Humboldt County Sanctuary Initiative

College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences

Centro Del Pueblo was created in response to the wave of anti immigration rhetoric and the increase of ICE raids in Humboldt County. The organization advocates for immigrant rights, organizing rallies, marches and most recently pushing its own initiative for sanctuary in Humboldt County. The initiative itself wont violate SB54 in anyway or violate the U.S. Constitution, what it will do is add extra layers of protection for the undocumented community from being persecuted by ICE, and promoting a safer community between the county and the immigrant community.

Humboldt County Unmanned Aircraft Systems Youth Education Training Program

College of Natural Resources & Sciences

This project is led by David Marshall and Tamara Barriquand with the help of HSU student facilitators. The project is a Native American youth outreach program designed to encourage STEM through the use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), known as drones. This four week summer program guides high school students through a ground pilot school that will earn them a FAA UAS Pilot's License, while also providing presentations, tutorials and activities related to aviation, environmental and applied sciences, and GIS. One goal of the program is to help underrepresented communities earn a pilot's license that can introduce them to new career opportunities in a variety of fields.

Humboldt County Women's Ethnographic Archive

College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences

This goal of this project is to establish the Humboldt County Women’s Ethnographic Archive through the Anthropology department at Humboldt State University. An ethnographic archive is a collection of materials that provide historical and contemporary information about a place, group of people, or institution. Archives provide a repository for unpublished and other unique materials that preserve cultural memory and supplement the historical record. Women’s archives are particularly important as women’s contributions have generally been underrepresented in historical collections. The HCWEA’s mission will be to preserve the contributions and culture of Humboldt women from all walks of life.

Humboldt County's Opiod Epidemic

College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences

I will be using the information I have gathered through my internship with California Senator Mike McGuire. Specifically, the Senator has an ongoing project having to do with the opioid crisis taking place in Humboldt County. Humboldt County has more opioid prescriptions than residents. With 156,444 prescriptions in 2016, the rate was nearly 1,145 prescriptions per 1,000 residents. Senator Mike McGuire has hosted two town hall forums to bring awareness to the community and to discuss solutions in order to fix this epidemic that is affecting so many lives in the community we reside in.

Humboldt Energy Independence Fund: Heat Pumps as a Means to Transition Away from Natural Gas

Other

Humboldt State University current HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning) system relies on the use of natural gas boilers. This project proposes to switch HSU's current HVAC system to electric air source heat pumps. Unlike natural gas broilers, electric heat pumps do not burn fuel onsite to generate and move heat. Transitioning building heating systems from natural gas to electrically powered systems would reduce the GHG emissions for HSU. In the HSU Climate Action Plan, it was reported that natural gas usage contributed to at least 60% of HSU’s 2014 carbon emissions.

Humboldt Forensics: Lumberjack Speech and Debate 1926 - 2023

Aaron Donaldson, Communication Faculty

College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences

A summary of Intercollegiate Forensics at Humboldt from the founding of the program in 1926 to cancellation in 2023.

Humboldt Forensics: Lumberjack Speech and Debate 1926 - 2025

Aaron Donaldson, Communication Faculty

College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences

A visual representation of the nearly 100 years of Intercollegiate Speech and Debate at Cal Poly Humboldt.

Humboldt in the California Geographer

College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences

Analyzing Humboldt's role in the California Geographer both spatially, and as an institution. Along with looking at the quantitive data of the journal since its conception in 1960.

Humboldt In The Time Of COVID Digital Archive

Library

This poster serves as a visual presentation of some of the items collected from the community in the Humboldt in the time of COVID digital archive. Submissions in the archive have mainly been audio, video, or written submissions but many of the images also show some of the life of Humboldt residents on and off campus.

Humboldt Journal of Social Relations Issue 39 Diversity and Social Justice in Higher Education

College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences

This special issue of the Humboldt Journal of Social Relations (HJSR) captures work and experiences in higher education as they relate to changes and challenges around diversifying U.S. college campuses. Race, class, gender, sexuality, able-bodiedness, and citizenship shape contemporary conversations about campus climate, curricular content, organizational structures, decision making and the disparate impacts of related policy changes or stagnation. These conversations shape the everyday experiences of faculty and staff, and ultimately are linked to student success.