2026-27 DEIA Grant RFP Now Open - Deadline April 13, 2026   The 2026-27 Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) Grant Request for Proposals (RFP) is now open for submissions. The deadline for applications is Monday, April 13, 2026, at 5 PM. Grants up to $5,000 are available to support projects that cultivate awareness and inclusivity of diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts on campus.   

The Office of Research & Sponsored Programs, Cal Poly Humboldt Library, and Marketing & Communications would like to invite you to participate in the 13th Annual ideaFest on Friday, May 1, 2026! Students, faculty, and staff from Cal Poly Humboldt will showcase research, live performances, creative projects, and more! New or previously presented professional posters or multimedia presentations are welcome.

The Office of Academic Affairs is hosting a “Rooted and Rising Together” Door & Bulletin Board Decorating Contest! Starting the week of March 23rd, we invite departments and organizations across campus to celebrate Cal Poly Humboldt’s Accreditation Reaffirmation by creatively showcasing how we are grounded in our values and community while rising together toward an innovative and impactful future.

EMSS Team Members: Good morning, everyone, and welcome to yet another supposedly unlucky Friday the 13th in 2026 - here’s to making the day incredible and proving untrue any superstition about the day. As time allows, I invite you to learn more about happenings across our division and the campus: University Budget Planning

"Free Bike Valet" at the "25th Annual Humboldt Permaculture Guild's Seed, Plant & Scion Exchange", at the Arcata Community Center, Saturday March 14th. We'll watch your bike from 11 AM to 4 PM. Check in your bike with the Coalition for Responsible Transportation Priorities (CRTP) www.transportationpriorities.org The event will be at the Arcata Community Center, 321 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Pkwy, Arcata

Over the past few months, we’ve been reflecting on how you read and engage with this newsletter. To make it easier to share, save, and revisit, we are transitioning from a web-based format to a PDF version beginning this month. Our hope is that this new format gives you a cleaner reading experience and makes it simple to forward to colleagues or keep for future reference.

Encourage your students to apply for the Panetta Institute for Public Policy’s fall semester Congressional Internship Program! The program combines a rigorous two-week academic orientation to national politics in Monterey, CA, with an eleven-week experiential education as a Panetta intern in a Washington, D.C. office of a California member of the U.S. House of Representatives. Interns will also attend special seminars with government leaders, journalists, and policy experts.

Please consider nominating someone to be one of this year’s Sustainability Champions! Cal Poly Humboldt  is accepting nominations for its ninth annual Sustainability Champion Awards program, to recognize faculty, professional staff and students whose practices have deepened a culture of sustainability, have furthered the integration of sustainability into academics, student life or campus culture, and/or reduced Humboldt’s environmental footprint.