Many scholarship and fellowship recipients attended this year’s awards ceremony on April 29. Thanks to great alumni and friends, the department is blessed with numerous scholarships available to our majors. Many undergraduate and graduate students have excelled in research, writing, and academic excellence. The ceremony was well attended by faculty, undergraduate and graduate students. See […]
WSU Vancouver history major Spencer Vaughan was one of three undergraduates to place in the campus-wide (all disciplines) 2016 Research Showcase for his podium presentation, “Fire and Agriculture: A Comparative Analysis of Cultural Practices,” completed under the direction of Dr. Steve Fountain. Vaughan receives a prize of $150. The full list of winners is posted […]
Dr. Lawrence Hatter was interviewed by Theo Mynka, a Daily Evergreen columnist, for the article “Our education system measures up despite failures.” With data gleaned from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and from Pearson’s annual “Learning Curve” report, an index was created based on literacy, graduation rates, cognitive skills and other factors. […]
History/political science major, Madeleine Hunter, led her CAS Global Case Competition team to first place. Her team, which was advised by history department faculty member, Dr. Ken Faunce, looked at the growing number of Americans incarcerated because of debt. As a result of winning this competition, Madeleine, her teammates, and Dr. Faunce will travel to […]
Dr. Charles Weller has been chosen as the co-recipient of the “Critical Literacies Achievement and Success Program (CLASP)” Faculty Award. This award is to recognize his work supporting “underrepresented students” both through the development of pedagogy and willingness to work with students outside of class. Dr. Lydia Gerber has been chosen by the Office of […]
Dr. Matt Sutton has been appointed a 2016 Guggenheim fellow “on the basis of prior achievement and exceptional promise.” The fellowship was awarded to 178 scholars in the U.S. and Canada from nearly 3,000 applicants. Sutton’s $50,000 prize in the U.S. history category will fund work on his book, tentatively titled “FDR’s Army of Faith: […]
The History Graduate Student Association (HGSA) sponsored a Roots of Contemporary Issues (RCI) conference. Students with top research projects in History 105/305 from Fall semester were invited to present their research to current students and community members (including, naturally, moms and families). Prizes were awarded for the best papers, supported by the George & Bernadine Converse […]
The Department of History at Idaho State University (Pocatello) and the Chi Rho chapter of Phi Alpha Theta are pleased to announce the Second Annual Intermountain West History Conference, to be held at Idaho State University on September 30-October 1, 2016. All students, undergraduate or graduate, are encouraged to submit abstracts by April 22, 2016.
North Idaho College is inviting students to the first annual Northwest Undergraduate Conference in the Humanities at North Idaho College in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho on Saturday, November 5, 2016. The goal is to bring together junior scholars from all over the region to present their work in any area of the humanities.
“Why Hillary Clinton needs Jesus” appeared in the April 9, 2016 edition of The Seattle Times. The article was written by Dr. Matt Sutton of WSU’s Department of History. Sutton article says “For years, Clinton has acknowledged her deep and abiding Christian faith. But she has been reluctant to go public with it. When asked […]