ENST Digest 3/28/22- The Advising Season one!
Hello and Happy Advising Season!
The top part of this message is about advising stuff in ENST. You'll find all the usual announcements below. If you do nothing else, please read the incredible poem at the bottom, which won the Environmental Justice Award in Toyon Literary Magazine this year. ENST sponsors this award each year and we are amazed by Larissa's talent. Toyon is celebrating its 68th volume tomorrow- join the party!
Toyon Literary Magazine Release Party March 29, 2022
Toyon is Cal-Poly Humboldt’s English department’s annual literary magazine and they are thrilled to announce the release of Volume 68 with the theme of “Hope and Healing”. The magazine features prose, poetry, visual art, and spoken word, Volume 68 is a collection of works created by a diverse pool of talented people from all over the world. With this new volume, diversity and inclusion continue to be celebrated by including multi-national authors and their works along with translations. Volume 68 features creative works in Spanish, Italian, and, this year, Toyon has its first-ever Swahilian translation provided by Shani Khalfan. This volume is supported by Associated Students, Cal-Poly Humboldt’s Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and the Cal-Poly Humboldt English Department. Volume 68’s release party will be held virtually on March 29th, 3 pm-5 pm followed by an in-person afterparty from 6-8 pm. Location TBA. Register to attend the Zoom event here.
ADVISING STUFF
1. AWESOME SPECIAL TOPICS THAT CAN COUNT IN ENST MAJOR!
There are some amazing classes coming up in fall that I'd like to draw your attention to, which your adviser can "swap" in your DARS to have count for your major. When I look at these classes, I really do feel overwhelmed with delight that my amazing colleagues here at Cal Poly Humboldt are so brilliant, and how they are working so hard to bring us all closer to each other, the natural world, and to collective healing. Take a moment to relish these course titles like a tonic, and see whether you can find spaces in your DARS for them to count:
Art 304-1: American Art and the Landscape: This course takes a comprehensive look at the history of American art and its relationship to the environment, from the earliest landscape paintings to contemporary ecoart. Prof. Alderson. This course could swap for an arts/humanities requirement, or as part of a Media Production emphasis.
ANTH 339: Animals in Human Evolution & Society: Examine relationships between humans and non-human animals, including the role of animals in human evolution, domestication, animals as food, conservation and human-wildlife conflict, animal ethics in scientific research, and biotechnology. Dr. Dara Adams. This course could swap for a social sciences requirement, or as part of the Ecology/Conservation Science emphasis.
ENGL 306: Stories from the Anthropocene: People, Nature, and the Imagination. Including contemporary fiction, films, and poetry, this course examines the intersections of our natural world, technology, and ourselves. Works by Ryan Coogler (Black Panther), Nnedi Okorafor (Lagoon), and Wanuri Kahiu (Pumzi) help us explore hope and imagination in the face of environmental devastation. Dr. Hobbel. This course could count for an arts/humanities requirement.
ENGL 420: Critical Plant Studies: Engage with botanical subjects and critical theory through a variety of fields, including land art, eco-poetry, therapeutic horticulture, Black ecologies and landscape architecture. From a transdisciplinary framework, we will question the privileged place of the human in relation to plant life, and consider the following (and more): "being plant," plants and speculative fiction, BIPOC agrarianism and how the vegetal challenges our climate narratives. Dr. Byrd. This course could count as an arts/humanities requirement, or as an ecology/conservation emphasis area.
SW 442: Environmental Justice Social Work: This class will integrate principles, values, and lessons learned from the Environmental Justice Movement. You will learn about environmental racism, fence-line communities, cumulative impacts, and social determinants of health. The class will center EJ and the development of research, social policy, and community practices to better serve impacted communities. Dr. Abarca. This course could count in the Community Organizing emphasis, or as a social sciences requirement.
NAS 333: Food Sovereignty Lab. This course could count as a social sciences requirement, or as a community organizing requirement. Prereq: Concurrent or previously completed NAS 331; NAS 325. Or major or minor in NAS.
HIST 393: Environmental History of Latin America. This course can count as an arts/humanities option. Flyer attached.
2. REVIEW OF HOW ADVISING SEASON WORKS:
A quick review of how advising/registration goes at this university, and in ENST:
3. Pre-Advising and Advising Information Sessions:
There are multiple sessions designed to help you figure out what you need to take, how to plan your course planner, and how best to make the most of your time here. The main thing is Advising + Pizza night, and the Pre-Advising DARS workshops. Flyers below. I have office hours as usual Wednesday 12-2 in FH 107 or on zoom: https://humboldtstate.zoom.us/
ADVISING + PIZZA NIGHT!!!! We're back: Wednesday, March 30, 3-5pm -- flyer here:
Pre-Advising DARS workshops with the Peer Mentors and ENST professional adviser Meridith Oram, March 28 (just passed) and April 4:
THE REST OF THE STUFF....
1. YES Volunteer Opportunity
After a two-year hiatus, I am thrilled to share that Y.E.S. will host an in-person volunteer event on Cesar Chavez Day as part of our annual Serve-a-Thon fundraiser (going strong since 1986)!
This annual fundraiser helps Y.E.S. cover the costs of volunteer screening, leadership training and program supplies that sustain our 10-12 student-led volunteer programs. The campaign is running from March 15th through April 15th. I kindly ask for your support in promoting our campaign or donating, if you are comfortable to do so.
HOW CAN YOU HELP?
Market our campaign on your HSU social media account (or private account)
To post, select one or more photos (attached). I’ve provided alternative text/captions for each image to help make this quick and easy. Please forward this email to anyone else you think would be willing to post or support Y.E.S.
