misconduct Investigation

Humboldt State University has concluded an administrative investigation into anonymous allegations of faculty misconduct, in which a faculty member was accused of soliciting students for paid sex.

HSU Student Newspapers to be Mailed to Students

At the end of the week, 6,400 Humboldt State students will get a gift from campus in their mailboxes – special editions of El Leñador and The Lumberjack student newspapers, along with the Associated Students sample ballot. The message? At HSU, the student press is alive and well.

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A HSU student checks out a laptop for distance learning. Donor funds have helped provide more laptops available from the Library.

Donors Support HSU Students During COVID-19

A HSU student checks out a laptop for distance learning. Donor funds have helped provide more laptops available from the Library.April 15, 2020—Donors are stepping up and supporting Humboldt State

HSU Vets Band Together

Veterans are used to sticking together and helping each other through hard times and that’s exactly what a group of HSU Veterans is doing during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Information on COVID-19

HSU will operate virtually through the end of the semester and all instruction will be virtual.

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Nursing Program Gets Go-Ahead for Fall 2020

Humboldt State University’s new Registered Nurse to Bachelor of Science in Nursing program (RN to BSN) received the green light from WASC Senior College & University Commission, the University’s regional accrediting body. HSU is now working on enrolling students and the first cohort of the program is on track to start in Fall 2020.

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Hanna Mounce holds a kiwikiu, or Maui parrotbill, a bird on the brink of extinction.

The Race to Save a Critically Endangered Bird

Growing up in rural Northern California, Hanna Mounce (‘03, Wildlife) was always surrounded by animals from her county fair chickens to the injured wild birds she often found and rehabilitated.

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HSU a top Peace Corps Volunteer-Producing School

The Peace Corps announced today that Humboldt State University ranked 16th among medium-size schools on the agency’s list of top volunteer-producing colleges and universities in 2020.