Rita Wheeler Moore passed away July 9, 2021, after a brief illness. Rita was born in Phoenix, Arizona, on Sept. 12, 1958, to Eugene and Gloria Wheeler. She graduated from Most Holy Trinity School in Sunnyslope in 1972 and Washington High School in Phoenix in 1975. She attended Glendale Community College until she joined the […]
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NCJ Preview: A Beacon of Hope and a Community’s Center
As Humboldt State University prepares to start a new semester, we look at its Project Rebound, which supports formerly incarcerated students on campus, as well as the inspiring stories of its founder and students. And we discuss the big things happening at the Jefferson Community Center in Eureka, which the Westside Community Improvement Association has […]
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George Agis Cozyris: 1937 to 2020
In loving memory of our dear father, George Agis Cozyris, who passed away one year ago today. Dad, there not enough words to express how often you are thought of, how much you are missed, how deeply you are loved. There is not a day that goes by that we don’t think of you, talk […]
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Humboldt State Foresees Significant Enrollment Increase as Cal Poly Humboldt
As Humboldt State University gears up to welcome the first wave of students back on Saturday, the campus released its “near-final draft” of a self-study conducted as part of the process for becoming California’s third polytechnic campus, a final version of which is slated to go before the California State University Board of Trustees for […]
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Cal Poly Humboldt?
When and where I was a kid — 1950s, Britain — it was science or arts. No middle ground, nothing nuanced about my education. If you were “science,” you looked to engineering or medicine for your future. If you were “arts,” you ended up doing, well, something else — usually more creative. I became a […]
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Fredrick Mordecai Gold: 1936-2021
Fredrick Mordecai Gold July 31, 1936 – February 1, 2021 Fredrick Mordecai Gold, born in Brooklyn, New York, on July 31, 1936, died at 84 years of age in the house he built in Eureka, California, surrounded by loved ones, on Feb. 1, 2021. He is dearly missed. He passed after a short and courageous […]
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CSU to Require COVID-19 Vax for Fall
The Calfiornia State University system, which includes Humboldt State, will require faculty, staff and students who are accessing campuses to be vaccinated for COVID-19. Back in February, HSU announced the campus and others in the system would implement the requirement once the FDA granted full approval to one or more of the three current options, […]
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Of Basketball and Role Models
The first time I met Jain Tuey, she was starting her freshman year at Fortuna High School, where I was teaching. After work, I ran into her dad Skip at Safeway and we chatted. The whole time, Jain was holding a basketball against her hip, impatient and glaring at me in her T-shirt and sweatpants. […]
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HSU’s Polytech Push Receives $458 Million from State
Humboldt State University’s polytechnic push will receive a historic $458 million investment from the state that will fast track new (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) academic programs, building renovations, upgraded laboratory spaces, additional student housing, expanded broadband and renewable energy research capacity. “This historic investment will be transformational for our institution, and it will revitalize this […]
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Charmaine Lawson: Settlement ‘Blood Money’ Means ‘Nothing,’ Focus is on Justice
Charmaine Lawson still hasn’t cashed the $200,000 check that came as a part of her settlement agreement with the city of Arcata. She says it took her four days to even open the envelope it was mailed in and it has now sat for weeks atop her son’s urn. Filed in November of 2018, the […]
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HSU Bookstore Moving to Arcata Plaza
The Humboldt State University bookstore, which will also sell College of the Redwoods’ and local high schools’ merch, is moving to the Arcata Plaza where the Tri-Counties Bank use to be located on Eighth and G streets. According to the HSU news release, the building’s remodel should be finished in time for a soft opening […]
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HSU Expanding Curriculum with Polytechnic Push
As a way of prioritizing Humboldt State University’s push to become polytechnic, the university is expanding its curriculum to include more STEM-related degree programs as soon as fall of 2023. “This is what a 21st-century education looks like: programs where students build the skills to have meaningful careers and a nuanced understanding of society’s complex […]