2007-08 Academic Year - Humboldt State University

living in the residence halls. Service is cafeteria
style for breakfast, lunch, and dinner
Monday through Friday and brunch and dinner
on weekends. Special efforts are made
to meet diverse student needs: vegetarian
and vegan entrées at every meal, a buildyour-own
salad bar, fresh fruit, desserts, and
a variety of snack items. In addition to the J,
the Giant’s Cupboard, a convenience store
located in the Jolly Giant Commons, is open
seven days a week. The Cupboard offers numerous
beverages and snack items, frozen
foods, sandwiches, and food staples.
The Depot, a food court arcade, serves the
main campus as well as resident students.
The Depot offers made-to-order sandwiches,
a Mexican burrito bar, salad bar, pasta bar,
pizza, assorted bottled and fountain beverages,
burgers, fresh soups, wraps, espresso,
and specialty coffees. Several local vendors
are featured and also operate locations in
The Depot.
Windows Café offers full table service and
a salad bar, and is open Monday - Friday at
lunchtime. The menu highlights local favorite
recipes.
The South Campus Marketplace is a convenience
store located in the Student and
Business Services Building at the south end
of campus. The South Campus Marketplace
offers snacks, coffee, and other beverages,
as well as school and test supplies for students.
Meal Plans. Students living on campus (with
the exception of Creekview and the Manor)
are required to purchase a meal plan. Three
options provide flexibility to accommodate individual
needs. All plans are a la carte, which
means students pay only for what they eat.
Purchases are electronically deducted from
a student’s account using his/her ID card.
Each meal plan contains a different amount
of meal points that can be used at any of
our campus dining operations. This provides
students maximum flexibility with their meal
plans. Students living off campus may also
purchase meal plans.
For answers to questions about any of the
dining services or meal plans, call (707)
826-3451 or email director Ron Rudebock,
rlr4@humboldt.edu.
Disability Resource Center,
Student (SDRC)
Students with Disabilities. Persons with
temporary or permanent disabilities find
assistance through the Student Disability
Resource Center. Services include: campus
orientation, free campus shuttle, assistance
with registration and parking, note-taking
and reading assistance, sign language
interpreters, assessment of students with
suspected learning disabilities, and special
accommodations for exams.
Students may be assessed and trained in the
use of appropriate assistive technologies in
the Computer Access Lab. Various assistive
technologies are available in campus labs
and may include: screen reading, screen
magnification, text-to-speech software programs,
and alternative input devices.
For further information, call (707) 826-4678
(voice) or 826-5392 (TDD) or see the Web
site (http://www.humboldt.edu/~sdrc).
Dormitories
(see Housing)
Exchange Programs
You may be eligible for financial aid while
participating in an approved exchange program.
Arrangements must be made with the
Financial Aid Office prior to departure.
National Student Exchange. Experience life
from a different educational, cultural or geographical
perspective through the National
Student Exchange program. Students apply
to any of 190 participating colleges and
universities across the nation. Students on
exchange do not pay out-of-state tuition.
Consult an academic advisor before applying.
Students must be enrolled full-time and
have at least a 2.5 GPA to apply. For a list of
participating universities, contact the NSE
coordinator, Dana Deason, SBS 295, 826-
6229. Deadline to apply is February 28.
Intrasystem Enrollment Programs. See
Admission Information Section.
Study Abroad Programs & California State
University International Programs. See
Study Abroad Programs within the Campus
Community section.
Extended Education
Concurrent enrollment in the Open University
allows one to sample regular university
courses, get a head start on college while
still in high school/community college, continue
education while establishing residency,
or renew student eligibility.
Participants select courses from the regular
schedule of classes and complete an extended
education registration form. If space
is available at the first class meeting, they
have the instructor and departmental office
sign the form, then return the form and pay
the fees at the Extended Education office
(Student and Business Services Building,
second floor).
Humboldt’s undergraduate programs accept
up to 24 units; graduate programs up
to nine units. Students regularly enrolled
at Humboldt the previous semester are
ineligible to register for extension courses.
Also, regularly enrolled students who are
academically disqualified from HSU are
not eligible to enroll in coursework through
Extended Education.
Extension Courses. Extended Education offers
(with no admission requirements) courses
for professional development, for meeting
professional licensing requirements, or for
maintaining health and physical conditioning.
The office will even design courses especially
for the needs of community organizations.
Courses range from teacher skill enhancement
to organic gardening, from music to
computers, from Travelearn to a tax preparer’s
institute. Register and pay fees at
the Extended Education office, Student and
Business Services Building. For the coming
semester’s extension bulletin, call (707)
826-3731.
Summer session courses offer the convenience
of reduced class size and short-term
time commitment yet with all the benefits of
full university resident credit. For information
or for a copy of the summer session bulletin,
call 826-3731.
Financial Aid
(see Fees & Financial Aid)
Freshman
Interest Groups
A Freshman Interest Group (FIG) each consists
of approximately 25 freshmen who
take a set of thematically linked courses during
their first semester. Each FIG is typically
comprised of 3-5 classes worth between
7 and 14 units. The courses in a FIG meet
HSU degree requirements such as General
Education, American Institutions, Diversity
and Common Ground, or major requirements,
except the one-unit seminar which
is a one-unit elective.
FIGs provide new students with:
• Guaranteed high demand major foundation
and General Education courses.
• Participation in smaller classes and small
group discussions.
• Opportunities for in-depth interaction with
HSU faculty.
• Academic and social connections with
peers.
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