2008 Woodie Awards
Spring convovation gets the semester rolling
John C. Osborn
Issue date: 1/23/08 Section: The Future of Humboldt State
Humboldt State kicked off the spring semester last week with music, speeches and awards. Budget cuts and accreditation were the theme this time around.
The Humboldt State Jazz Combo smoothed the packed Kate Buchanan Room at the Spring Convocation, an event that happens every semester to give updates on how the campus is doing.
Interim Provost Bob Snyder talked about his plans to give all academic programs a priority level to determine how much support they get from the university. He also said that academics got rid of its debt.
He warned about Governor Schwarzenegger's proposed budget cuts to many California programs. Snyder said trying to ignore the proposed cuts would be like trying to ignore the Marching Lumberjacks at spring preview.
"Unlike the Lumberjacks," he said, "the budget problems never seem to stop playing."
With little certainty of what the final outcome will be for the California State University system as a whole, Snyder said the range he heard suggests anything from an increase of $35 million to losing $385 million. Nobody knows how this will affect the university.
"The bottom line is, we probably won't know the details for some time," he said.
Greg Crawford, who is heading up the accreditation review, said the process is moving forward. He said that the university has to find its identity.
"We are seeking to create a [Humboldt State] campus culture," he said.
For more info on accreditation, go to http://www.humboldt.edu/~wasc/.
Toward the end, President Rollin Richmond announced the winners of the Staff Recognition Awards, given out every semester. Here are the winners: Patti Carlson, Tamar Danufsky, Dana Deason, Mary Hackett, Diane Hunt, Jerri Jones, Kevin Simmons, Cai Stuart-Maver, Susan Peck and David Pryor.
The Humboldt State Jazz Combo smoothed the packed Kate Buchanan Room at the Spring Convocation, an event that happens every semester to give updates on how the campus is doing.
Interim Provost Bob Snyder talked about his plans to give all academic programs a priority level to determine how much support they get from the university. He also said that academics got rid of its debt.
He warned about Governor Schwarzenegger's proposed budget cuts to many California programs. Snyder said trying to ignore the proposed cuts would be like trying to ignore the Marching Lumberjacks at spring preview.
"Unlike the Lumberjacks," he said, "the budget problems never seem to stop playing."
With little certainty of what the final outcome will be for the California State University system as a whole, Snyder said the range he heard suggests anything from an increase of $35 million to losing $385 million. Nobody knows how this will affect the university.
"The bottom line is, we probably won't know the details for some time," he said.
Greg Crawford, who is heading up the accreditation review, said the process is moving forward. He said that the university has to find its identity.
"We are seeking to create a [Humboldt State] campus culture," he said.
For more info on accreditation, go to http://www.humboldt.edu/~wasc/.
Toward the end, President Rollin Richmond announced the winners of the Staff Recognition Awards, given out every semester. Here are the winners: Patti Carlson, Tamar Danufsky, Dana Deason, Mary Hackett, Diane Hunt, Jerri Jones, Kevin Simmons, Cai Stuart-Maver, Susan Peck and David Pryor.
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