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College of the Redwoods to Offer Virtual Pharmacy Technician Program
College of the Redwoods Workforce and Community Education will offer an expanded pharmacy technician program virtually for the Fall 2020 semester. Students that are interested in the program can attend a virtual information session on Aug. 8 at 10 a.m. and Aug. 18 at 6 p.m. Register by calling (707) 476-4500. “These information sessions are […]
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HSU Receives $15,000 Grant for Open Educational Resources Program
Humboldt State University has received a $15,000 grant for it’s Open Educational Resources (OER) program which permits free reuse and repurposing of teaching and learning resources. The grant was allocated through CSU’s Affordable Learning Solutions program and will support faculty and lecturer training, improve awareness of resources on campus, improve the OER research guide and facilitate adoption, […]
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Should I Quit My Job? California Parents Grapple with Education in a Pandemic
They worry about who will care for the children and how far their education will slide. They anxiously await details on what distance learning will actually look like this fall, hopeful but skeptical that there will be more structure and support than a spring of crisis education that left many dissatisfied. They’re furiously networking on […]
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HSU Donors Give Over $150,000 in Emergency Support for Students
Humboldt State University donors have donated $158,000 to the university’s emergency relief funds, which help ensure students continue their path to higher education and provides much needed assistance, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. When the pandemic hit students at the university lost wages, had housing changes and transitioned to online learning. The emergency funds have provided students […]
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CSU Students Will Need to Take an Ethnic Studies, Social Justice Course Starting in 2023
Starting in the fall of 2023, students attending a California State University campus will be required to take a course addressing ethnic studies and social justice to graduate under a decision made today by the system’s board of trustees. According to a news release, this is first time in 40 years that a significant change […]
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Local Educators Call for Collaborative Approach to Navigating Next School Year
In an open letter to the community, educators from Humboldt and Del Norte counties are calling for a united approach as decisions are made about how to approach the 2020-2021 school year amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The letter — sent out by the Eureka office of the California Teachers Association and signed by representatives of […]
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Nearly All California Schools Ordered to Shut Down
Gov. Gavin Newsom announced today that more than 5.5 million California students will not be allowed to attend school for in-person education this fall. Instead, all education for at least 90% of the state’s children must be held online. Under the requirements, California school districts cannot reopen campuses until their counties stabilize coronavirus infections and […]
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Some California Schools Delay In-Person Classes as Coronavirus Surges
In the first week of June, a food services employee in the El Centro Elementary School District in Imperial County tested positive for coronavirus. By early July, about a dozen nutrition and transportation workers had been infected. The positive test result briefly halted the meals distribution many low-income students and families depend on and was […]
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Humboldt State Contending with $20 Million Budget Shortfall
Contending with a projected $20 million budget shortfall, Humboldt State University is putting finishing touches on its spending plan — with reductions to be spread over the next two years — and more details are expected to be released in August. HSU’s budget director Amber Blakeslee writes in a letter to the campus community that […]
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COVID-19: Humboldt County Schools Weigh Reopening Plans Amid Funding Threat, T-S Reports
The Times-Standard is reporting that Humboldt County schools are weighing their reopening options and plans as the 2020-2021 school year approaches. Read the full story here.
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California AG and State Public Education Leaders Sue Trump Administration for Policy that Requires International Students to Take In-Person Classes or Risk Deportation
The California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, California Community Colleges Chancellor Eloy Ortiz Oakley, and California State University Chancellor Timothy White announced that the State of California is filing a lawsuit against the Trump Administration’s “unlawful policy that threatens to exacerbate the spread of COVID-19 and exile hundreds of thousands of college students studying in the United States […]