Achievements

Emily Cobb

Art + Film

Emily Cobb attended and participated in the "Digital Meets Handmade" symposium in New York City on May 16th-18th. The symposium was organized by the Fashion Institute of Technology and the Politecnico di Milano in Milan, Italy. She presented her paper abstract "Sleight of Hand: Digital Influence on Contemporary Jewelry Education" and was a member of the panel that discussed "Has CAD gone Bad?"

Dominique Birdsong

Art + Film

Graduating senior and Honors Painting participant Dominique Birdsong, was selected by her painting professors, Teresa Stanley and Gina Tuzzi, to participate in the 10th Annual Art of Painting Conference and Exhibit at John Natsoulas Gallery in Davis, California in March. The exhibit featured the work of 20 top young college student painters from across the state. The exhibit and conference is geared towards nurturing dialog on contemporary painting and fostering interaction between young artists and established professionals in the field. A full-color catalog featuring Dominique's work, as well the work of other top students, was produced.

Dominique Birdsong

Art + Film

Graduating senior and Honors Painting participant Dominique Birdsong, has been accepted into the MFA program at the Royal College of Art in London, England. The Royal College of Art offers postgraduate degrees to students from over 60 countries and is considered to be the world's leading art and design university, according to a recent international survey. It has also been consistently placed first in the OS World University Rankings. Dominique was accepted into the program through a highly competitive selection process, submitting paintings from her "Trapped" series, paintings that explore issues of identity and loss. You can see more of her work at Birdaydesign.com.

Geography Students

Geography, Environment & Spatial Analysis

Humboldt came home with several top awards from the 72nd Annual California Geographical Society meeting in Sacramento. The 18 current students, along with alumni, who attended represented HSU Geography with strong enthusiasm and professionalism.

We had three student awardees. Samuel Wood won first place for the Cartography Paper Competition. Joshua Shindelbower won second place for the Cartography Paper Competition. Quint Migliardi won third place for the Digital Cartography Competition, and several of our students landed Student Travel Awards. Well done!

"Photos and more information here.":https://www2.humboldt.edu/geography/cgs2018

Geography Students

Geography, Environment & Spatial Analysis

Congratulations to our 2018 Geography scholarship recipients! At the annual awards BBQ, scholarships and awards were distributed thanks to the generosity of alumni and other donors. A new Kosmos award was created this year for leadership and creativity in geospatial science and cartography. Congratulations to recipients Miyako Namba (Dr. John L. Harper Memorial Scholarship), Hartford Johnson (Herring Geography Scholarship), Quint Migliardi (Dr. Joseph S. Leeper Scholarship), Kevin Greer (Suzanne Wetzel Seemann Scholarship), Amy Lautamo (Webb Bauer Award), Andrew Gibbs (Excellence of Scholarship, National Council for Geographic Education), Joshua Shindelbower and Gilbert Trejo (Kosmos Awards)

Barbara Klessig

Anthropology

Barbara Klessig has been invited to teach an experimental archaeology workshop in textiles at the University College Dublin,Ireland May 18th to students in their MSc in Experimental Archaeology.

Cyndy Phillips

English

Cyndy Phillips has formed a local independent press, SequoiaSong Publications, which specializes in bringing voices and art to print that might not otherwise make it to mainstream publishing. SequoiaSong's first publication (in conjunction with HSU Press)--a children's bilingual picture book written by Peter Jain and illustrated by South Bay and Pine Hill Elementary School students-- will be released at Arts Arcata on May 11, 5:30-7p.m, at Wrangletown Cider Company, 1350 9th Street, Arcata.
The book serves as a fundraiser to support the music, art, and library programs of South Bay Union Elementary Schools.

Amy Rock

Geography, Environment & Spatial Analysis

Amy Rock and Ryan Malhoski have co-authored Mapping with ArcGIS Pro, a practical approach to cartographic design and decision-making with tutorials for ArcGIS Pro and integration into ArcGIS Online.

Maral N. Attallah

Critical Race, Gender & Sexuality Studies

Maral N. Attallah (Lecturer in the Critical Race, Gender & Sexuality Studies Department) will participate in a two-week seminar at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in DC (June 2018).The seminar is titled, "Racial Practice: Theory, Policy, and Execution in Nazi Germany and the Jim Crow South".

HSU Model UN

Politics

Students in the Model United Nations program participated in the Model United Nations of the Far West conference in San Francisco. Competing against more than 450 students from 30 universities, students from Humboldt State represented Kenya, Panama, Slovenia, Syria, and Vietnam.

HSU’s team received several awards. Kenya (represented by Averie Middleton, Sessi Fletcher, Syd Long, Jenesy Gabrielle Burkett, and Mara Arvizu), Slovenia (represented by Alex Banaskiewicz, Isabelle Tisson, Kayla McClelland, and Hailey LaJoie), and Vietnam (represented by Ryan Thomas, Nick Thomas, Alexis Borwn, Fabian Cuevas,and Dani Saldaña) were recognized as top performing teams.