Under slowly clearing skies (morning fog, no rain), the Cal Poly Humboldt Class of 2023 commencement for the College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences got underway at 9 a.m. May 13 in Redwood Bowl. Following the usual welcome messages by Provost Jenn Capps and President Tom Jackson, Jr., an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters […]
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‘A Change in Narrative’: Ethnic Studies Program Helps Incarcerated Youth Navigate Identity
When Nate Tan, a professor of ethnic studies at San Francisco State University, logs on to virtually teach his 8 a.m. class, he sees several dozen students sitting at desks with laptops, some framed by towering bookshelves. But these students aren’t Zooming in from campus dorms. Instead, they’re taking classes in three different youth prisons […]
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HSU and CR Commencement Ceremonies This Weekend; HSU to Honor Yurok Spiritual Leader
Congratulations to all Humboldt State University and College of the Redwoods graduates! The schools will be celebrating their graduates at this weekend’s commencement ceremonies both in-person and virtually. Although CR’s in-person graduation ceremony was canceled due to COVID-19, the college has opted to hold a virtual ceremony at 11 a.m. Saturday via Facebook Watch and […]
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Sign of the Times: McKinleyville High Seniors Receive a Special Delivery, LoCO Reports
The Lost Coast Outpost reports that faculty and staff at McKinleyville High School trekked from Orick to Eureka today to place homemade signs on the lawns of graduating seniors, who along with others across the county and the nation are missing out on the traditional rites of passage at this major milestone. According to the […]
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HSU to Have Virtual Commencement Ceremony
Humboldt State University will be hosting a virtual graduation ceremony for this semester’s graduating students May 16, the same day the in-person ceremony would’ve been held at the Redwood Bowl. The university shuttered its campus and shifted entirely to online instruction March 17 as fears mounted about the COVID-19 pandemic, and administrators have been working […]
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HSU Campus Closed to General Public, Instruction Going Virtual Until End of Year
Humboldt State University President Tom Jackson announced this morning that the campus will operate virtually until the end of the semester and all facilities have been closed to the general public due to COVID-19 precautions. How to mark graduation outside of the traditional ceremonies is being reviewed, with Jackson saying, “We are a very creative […]
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Walking the Walk: Photos for HSU Graduation
More than 1,800 Humboldt State University students sat through three graduation ceremonies in Redwood Bowl during Saturday’s rainy skies. In addition, the campus hosted the Black Heritage Graduation Celebration on late Friday afternoon in the Kate Buchanan Room, followed in the evening by the Latinx Graduation Ceremony (the largest in HSU’s history) at the Lumberjack […]
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‘Today is Your Day:’ Charmaine Lawson Accepts Son’s Degree in Emotional Ceremony
Ponchos, umbrellas and rain jackets surrounded Humboldt State University’s Redwood Bowl this morning as graduates celebrated their commencement. Among them, in a full cap, gown and graduation stole, was Charmaine Lawson, sitting in place of her son, David Josiah Lawson. David Josiah Lawson, who was a 19-year-old sophomore when he was fatally stabbed at an […]
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Caps and Gowns
More than 2,600 HSU students were expected to earn degrees in the 2017-18 academic year, and over 1,900 participated in the 2018 commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 12, according to Humboldt State University’s marketing and communications department. Thousands of students, families and friends packed HSU’s Redwood Bowl to watch students walk the walk, often with […]
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Four Years Later, Spring Preview Bus Crash Survivors Set to Graduate
Saturday will mark an unlikely right of passage for Humboldt State University senior Rosibeth Cuevas. It’s not just that she will be the first in her family to graduate from college when she walks across the Redwood Bowl stage to get her degree in criminology and justice studies. It’s also that she is one of […]
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Let Your Kids Drink and Pick Up the Tab…For EPD
It’s high school graduation time, and the kids are ready to cut loose. They’re going to drink anyway, you reason, so shouldn’t they be doing it in the safety of your home? NO, says the Eureka Police Department. Thanks to a social host liability law, passed by the Eureka City Council in 2014, you could […]