Extracurricular Activities

Our students are active in a wide variety of social and professional organizations and activities.

Conclave

A member of the Association of Western Forestry Clubs (AWFC), Humboldt State participates in several state-wide and regional conclave competitions. Conclave is a lumberjack/lumberjill competition that celebrates traditional forestry and logging skills and includes field trips to forestry operations. Typical conclave events include: axe throw, birling, dendrology, pole climb, speed chop, and double buck. The club travelled to Corvallis, Oregon to compete against teams from seven states in the 2003 AWFC Conclave. HSU will be hosting the event in the spring of 2004.

Forestry Club

The Forestry Club is one of HSU's oldest student clubs, and it strives to build teamwork skills, learn about forestry issues, and support fellow forestry students. Open to all students, whether majoring in Forestry or not, the club serves a social and professional role. Regularly scheduled meetings feature enlightening presentations which broaden the forestry students' views of forestry as a profession. Each year, the Club sponsors events like the Christmas Tree Cut and the Annual Blood Drive. During the Blood Drive, awards traditionally are given to the fastest and slowest draw.

Society of American Foresters - Student Chapter

SAF is the leading professional society for foresters. The following abbreviated mission statement is taken from the national SAF web page.

The Society of American Foresters (SAF) is the national scientific and educational organization representing the forestry profession in the United States. Founded in 1900 by Gifford Pinchot, it is the largest professional society for foresters in the world. The mission of the Society of American Foresters is to advance the science, education, technology, and practice of forestry; to enhance the competency of its members; to establish professional excellence; and, to use the knowledge, skills, and conservation ethic of the profession to ensure the continued health and use of forest ecosystems and the present and future availability of forest resources to benefit society.

The Student Chapter of SAF at Humboldt State participates in the annual NorCal SAF activities and meetings. They also send a group of students to the SAF National Convention to compete in the National Collegiate Forestry Quiz Bowl. Currently, we are the reigning Quiz Bowl Champions!!! Over the past several years, it has been held in Washington, DC, Denver, CO, and Buffalo, NY, Edmonton, AB, Canada. This year's convention will be held in Ft. Worth, Texas in October.

Spring Banquet

Held near the end of the spring semester, the annual banquet is an opportunity for students and faculty to get to know each other outside of the classroom. We celebrate the accomplishments of the past year and bid farewell to our graduating seniors.

Xi Sigma Pi

Xi Sigma Pi, the forestry honor society, was founded at the University of Washington on November 24, 1908. The objectives of Xi Sigma Pi are to secure and maintain a high standard of scholarship in forestry education, to work for the improvement of the forestry profession, and to promote a fraternal spirit among those engaged in activities related to the forest.

To qualify, undergraduate students must be Juniors or Seniors and:

1. have completed at least 74 semester hours, or 110 quarter hours of credit;
2. if a transfer student, have been regularly registered in the forest resources management curriculum for at least one semester, or one and one-half quarters;
3. have a 'B' average or better; and
4. have completed at least 10 semester hours or 15 quarter hours of credit in forest resources management courses.

Requirements for faculty and graduate students are available from Christopher Keyes (the HSU Advisor).

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