Tag us when you post
Facebook: @YEShumboldt
Instagram:@yeshumboldt
To learn more about the Serve-a-Thon volunteer event on March 31st, check out this link or the attached flier. Students, staff and faculty are welcome to attend! Thank you so much,
Melea
2. Sustainable Future Speaker Series- Shelly Covert
April 7 @ 5:30 pm (Pacific): Shelly Covert
Raising Nisenan Visibility in 2022 and Beyond
As part of the Sustainable Futures Speaker Series, Shelly Covert will present a webinar on “Raising Nisenan Visibility in 2022 and Beyond” on Thursday, December 2, from 5:30-7 p.m. Register here.
In this presentation, Shelly Covert will talk about the importance of raising the visibility of her Tribe in a community, State, and Country that has no idea they still exist. She’ll also share some of the unique and creative projects she has founded that cultivate relationships and bring public education, and how they use art as a means to amplify the visibility of the Nisenan.
Shelly Covert is the Spokesperson for the Nevada City Rancheria Nisenan Tribe. She sits on the Tribal Council and is a community outreach liaison. She is also the Executive Director of the Tribally guided, nonprofit CHIRP – the California Heritage: Indigenous Research Project – whose mission is to preserve, protect and perpetuate Nisenan Culture.
The Sustainable Futures speaker series stimulates interdisciplinary collaboration around issues related to energy, the environment, and society. These lectures are sponsored by the Schatz Energy Research Center, the Environment & Community graduate program, and the College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences at Humboldt State. All events are free and open to the public, and live captioning is provided for all talks. To request additional support, please contact schatzenergy@humboldt.edu or call 707-826-4345. Visit http://schatzcenter.org/
4. California Planning Foundation (CPF) Scholarships
On behalf of APA California; as your University Liaison, and the California Planning Foundation, we are pleased to provide information about this year’s upcoming CPF Scholarships. The application will go live this week, but in the meantime, we’d like for you to share with your students about the upcoming webinar on April 20th, 5:30-6:30 (information below). Please reach out if you have any questions.
The California Planning Foundation (CPF) supports outstanding planning students across the state of California who are entering their final year of an eligible undergraduate or graduate degree program. Criteria for the scholarships include academic performance, financial need, increasing diversity in the planning profession, and a commitment to serve the planning profession in California after graduation.
About the 2022-2023 CPF Scholarships
CPF is pleased to announce its 2022 scholarship program for outstanding planning students enrolled at eligible professional planning degree programs in the state of California. Scholarships are awarded to students seeking to enter the planning profession based on an application and selection process.
These scholarships are designed for continuing students entering their final year of an eligible undergraduate or graduate degree program. Criteria for the scholarships include academic performance, financial need, increasing diversity in the planning profession, and a commitment to serve the planning profession in California after graduation. A list of eligible degree programs can be found below.
>>> The application process will be available starting the week of March 21, 2022. The deadline to apply for 2022 CPF scholarships is Tuesday, May 31, 2022. Scholarships – California Planning Foundation <<<
A webinar with information on the 50+ scholarships and helpful tips on how to apply is scheduled for Wednesday, April 20, 2022 at 5:30pm to 6:30pm. Check back here in early April to sign up for this webinar and to get the Zoom link. Please note that this webinar will be recorded with a link posted here in late April.
Applicants will need to apply only once. Applicants will be reviewed for all scholarships for which they are eligible. Scholarship recipients will receive notification in August and will be honored during the APA California Conference (https://www.apacalifornia.
5. Northern California Grantmakers Fellowship
is looking for a Climate and Disaster Resilience Fellow. Maybe you know someone who is qualified and interested? Remote work but based in CA. Flyer attached.
_____________A Poem For the Stalwart....... ___________________________
This is the poem in both English and Spanish that won the ENST-department sponsored Environmental Justice Award in Toyon this year. It is so beautiful. I hope you'll consider helping celebrate Larissa's powerful work here, and the publication of this incredible journal-- tomorrow at the release party! Information about the release party is above.
Climate Change
Larissa A. Hul-Galasek
The world is on fire
but here we are
sitting under the walnut tree
the branches are reaching
covered in bright green moss
the usnea dripping down
cloaking us.
We know. We know.
This stretching for peace
just can’t be
because we don’t forget
the world is on fire
they try to say there is no fire
but how can that be?
For there are days shrouded in dark
the ash collected on the windshield
they try to say nothing can be done
but how can that be?
Because you feel a ripping at the seams
the cry of pain in the distance.
Meanwhile the world goes on.
It seems impossible
that the world goes on
when the world is on fire
but here we are
sitting under the walnut tree
the branches are reaching
Cambio Climático
Larissa A. Hul-Galasek
Translated by Kirk Lua
El mundo está en llamas
pero aqui estamos
sentados debajo del árbol de nuez
las ramas están alcanzando
cubiertas en musgo luminoso verde
la usnea goteando
encubriéndonos.
Sabemos. Sabemos.
Este estiramiento por la paz
simplemente no puede ser
porque no olvidamos
el mundo está en llamas
intentan decir que no hay fuego
¿pero cómo puede ser eso?
Porque hay días envueltos en oscuridad
la ceniza acumulada en el parabrisas
intentan decir que no se puede hacer nada
¿pero cómo puede ser eso?
Porque sientes un desgarro en las costuras
el grito de dolor en la distancia.
Mientras tanto, el mundo sigue.
Parece imposible
que el mundo sigue
cuando el mundo está en llamas
pero aqui estamos
sentados debajo del árbol de nuez
las ramas están alcanzando
Sarah Jaquette Ray (she/her)
Professor & Chair, Environmental Studies
Cal Poly Humboldt
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