Katy Fry is the first ever winner of the new Global Campus Excellence in Teaching Award. She has been recognized for her work as an Instructor of History 305. The student who nominated her commented on her responsiveness and dedication, passion for the material, quality of feedback and “organization of material and assignments in ways […]
David Blingbroke is presenting a paper at the WSU EARThs conference April 1 in the Center for Undergraduate Education (CUE) room 518. Evolution of Technology, Risks, and Community Responses (Session 1: 12:00pm) Environmental risks and burdens are not a 21st century novelty, instead they are rooted in rich socio-economic histories and often a narrative of “progress.” […]
“Evolution from Weapons Production to Environmental Cleanup, Current Challenges, and Successes Realized to Date” is the subject the Department of Energy’s Director of Public Affairs, Carrie Meyer, will speak about at 3:00 p.m. March 27 at the Tri-Cities Campus. Dr. Meyer is a WSU Alumna, with 23 years’ experience in communications, marketing, information management and […]
Jacki Hedlund Tyler (Ph.D. 2015) has been serving a one-year position in public and U.S. history at the University of North Alabama. She has accepted a continuing position as Director of Social Studies Education in the Department of History at Eastern Washington University, Cheney, Washington.
“Overturning Civil Rights? Trump’s Immigration-Deportation Policies and White Nationalist-Racist Revival,” The Islamic Monthly, March 8, 2017. “Islam in the life of [the] Kazakhs: From conversion to current times,” Central Asian Analytical Network, March 10, 2017 , published in both English and Russian.
A new exhibit in WSU’s Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections (MASC), “Ambitions and Intellect: Pioneering Women at WSU,” explores the stories of early women contributors at the fledgling college. It is part of this year’s events around Women’s History Month and the Common Reading book “I Am Malala.” An opening reception is planned from 3-4:30 […]
Dr. Weller translated, edited and published a book by a senior Kazakh scholar, Garifolla Yesim, The Agony of Socialism: Kazakh Memoirs of the Soviet Past (Asia Research Associates, 2017). The book was peer reviewed in Kazakhstan before its original publication in Kazakh and Russian. Dr. Raymond Sun, along with one other senior Soviet/Central Asian scholar, […]
The Legacies of the Manhattan Project: Reflections on 75 years of a Nuclear World Conference will be held in Richland, Washington from March 15-18. The conference will focus on the history of the Hanford nuclear production facilities and the site’s impact on the Tri Cities area. We expect papers on such topics as: the environmental […]
“Peripheral Players? German Colonial Interests, The Press, and the Spirit of Locarno,” has been published in The International History Review, DOI: 10.1080/07075332.2017.1298530. Dr. Wempe is an instructor for the Roots of Contemporary Issues Program (History 105).
WSU Alumna, Annie Marggraf (BA 2016), will appear on the quiz show JEOPARDY ! Wednesday, March 8. Cheer her on as she dazzles Alex Trebek and the competition with her wit and knowledge. For the Eastern Washington television viewing area, Jeopardy! airs on Channel 6 (Q6) at 7:00 p.m. For the Vancouver/Portland area, it will […]