Provost Communication, Monday, March 24, 2025

Good morning and happy Monday! For those of you who were on Spring Break, welcome back and I hope you were able to get some downtime and/or catch up on projects and priorities that are important to you. For those of you who worked throughout Spring Break last week, thank you for your steadfast work ethic that allows our campus to continue to support the success of our students. You are seen and appreciated.

Today: Let's Talk About Federal Grants Open Forum - Library 209 w/ Zoom Option

Monday, March 24, 2025, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm

Join the Cal Poly Humboldt Sponsored Programs Foundation for a discussion on recent executive orders affecting federal grants, their current and potential impacts, and guidance on navigating uncertainty. Attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions and share concerns. All Cal Poly Humboldt faculty and staff are welcome. A calendar invite and Zoom link will be sent after registration.

Register: Sign up to attend via this link. 

Contact: If you have any questions, please contact Erika Wright, Research Development Lead at erika.wright@humboldt.edu

Today: Slice of AI & Pie- Library 308

Monday, March 24, 2025, 12 pm 

By Alana Chin, Assistant Professor of Plant Physiology Cal Poly Humboldt - Read Alana's full bio here.

In this session, we will discuss choosing methods in machine learning to minimize computational complexity for greener modeling. How do we get the job done with the smallest footprint? Our choices in machine learning have real-world implications for resource use, join us for a discussion of machine learning in biological sciences and how we can optimize our methods to minimize climate impact. We’ll talk through the wide range of ML choices in biology and how to pick based on functionality and minimalist approaches.

Pizza will be provided. Please RSVP here.
 

National Research Platform- JupyterHub Workshop- Library 308

Thursday, March 27, 2025, from 11 am-1 pm

Have you ever heard of the National Research Platform (NPR)? Are you curious about where people are running these artificial intelligence models we read about in the news daily? You can get those questions answered and more as the Humboldt High Performance Computing Center will be hosting a hands-on JupyterHub workshop. No experience or prior knowledge necessary. They will cover logging into the NRP, getting started in the JupyterHub environment, and getting access to lots of computing power. Learn about how you can use JupyterHub on the NRP in the classroom, and ask lots of questions about gaining additional computing resources for your research. 

Lunch will be provided. Sign up here.

Draft Catalog Program/Course/MAP review comments due this Friday, March 28, 2025

As part of the process of creating and releasing our online catalog every year, we give our Departments and Colleges the opportunity to review their Programs, Courses, and MAPs every year. This is not an opportunity to change programs and courses outside the regular curricular process but an opportunity to double-check that they have been entered correctly based on the existing programs and courses. An initial email from Academic Programs was sent out on March 7, 2025.

Thank you for the responses already received. To facilitate this process, we have created a Google Form (instructions for accessing the draft are included in the header section) for you to indicate when your review has been completed, along with space to enter any errors or corrections that need to be made before publication (if there is insufficient space on the form, you can also send an email curriculum@humboldt.edu). Once you complete the form, you will receive a copy for your records.

Nominate a Sustainability Champion: Deadline is April 1, 2025

The annual Sustainability Champion Awards program honors Cal Poly Humboldt employees whose practices have deepened a culture of sustainability furthered the integration of sustainability into institutional practices and operations, or reduced the environmental footprint.

One faculty, one staff, and one student employee will be awarded for advancing sustainability on campus and in the community.

Use the form to nominate yourself or someone else as a Sustainability Champion.

Have a great Monday.

Jenn Capps