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College of Professional Studies
The College of Professional Studies at Cal Poly Humboldt seamlessly integrates core competencies within practical contexts through a variety of immersive experiences. Our graduates emerge as exceptional leaders in their respective professions and communities, embodying a steadfast dedication to social, economic, and environmental justice.
Applied Learning
We provide every student with dynamic opportunities for experiential learning in real-world scenarios, where they engage in practicums, research, internships, clinical, and service-learning experiences. Each is designed to enhance students' career-ready skills, ensuring they are well-prepared for their future.
Social Justice and Sustainability
Through the application of active learning and critical thinking, we prepare students for meaningful community-oriented careers that foster a just, inclusive, and environmentally conscious society.
Personal Guidance
Through innovation and collaboration our faculty challenge and support our students, ensuring their success beyond the classroom. Our students receive academic and career guidance from their faculty advisors, professional advisors, and peer mentors.
Alumni Updates
Steven York
Business Administration, 1986
Steven's research, “Escalation Without Intent: A Structural Reframing for Systems Research,” has been published in Systems Research and Behavioral Science. The paper explores how complex systems can move toward instability through the interaction of disturbance, interconnectedness, feedback, and time—even when no individual part of the system is driving that outcome intentionally.
That systems perspective has applications across many fields, including the environmental and natural systems that were such an important part of his education at Humboldt. From ecosystems and forests to organizations and other complex systems, the underlying question is similar: what allows a system to absorb disturbance, and what causes it to begin losing stability?
As a Cal Poly Humboldt alumnus, he's especially proud to share this milestone with the Humboldt community.
Rohit Kundu
Kinesiology, 2023
Rohit Kundu earned his Master of Science in Kinesiology from California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt in December 2023. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Health and Kinesiology, specializing in Cognitive and Motor Neuroscience, at the University of Utah. His research focuses on foot and ankle biomechanics, gait energetics, assistive devices and footwear interventions, aging and mobility, and the neuromechanics of human locomotion.
Claudine Bibeau Parks
Business Administration, 2024
Claudine is set to obtain a nonprofit leadership and management degree from Arizona State University (ASU) in May, which will complement her leadership studies degree program at Humboldt.
Dr. Meenal Rana & Dr. Susan Bennett
Child Development
Springer Nature recently published the edited volume Mentoring Relationships in Academia: Narratives from the Margins, featuring 23 chapters in which scholars share personal experiences and explore how mentoring has shaped their academic journeys and their own mentoring practices.
Of the book’s 32 authors, 11 are affiliated with Cal Poly Humboldt: one undergraduate student, one graduate student, three emeritus faculty members, five current faculty members, and one administrator. Dr. Meenal Rana (Professor, Child Development) and Dr. Susan Bennett (Faculty Emerita, English) are the book’s co-editors.
With support from an OEDI grant and the CTL, a book circle will meet four times during Fall 2026. Each participant will receive a free copy of the book. Look for a flyer with additional details in the coming weeks.
Gregg J. Gold, Gianna Giacomotto
Psychology
Gregg J. Gold and Gianna Giacomotto who is currently in the MA program at Long Beach State, along with DGSOM faculty Dr. Jennifer Lucero, Dr. Gerardo Moreno, and DGSOM staff Ricardo Antillon, and Esmeralda Trejo recently had the paper "Lessons Learned from the David Geffen School of Medicine-UCLA Clinical Clerkship Psychology of Bias Seminar" accepted for publication in the Journal of the National Medical Association.
Veronica Zaragoza
Social Work
A proud mother of six and a Social Work major at Cal Poly Humboldt, Veronica Zaragoza has faced the challenges of balancing parenthood, education, and community advocacy with resilience and determination.
This year, Zaragoza is among 23 students across the CSU system honored with the Trustees’ Award for Outstanding Achievement—the CSU’s highest recognition of student accomplishment.