Achievements

Geoffrey Ostrove

Communication

Faculty Geoffrey Ostrove, Communication

Published the article, Theme parks, labor, and the Dark Lord: A political economic critique of the Walt Disney company’s relationship with the City of Anaheim. International Communication Gazette, 87(1), 60-70. Ostrove, G. (2025)

https://journals.sagepub.com/eprint/22JATYHNJKMRRJQMRGAD/full

James Floss

Communication

James Floss, who taught Oral Interpretation of Children’s Literature at HSU for 3 decades recently gave a workshop called “Dynamic Read-Alouds for Children” to future K-3 teachers in Oaxaca, Mexico, for the 25th Anniversary of the “Escuela Normal Bilinguae e Intercultural de Oaxaca.” 

Benji Salisbury, Stephan Chittenden, Garrit Rensink, Jayden "Spooky" Rocha, Michael Thomas

Dance, Music & Theatre

The Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival has recognized multiple students for their work in Voices of a Silent Stage, our Fall 2024 original physical theatre production directed by Michael Thomas. Benji Salisbury won a Meritorious Achievement Award for his work as the Stage Manager.  Spooky Rocha, Gerrit Rensink, and Stephan Chittenden were all nominated to participate in the Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship auditions at the upcoming KCACTF Region conference in Arizona.  

John Gerving, Dan Aldag, Piet Dalmolen

Dance, Music & Theatre

The Cal Poly Humboldt Jazz Orchestra under the direction of Dan Aldag was recently awarded Second Prize in the Doug Davis Composition and Performance Endowment 2024 Performance Awards for their recording of Doug Davis's composition "B. and Me". In addition, pianist John Gerving was recognized for an Outstanding Performance on the recording. The Jazz Orchestra's performance was recorded and mixed by Piet Dalmolen, Lecturer in Music and the Music Department's Audio Technician.

James M. Floss

Communication

The purpose of the JAMES M. FLOSS SCHOLARSHIP FUND is to support students majoring or minoring in Dance, Music, and Theatre Arts or other performing arts, with a focus on Theatre Arts including acting, directing, and storytelling. A $2,000 award will be given annually for a period of five years. Recipients can receive the award only once. Recipients will be selected by the Department of Dance, Music, and Theatre, and awarded by the Financial Aid office. Donations can be made to the fund at https://giving.humboldt.edu/james-m-floss-theatre-arts-fund-0

Alison Ruth Holmes

Politics

Professor Alison Holmes (Politics) has passed the Yurok Bar Exam and was sworn into the Yurok Tribal Court Bar by Chief Judge Abby Abinanti in January. She is now Yurok Bar #97.  

Alison Holmes

Politics

Dr. Alison Holmes (PSCI) served as Vice Chair of International Research on the organizing committee of the CSU International Forum (Dec 12-13) at CSU Chico. She has been instrumental in extending the reach of what has been an annual staff event (hosted by the Chancellor's Office) to now include faculty. The goal is to better connect CSU faculty doing international research as well as staff and faculty supporting students going abroad and international students on our campuses. She also presented a paper on the continuing rise of sub-state/international politics particularly in CA and in the aftermath of the US election. 

Elisabeth Harrington, Ash Quintana, Dominic Trezza, Jei Farmer, Savanna River, Avery Alexander

Music

During finals week, the Opera Workshop class took Bear Hug, a children's opera, on tour to Morris Elementary,  Winship Middle , Alice Birney Elementary , Redwood Montessori, and Pacific Union Elementary schools.  Professor Elisabeth Harrington led students Ash Quintana (Theatre Arts, '24), Dominic Trezza (Biology, '25), Jei Farmer (Chemistry '28), and Savanna River (Environmental Science, '27) and staff pianist Avery Alexander (Music, '20) in performances that were enthusiastically received by the children.  One Alice Birney 3rd grader said "I liked the Spanish Brown Bear because he's hyper like me!  And he held the spider."

Griffin Mancuso, Brad Butterfield, Dezmond Remington

Journalism & Mass Communication

The Lumberjack nabbed three national awards from the Associated Collegiate Press in November. LJ fall editor-in-chief Griffin Mancuso placed second in the nationwide best illustration category. Investigative reporter Brad Butterfield earned an honorable mention as one of the nation's Reporters of the Year. Spring 2024 co-editor Dezmond Remington won a national honorable mention for his column writing.

ACP Individual Awards honor the nation’s best collegiate journalism. There are 53 contests in eight divisions representing the best of the best from Ivy League schools to scrappy state polytechnics in Northern California.

Dr. Sarah Jaquette Ray

Environmental Studies

Dr. Ray joined grief scholars and movement leaders Breeshia Wade, Yolanda Sealy-Ruiz, Myrtle Sodhi, Jennifer England and host Viyda Shah on the podcast, Hospicing Leadership. This episode focused on questions such as "How do leaders create a vision for hospicing grief in the midst of crisis?" You can listen here: https://www.yorku.ca/edu/unleading/podcast-episodes/hospicing-leadershi…