Provost Communication, Monday, April 3, 2023

Well Done! Cal Poly Humboldt Rowing

The Cal Poly Humboldt Rowing Squads hosted their only home regatta this past Saturday- the Blue Heron Regatta at Humboldt Bay Aquatic Center in Eureka. Humboldt looked impressive! It was wonderful to see all of the athletes, family, friends, students, and alumni come out to support the program!

Applications to Cal Poly Humboldt Surpass 20,000 for the First Time Ever 

Cal Poly Humboldt surpasses 20,000 applications for the first time ever! Over 17,000 prospective students have been admitted. In the chart below, the yellow dot is to date, the bar chart reflects the final count for the term.

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Decolonizing Sustainability Speaker Series: April 2023 is here

This speaker series will highlight the role of Indigenous knowledge in place-based learning by bringing in experts from an array of fields that work with Indigenous peoples and place-based learning at their home institutions. This is particularly relevant as Cal Poly Humboldt seeks to expand place-based learning communities for all incoming freshmen across our campus. Each event will feature an invited speaker and response from a Cal Poly Humboldt faculty member, followed by a series of breakout room discussions focused on how students and faculty at Cal Poly Humboldt can apply what they’ve learned during the session in their own teaching, research, and service. This series is intended to provide inspiration to our campus community, as we develop and implement place-based learning communities that ethically engage with Indigenous peoples, places, and knowledges. Below is a list of the different topics and speakers and you may register here.

Carceral Conservationism: Unpacking Geographies of Environmentalism, Criminalization, and Confinement

Dr. Laurel Mei-Singh, Assistant Professor of Geography and Asian American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin

Friday, April 7, 11:30 am-1 pm

Beyond Conservation: Indigenous Ethics and the Decolonized Environment 

Stephanie Lumsden, Ph.D. candidate in the Gender Studies department at UCLA and recipient of the 2022 UC President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship

Wednesday, April 12, 11:30 am-1 pm

Notes from Earthseed: Gathering, Land, and Solidarity

Renée M. Byrd, Associate Professor of English at Cal Poly Humboldt

Wednesday, April 19, 11:30 am-1 pm

Carceral Conservation: Environmental Management in Chains at California’s Salton Sea

Traci Brynne Voyles, Professor and Chair of Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Oklahoma (OU), and Affiliate Faculty in the OU Departments of History and Native American Studies

Wednesday, April 26, 11:30 am-1 pm

I hope you have a wonderful Monday.

Jenn Capps

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Jenn Capps, Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs