Provost Communication, Wednesday, October 23, 2024

Hey everyone,

Happy Wednesday. I hope you are having a great week. 

Campus and Community Dialogue on Race (CDOR)

The Campus and Community Dialogue on Race kicked off this past Monday and this year’s program includes over 30 different workshops presented by faculty, students, staff, and community members. Since 1998, CDOR has sought to create safe spaces for critical dialogue on race. You can view the full program here.

Theater of War: Hector, Andromache, and the Death of Astyanax

The Theater of War is part of the Campus Dialogue on Race and is scheduled for tomorrow Thursday, October 24, 2024, from 7 - 9:30 pm in the Van Duzer Theater. It consists of dramatic readings of selections from Homer’s Iliad, Book VI, and scenes from The Trojan Women by Euripides—featuring acclaimed actors and a chorus of Cal Poly Humboldt students, faculty, staff, and community members from a variety of backgrounds, whose lives have been impacted by war—to help frame powerful dialogue about the human cost of war, centered on the suffering of children and civilians. We hope you are able to attend. This event is free and open to all. Registration is required via Eventbrite.

The Theater of War is co-sponsored by the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences and sponsored by the Office of Academic Affairs, and President Michael Spagna. 

Fall Commencement Processional Reminder - Regalia orders due by Friday, Oct. 25, 2024

The deadline to order faculty or staff regalia online to be received in time for the event is this Friday, October 25, 2024, at 8:59 p.m. PST. Those needing to rent regalia to participate in the procession can do so with Herff Jones Faculty Direct. Items ordered by the deadline will be available to pick up at The Campus Store location on campus (on the second floor of the Gutswurrak Student Activities Center building) and will be available for pick-up around December 2, 2024. Faculty and staff can return regalia rentals back to The Campus Store on the Arcata Plaza during the week after Commencement. 

National Transfer Student Week

This week is National Transfer Student Week (October 21-25, 2024). With partners across campus and the Transfer Student Organization, there have been a number of workshops and social activities organized to help transfer students make connections with each other and faculty and staff on campus. Please see the schedule of events happening this week on the Humboldt Transfer Student Week website and share this with any transfer students you know. These events are also open to College of the Redwoods students. If you have questions, please feel free to email tso@humboldt.edu.

I hope you enjoy the rest of your week.

Jenn Capps

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Jenn Capps, PhD 

Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs 

Cal Poly Humboldt