Achievements

Tiffany Longcor and Kayla Trotter

Communication

Tiffany Longcor and Kayla Trotter, senior Communication majors, helped to conduct a survey of visitors at The Morris Graves Museum of Art during ARTS ALIVE! on March 1, 2014. The research project, directed by Dr. Michael Bruner, explored the organization-community relationship and will provide potentially useful information to the Museum. This project is an example of the College's support of undergraduate research and commitment to the arts.

Sing C. Chew

Sociology

Sing C. Chew, Professor of Sociology, was invited to give the keynote address at the Conference on Sustainability in Education: Pedagogical Themes and Practices in Asian Countries, at the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, February 27-28, 2014.

He is also organizing a panel, "Global Resources, Trade and Crisis of the World System: Past and Present" for the Annual Conference of the Pacific Sociological Association in Portland Oregon, March 27-30, 2014. All of the 5 panelists worked with him, and graduated from the Sociology Department's masters program. They are now on faculty members at other universities or completing their doctorates.

Dr. Paul Cummings

Music

Professor Paul Cummings presented an orchestra clinic along with Dr. Cyrus Ginwala of San Francisco State University at the recent 2014 California All-State Music Education Conference (CASMEC). The session, held in Fresno on Friday, February 21, was entitled "Orchestral Repertoire: Finding Music that Works for your Group." Cummings and Ginwala also worked with a chamber orchestra from Amador Valley High School during the session, using the group to demonstrate key aspects of repertoire selection.

Dr. Daniela Mineva, Dr. Cindy Moyer, Dr. Gil Cline, Prof. Viriginia Ryder, Prof. Karen Davy

Music

Music Faculty Dr. Cindy Moyer, Dr. Gilbert Cline, Dr. Daniela Mineva, Prof. Virginia Ryder and Prof. Karen Davy performed a chamber music concert on Saturday February 15, 2014 at the Morris Graves Museum of Art. The concert was part of the "HSU Music Department at Morris Graves Museum" concert series in collaboration with the Humboldt Arts Council.

Daniela Mineva

Music

Music professor Daniela Mineva was invited to perform at the Roosevelt University, Chicago, on February 1, 2014. The piano concert celebrated the legacy of the legendary American pianist and pedagogue Ursula Oppens.

Gil Cline

Music

Music professor Gil Cline was recently featured in "Trumpet Greats: a Biographical Dictionary," a biographical dictionary of about 2,000 famous trumpeters since 1600. Cline directs the Humboldt Bay Brass Band and teaches trumpet, horn and music history at HSU. In addition to Cline, notable names in the book included jazz musicians Louis Armstrong and Wynton Marsalis, cornet soloists Jean-Baptiste Arban and Herbert L. Clarke and baroque trumpeters Girolamo Fantini, Gottfried Reiche, and John Shore.

Paul Cummings

Music

Music professor Paul Cummings presented a session at the annual conference of the College Orchestra Directors Association (CODA) in Fort Worth, Texas, on January 24, 2014. The presentation by Cummings, who conducts HSU's Humboldt Symphony and Symphonic Band, focused on recruitment and repertoire selection for college orchestras. Professor Cummings is currently serving as president of CODA's Western Division. More information on CODA and their recent conference may be found here: http://codaweb.org/

Michal S. Bruner, Laura K.Hahn, Nicole B. Sheldon

Communication

Communication professors Michael Bruner, Laura Hahn and student Nicole Sheldon authored "The Petition Cause and Food Advocacy." The essay will be published in the journal, "First Amendment Studies."

J.W. Powell

Philosophy

Philosophy professor J.W. Powell authored the Jan. 24 "Atlantic" article "The Tyranny of the College Major," looking at why colleges should require students to take more courses out of their discipline. Powell encourages higher education to re-examine and strengthen the Bachelor's Degree with General Education. For the article, click here: http://bit.ly/1hSrJec.

Armeda Reitzel

Communication

Armeda Reitzel, Professor of Communication, has been chosen to participate in the National Communication Association's Student Learning Outcomes in Communication Project. The goals of the project are to productively support curriculum planning and improvement within the Communication discipline, and to help position Communication centrally in institutions’ general education curriculum development efforts. The project is funded by a grant that the National Communication Association received from the Lumina Foundation.