Provost Communication, Wednesday, February 12, 2025

Hello and happy Wednesday. I hope you are having a great week!

Nominations OPEN for Outstanding Student Awards!

Do you know an amazing and deserving student? I’m sure that you do. Nominations are open for the 2024-25 Outstanding Student Awards. You can find the nomination form here - The deadline for nominations is Friday, February 28, 2025. For more details on the awards and the nomination process check out the website. If you have questions, you can email OSL@humboldt.edu or get additional information here. 

For Your Awareness: Career Fair on Campus Tomorrow February 13, 2025

Tension and worry have been on high alert recently so I wanted to ensure that you were aware that we will have an increase in government vehicles on campus tomorrow Thursday,y February 13, 2025, from agencies who are participating in our Career Expo as employers. This will include federal employers like the US Dept of Agriculture, US Forestry, Go Army Eureka (Army recruiter office), and US Marines, as well as law enforcement including Humboldt County Probation, Eureka Police Dept, and CA Highway Patrol. This is a normal occurrence during our annual career fair activities, but I wanted to ensure you had this information, in case you hear reports or concerns.

Enrollment Update Related to Scholarships

We have seen more than 167% growth over last year in applications for scholarships for the coming year. The most growth came from new students, although we also saw growth in continuing students. This is great news as it likely indicates that we are starting to be able to utilize scholarships to impact enrollment behavior. Here is the comparative data over the last two years:

Scholarship Applications This Year:

Total applications:  3,026

New students- 1,704 (601 transfer, 37 Graduates, and 1,066 Freshman)

Continuing students- 1,322

Scholarship Applications Last Year:

Total applications:  1,131

New students- 210 (10 transfer, 18 Graduates, and 182 Freshman)

Continuing students- 921

Check out the following Events:

Conversations on Altruisum: Today Wednesday, February 12, 2025, from 4 pm-5 pm

Please join Maral Attallah and Ronnie Swartz for this year’s public conversation with seasoned academics, researchers, practitioners, and educators who join a new generation of those interested in possibilities for doing good. Today, Nezzie Wade will be speaking from 4 pm-5 pm at the Native American Forum (BSS 162). Please see the attached flyer for more information. 

Careers in Health Speaker Session: Thursday, February 13, 2025, from 5:30 pm-7 pm

Please join us for the first panel of the Health Career Speaker Series (sponsored by the Cal Poly-College of the Redwoods (CR) Health Education Hub). Cal Poly Humboldt students, CR students, and local area high school students with an interest in health-related careers are encouraged to attend. This panel will focus on physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech-language pathology. 

The panel will take place tomorrow Thursday, February 13, 2025, from 5:30-7:00 pm in Gist Hall Room 218. It will also be streaming as a Webinar online (the QR code/link to the webinar is on the attached flyer). This event will also be recorded. We are utilizing this Google form for students to be able to ask questions (before the panel presentation) in case they do not want to ask during the live session. Please share this information and the attached flyer and Google form with all health-related classes and clubs that you have access to. Thank you!

Have a wonderful rest of your week.

Jenn