Humboldt State University announced today that it is included in a California State University systemwide plan that will provide immigration legal services to its employees and the estimated 100 undocumented students currently enrolled at HSU. “I am delighted that we will be able to increase the availability of immigration legal services to the California State […]
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Gist Hall Re-Opens After Asbestos Shutdown
After a presence of disturbed asbestos found in a “space used to help circulate air” closed down Gist Hall in May, Humboldt State University has announced the building reopened this week. Right before the spring semester ended, HSU closed down the building to test for traces of asbestos. Tests later confirmed no asbestos fibers were […]
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HSU Enters Interim Agreement to Farm Out KHSU Management
Humboldt State University has entered into an interim agreement with Capital Public Radio in Sacramento to provide “programming assistance” to KHSU-FM, which was controversially gutted by the university back in April. “The agreement allows KHSU to continue airing national and state programming as the university considers various approaches KHSU’s future,” states a university press release. […]
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Late HSU Professor Honored for LGBTQ Work
Humboldt State University professor of education Eric Rofes, who died of a heart attack in 2006, was honored at the National LGBTQ Wall of Honor at the historic Stonewall Inn in New York City on June 27. “Eric was a whirlwind of energy and brilliance at HSU and in the world, and I miss him […]
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KHSU Hit by Cyber Attack
The dead air you’ve been hearing on KHSU is the result of a ransomeware attack that disabled most of the station’s programming systems and storage servers, according to Humboldt State University. A university spokesperson tells the Journal the university does not yet know whether the cyber attack on the station was the result of a […]
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The Administrator: Five Questions for HSU’s New President
When Tom Jackson Jr. strode into the Corbett Conference Room in Humboldt State University’s Siemens Hall one morning in June, he hadn’t even officially taken over as the eighth president in the university’s more than 100-year history. That day came last week, when Jackson was given a university identification card and control over what is […]
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Fortuna Man Arrested After Threatening Church Group, Referencing Mass Killings
An 18-year-old Fortuna man was arrested this morning after allegedly making criminal threats against a church group that planned to visit Humboldt State University, with the threats making reference to a pair of mass shootings. University Police Chief Donn Peterson told the Journal that Sean Allman made the threats via text messages to church members, […]
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HSU Welcomes New President Tom Jackson Jr.
The Humboldt State University bells rang loudly across campus, 12 rings, it was noon and a group of people were walking toward the library. Upon entering the jam-packed lobby filled with HSU faculty, students and community members , the crowd began to applaud: The new president had arrived. Just a few hours after his announcement […]
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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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Equity Arcata to Present Projects at HSU Senate Meeting
Equity Arcata will present a rundown of its current projects at Humboldt State University’s Senate meeting April 2. Composed of students, staff, faculty and administrators, the HSU Senate acts is the university’s primary policy recommending bod. Its meetings — held every other Tuesday from 3 to 5 p.m. in Goodwin Forum — are open to […]
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HSU Hopes to Open New Nursing Program in 2020
Humboldt State University is looking to hire a director for its new nursing program, which the university hopes to have up and running by the fall of 2020. In a press release today, the university announced that efforts to create a new bridge program — which will allow working nurses and those who have recently […]
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Collaboration for Conservation
The city of Arcata and Humboldt State University are on the cusp of closing escrow on a land purchase aimed at simultaneously preserving forest land in the Jacoby Creek watershed and opening up new learning opportunities for students from eight departments. The purchase of 884 acres of forest land east of campus — tucked between […]