Does it feel like 2019 was about seven years of news cycles crammed into 365 short days? That can’t be just us. In Humboldt County, it was a year filled with conflict and hope, discord and solidarity, miracle and tragedy. As we collectively turn the page to a new year and a new decade, here’s […]
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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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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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CSU Announces Hiring of HSU’s First African-American President
The California State University Board of Trustees this morning appointed Tom Jackson Jr. as Humboldt State University’s next president. A military veteran and Seattle, Washington, native, Jackson will be HSU’s first African-American president, coming from Black Hills State University in Spearfish, South Dakota, which he has helmed since 2014. “There are few institutions that are […]