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Upcoming Pettyjohn Lecture

The 2024 Sherman & Mabel Smith Pettyjohn Lecture on Indigenous history “‘What is the Meaning of this Boundary Line?’: Indigenous Nationhood and Colonial Borders” by Dr. Patrick Lozar (Salish & Kootenai)(Univ. Of Montana) will be held on Friday, march 29 at 12pm in CUE 518.

Fallen Cougars Presentation

Ray Sun and graduate students Jordan Bergstrom, Kyley Canion-Brewer, Cassie Crisman, and Samantha Edgerton will be giving another Fallen Cougars presentation on Thursday 11/9 from 7pm-8pm at the Pullman Depot Heritage Center.
***CANCELLED DUE TO GAS LINE RUPTURE – STAY TUNED FOR RESCHEDULE UPDATE***

Dr. Thigpen to be Provost’s Featured Faculty Member

Jenny Thigpen will be the Provost’s Featured Faculty Member at the September 17 home football game. Featured Faculty Members are those who make significant contributions to their respective college, their home campus, and to WSU. Honorees embody the tremendous teaching and mentorship that are trademarks of our faculty members across the university.

Dr. Spohnholz and Dr. Miller Present at H-net Teaching Conference

On Thursday, September 1, Jesse Spohnholz and Brenna Miller are presenting (along with Trevor Getz at San Francisco State University) at the inaugural H-net Teaching Conference, which has the theme, “Uncharted Territories: Teaching History, Humanities, and Social Sciences in Innovative Ways.” They will present on the new vision of the History for the 21st Century project, which Miller just joined as the new Assistant Director. Later this semester, H/21 2.0 will be unveiled.  

Dr. Mercier Presents Workshop

Laurie Mercier presented a workshop, “It Happened Here: Making Labor History Visible” on developing plaques and walking tours to commemorate the disappearing sites of labor history, at the Pacific Northwest Labor History Conference held in Portland April 23, 2022.