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Humboldt State Joins California Teachers Summit, July 28

Northcoast Educators will gather at Humboldt State University on Friday, July 28, for the third annual "California Teachers Summit":http://cateacherssummit.com/. The event is a free statewide day of learning and networking that is open to all California PreK-12 teachers, teacher candidates, school administrators and other educators. Taking place from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., the summit convenes in HSU’s Goodwin Forum ("download a campus map":https://www.humboldt.edu/maps).

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40 Years Later, Alumni Walk in Commencement

Graduation is always a special day. This year, commencement was especially meaningful for two alumni, who participated decades after they finished their educations at HSU.

Power of Print: Journal Gives Students a Voice of Their Own

Watching a grandmother’s birthday party via Skype seems like a quotidian action. Not to HSU student Marissa Lisette Sánchez, who writes: Lo que no saben es lo especial que mi abuelita es para mí (“They do not know how special my grandmother is to me”).

Historical Look at a Steel Industry Giant

Humboldt State University Press is pleased to announce its newest publication, “American Prometheus: Carnegie’s Captain, Bill Jones,” a historical memoir of Captain Bill Jones, whose inventions and innovations transformed America’s steelmaking industry.

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Trees Tell Complicated Climate Change Story in Southwest Alaska

In the face of climate change, white spruce trees at the highest elevations in southwest Alaska are responding to increased temperatures with positive growth, while lower elevation trees appear to be experiencing reduced growth and susceptibility to attacks by spruce beetles according to a new study recently published by HSU faculty and alumni.

Greening Up Your Move Out

Local charities are set to take advantage of would-be trash as hundreds of students prepare to move out of campus residence halls and donate tons of household items, and office and school supplies.

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Stars to Rocks

New HSU freshmen whose fascinations range from the center of the earth to the farthest reaches of space will have a new opportunity to live and learn together this fall.