Provost Communication, Monday, November 17, 2025

Hello everyone and happy Monday! I hope you had a great fall weekend. The final push is on before fall break and I know this week can feel exhausting. Thank you for all that you do!

Congratulations to the Cal Poly Humboldt’s Women’s Soccer team who defeated Chico yesterday to take the CCAA Women’s Soccer Championship! Way to go!

Congrats to McCrone Scholar Award Winners

Congratulations again to our McCrone Scholars. We are so proud of them. It’s also not too early to be thinking about who you can nominate for our next round of McCrone Scholars!

• Dr. Allison Bronson, Department of Biological Sciences: Ears Across Eras: Evolution of Shark Inner Ear Anatomy

• Dr. Alana Chin, Department of Biological Sciences: How Trees Work

• Dr. Caglar Dolek, Department of Sociology: Police Power and Popular Resistance: Tales from the Margin

• Yaneyry Delfin Martinez, Graduate Student, Public Sociology: Living in Liminality: Navigating Academic Barriers and Building Support For and By Undocumented Students

Committee on Accessibility and Accommodation Compliance (CAAC) Open Forum: TODAY! 

Campus community members are invited to an open forum hosted by the CAAC, today, Monday, November 17, 2025, from noon to 1 pm in the Library Scholars Lab, Room 302. CAAC members will share updates on efforts to improve campus accessibility for individuals with disabilities and invite you to provide feedback on our progress and share your ideas for improvement. Your input will help guide future decisions and prioritize barrier removal projects. If you are unable to attend in person, you may use the following Zoom link to joining the meeting virtually: CAAC Open Forum

For questions, please reach out to Cris Koczera at cej32@humboldt.edu or Jim Graham at jg2345@humboldt.edu.

Publication Release Celebration for the 47th Issue of The Humboldt Journal of Social Relations: Wednesday, November 19, 2025

Congratulations to all contributors and co-editors Paul Michael Atienza and Cinthya Ammerman Muñoz for the latest publication of The Humboldt Journal of Social Relations (HJSR): Place-Based Digital Inquiry. Contributors include students, staff, faculty, and community members. 

The issue explores how digital tools intersect with relational and situated research, offering innovative ways to document and share local histories, ecologies, and knowledges. Place-Based Digital Inquiry features research essays, creative writing, autoethnography, and digital media to advance critical, place-based approaches to digital engagement. Open access download is available now at digitalcommons.humboldt.edu/HJSR. 

A publication release celebration will be held on Wednesday, November 19, 11:30 am to 1:30 pm, in the Library Scholars Lab, Room 302. All are welcome! 

Have a wonderful Monday.x

Jenn Capps