St. Joseph Health System press release St. Joseph Health Invests $2 Million in North Coast Nursing Program Grant will kick-start the permanent endowment to support the Humboldt State University RN to BSN Program Humboldt County — Officials from St. Joseph Health, Humboldt County (SJH-HC), Humboldt State University, College of the Redwoods, and Senator Mike McGuire announced today that St.…
The Village housing project gets a City Council lifeline
Kevin L. Hoover Mad River Union ARCATA CITY HALL – On a 3–1 vote with Mayor Brett Watson dissenting, the City Council last week gave direction to a developer and city staff to evaluate a new version of The Village housing project, one that it could approve if properly configured. As stipulated by the council,…
McKinleyville Matters: Time for McK Land Trust annual dinner
The McKinleyville Land Trust invites the public to attend its 18th annual dinner and fundraiser at Azalea Hall, 1620 Pickett Rd. in McKinleyville on Sunday evening, March 3. The menu features chicken cacciatore or baked eggplant, both with pasta, Tomaso’s sauce, fresh mixed green salad, bread from the North Coast Co-op Bakery, Ramone’s coffee or…
College Life Today: Being a student and an immigrant
Sarai Escalante Special to the Union HUMBOLDT STATE – I grew up in Tijuana, Mexico. No matter where you come from, you belong in college and you deserve an education. This is something that I have learned throughout the years of being in college and something I believe we all deserve. Thanks to a lot…
College Life Today: A learning disability didn’t make me ineducable. It made me unstoppable
Max Schmidtbauer Special to the Union HUMBOLDT – Being a freshman in college is not easy, to say the least. Once you tack on the fact that I have a diagnosed learning disability, it seems like college is not an option at all. At least, this is what I was told. Little did I know…
HSU restarting Nursing program, is searching for director
HSU Searching for Director of New Nursing Program Humboldt State University has begun a national search for a director to lead an RN-to-BSN nursing program, which could enroll its first students as soon as Fall 2020. The director is a faculty position, with broad responsibility for overseeing continued development of the program, raising the necessary…
Humboldt State releases Draft EIR for Trinity Annex parking lot project
Mad River Union ARCATA – The draft Environmental Impact Report for Humboldt State’s Trinity Annex Project has been posted online at facilitymgmt.humboldt.edu/trinity-annex-project. It is also available at HSU offices located at 1 Harpst St., Arcata, and at the Arcata Branch Public Library, at 500 Seventh St. The project was unveiled to the public last July…
Forum on Rossbacher’s replacement set for Feb. 4
THE POST-LISA SCENARIO The California State University Board of Trustees and the Chancellor’s Office is beginning the search for Humboldt State University’s new president to succeed President Lisa A. Rossbacher, who announced she will retire at the end of the 2018-19 academic year. An Open Forum will be held Monday, Feb. 4 from 1 to…
The Village is back, and it’s somewhat similar, but different from the last version
Kevin L. Hoover Mad River Union ARCATA – The Village student housing project is back. The revised project is physically much the same as the version which failed approval by the City Council last August, but meets a key demand for mixed housing voiced by its council skeptics. However, it loses some other features which…
College Life Today: How college cleared my path
Jamie Rubin Special to the Mad River Union HUMBOLDT State – In the midst of exams and projects, I sometimes wonder why I chose college. Why would I intentionally put myself through stress, lack of sleep, and the pressure to succeed? I go through phases of regret and compare my life to those around me, instilling…