May 2, 2025
Reception & Presentations 2pm to 5pm
Cal Poly Humboldt Library
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Indigenous Education Through Acts Of Art
Alisa Ibyadullin
Art
Undergraduate Student
College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
This poster illustrates how the younger generations of Ingenious peoples can use art in order to educate and reach out to younger, unknowledgeable generations throughout the United States on the history of Native Americans culture.
The Gap Between Indigenous People and the Access to Proper Health Care
Leslie Ortega
Biology
Undergraduate Student
College of Natural Resources & Sciences
By presenting the issue of the lack of access Indigenous people have with health care, which is ultimately none, will enlighten individuals of the pressing issue of increasing mortality rates and implement change within the government.
Indigenous DNA: The Trauma Built Into It
Chaughnessy Szillat
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Undergraduate Student
College of Natural Resources & Sciences
Purpose: To look at how trauma is passed down through Indigenous peoples’ generations and cross examine how they really still dealing with problems from colonization.
Problem: Many indigenous people are experiencing the same oppression from settler colonialism. It is affecting the youth in their level of self esteem resulting in low grades or not making it to college.
Literature review: Native American DNA by Kim TallBear is a book about how Native American DNA hold generational trauma, how it got to be there and why it is still persisting today. Another source is Dr. Evan Adams’ book “Indigenous people” issue of Visions, he talks about the ways of healing using resilience.
HSU OER Adoption Workflow
Morgan Barker
Center for Teaching and Learning
Staff
Levi Basist
Kineseology
Graduate Student
Ryder Dschida
History
Faculty
Cayden Hempleman
History
Undergraduate Student
Kyle Morgan
Library
Faculty
Kimberly Stelter
Library
Faculty
Library
A look at how the adoption of Open Educational Resources (OER) can integrate equity, accessibility, and universal design principles. This project was funded by a grant from the CSU Affordable Learning Solutions (AL$) program, 2019-2020.
Talking to Yourself: Let's Talk About Intrapersonal Communication!
Kasandra Marguerite Colwell
Communication
Undergraduate Student
College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
Intrapersonal communication consists of the internal communication that occurs within each of us, where we send and receive messages within ourselves. Intrapersonal communication highly impacts the more well-known concept of interpersonal communication, which occurs between two or more people. Yet, intrapersonal communication isn't listed as an interest group under the National Communication Association! Consequently, student exposure to this concept is often limited to a small section in introduction to communication courses. In this presentation, I argue that California Polytechnic Humboldt should offer a course in intrapersonal communication and I share a potential syllabus I've created.
Digital Dissection Table Demo
Cyril Oberlander
Library
Staff
Library
Check out the library's latest simulation technology, the Digital Dissection Table on the 2nd floor to see how you can interact with high resolution images of functional anatomy and physiology to learn functional anatomy to zoology. Interact to learn biological, kinesiology, medical, and veterinary concepts and details.
Trust of Facial Recognition in the Black Community
Michaela
Old
Sociology
Undergraduate Student
College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
Surveillance of has long contributed to the stripping of identity and experience of Blackness through derealization and depersonalization, and has continues into the digital era. Examining forms of surveillance, such as facial recognition, and the effect it has on the Black community is vital to combat its harmful effects.
Assessing the Tourism Potential of Orick, California
Ara
Pachmayer
School of Applied Health
Faculty
Zac
Claus
Kinesiology & Recreation Administration
Undergraduate Student
Sophie
Collins
Kinesiology & Recreation Administration
Undergraduate Student
Lavender
Deng
Kinesiology & Recreation Administration
Undergraduate Student
Keegan
Henry
Kinesiology & Recreation Administration
Undergraduate Student
Nancy
Nazario
Kinesiology & Recreation Administration
Undergraduate Student
Mikel
Ash
Kinesiology & Recreation Administration
Undergraduate Student
Mike
Sanchez
Kinesiology & Recreation Administration
Undergraduate Student
Teddy
Goyette
Kinesiology & Recreation Administration
Undergraduate Student
Matt
Cherovsky
Kinesiology & Recreation Administration
Undergraduate Student
College of Professional Studies
The purpose of this project is to better understand the current state and potential for growth in recreation and tourism in Orick, California with the ultimate goal of driving economic development, improving quality of life for residents, and ensuring sustainable stewardship of natural and cultural resources.
The Redwood Curtain: How Humboldt's Geography Affects Junior College Athletics
Nathan
Jensen
Department of Geography, Environment & Spatial Analysis
Undergraduate Student
College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
Due to Humboldt County’s geographical location, it is uniquely isolated from the rest of the country. This isolation can make recruiting new athletes for the College of the Redwoods Cross Country and Track and Field teams difficult. This research project will investigate which factors in Humboldt County lead to difficulty in recruiting, in the hope of gaining a better understanding of this area. My goal is to study and analyze what aspects of the area may impact the recruitment and retention of Track and Field athletes at CR.
Toward Automated Thesis Classification: Open-Sourced AI Foundations for Libraries
Courtney
Rowe
Computer Science
Undergraduate Student
Library
University libraries often face challenges in making student research more accessible. Manual tagging of theses is time-consuming, while commercial AI tools can be costly and limit institutional control. This project, in collaboration with the Cal Poly Humboldt Press and the TIDE computing cluster, fine-tuned an open-source AI model, ModernBERT, to automatically classify theses using the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The model performed well, demonstrating a promising, cost-effective approach for libraries to enhance research discoverability while retaining ownership and flexibility.