Achievements

Journalism Students

Journalism & Mass Communication

Student writers for The Osprey and Lumberjack received several awards at the California College Media Association's Awards Banquet held April 21 at CSU Fullerton. The annual event honors the best in student media at community colleges and universities around the state.

The Lumberjack placed second in the Infographic and Photo Illustration categories and took home third in the General Newspaper Excellence, Back to School or Orientation Issue, Sports Story, General Newspaper Excellence, Photo Series and Special Section categories. Alum Derek Lactaoen's ('11, Journalism) April 27 Lumberjack story also nabbed first place in Arts and Entertainment. The Osprey took home second in the Magazine Review category and third in General Magazine Excellence.

Alex Anderson

Art + Film

Studio Art senior Alex Anderson was one of forty students from around the country be included in FUSION, the 2012 Society of North American Goldsmiths Conference Student Exhibition. Anderson has been in the jewelry and small metals program for three years and the honors program for a year and a half. Her work is on display through May 12 at the HSU Annual Juried Student Exhibition.

HSU Speech and Debate Team

Communication

The HSU Speech and Debate Team was named the 2011-2012 Northwest Forensics Conference Division II Debate Sweepstakes Champion. The team was also named the 2011-2012 Northwest Forensics Conference Sweepstakes Bronze Medal Program.

Ashley Randall and Hoshimi Tominari

Communication

Ashley Randall and Hoshimi Tominari presented original research at the Bay Area Undergraduate Communication Research Conference held at Santa Clara University on April 21. Ashley presented "'Pumps vs. Pants': The Construction of Gender in 'The Real L Word' " a feminist criticism of the television show "The Real L Word." Hoshimi presented an ideological criticism of the Japanese fashion magazine "Vivi" entitled "We Are Barbie Girls, In the Japanese World."

Nicole Jean Hill and Julie Alderson

Art + Film

Associate Professor Nicole Jean Hill's photography series Artifacts & Incidents is featured in the spring issue of Exposure, the photography journal published by the Society for Photographic Education. Hill's large format color photographs explore human and animal activity along the periphery of rural communities throughout the American West along the boundary between public and private spaces. Assistant Professor Julia Alderson provided the accompanying essay.

The photography series will be exhibited at the Piante Gallery in Eureka from May 4-26 and The Front Gallery in New Orleans from June 9 - July 7.

Dierdre Wallace

Art + Film

Dierdre is a 2003 graduate of the Art Department, emphasis in Jewelry and Small Metals. She has founded a shoe company, deeFind, which specializes in wearable works of art. Please visit http://www.indiegogo.com/deeFind-shoes for info on her current indiegogo campaign.

Dierdre Wallace, Founder/Shoe Designer
deeFind
www.deeFind.com
dierdrewallace@yahoo.com
530.200.7848

Stephen Cunha

Geography

Geography Professor Stephen Cunha has published a book chapter on the origin and worldwide diffusion of national parks. In it, he explores how the American idea of preserving wild landscapes took shape in 1864 when Yosemite Valley and a nearby grove of Giant Sequoias were set aside as Yosemite State Park. During the next century the idea of protecting and conserving natural environments spread over much of the world. Broadly speaking, parks and other protected areas of one sort or another are now found in 95 percent of the world’s countries.

Jeff Coomber and Nicole Log

History

Jeff Coomber and Nicole Log were selected as the first- and second-prize winners, respectively, in the Charles R. Barnum History Contest, for which they submitted research papers on an aspect of local history. The Charles R. Barnum History Awards were established in 1952 by a grant from Charles Barnum, a realtor and insurance broker in Eureka who was a member of the Humboldt State College Advisory Board from 1946 until his death in 1953.

William Ruiz

History

Will Ruiz has been named the recipient of the 2012 Dr. John Hennessey Award, which is presented to a history major and graduating senior who has demonstrated outstanding academic merit. The award was established in memory of Dr. John Hennessey, a former professor of history and department chair at HSU. Will's name will be added to the Hennessey Award Recipients Plaque on display outside the History Department office.

Jeff Mielke

History

Jeff Mielke has been awarded the 2012 Johnston-Aronoff Award, which is presented to an outstanding student who is pursuing a career in history as a teacher. The Johnston-Aronoff Award was established by Guy Aronoff, a lecturer in HSU’s History Department, and his wife, Judy Johnston.