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\"matthew-sutton-feb16_88x106\"“Why Hillary Clinton Needs Jesus” \u2013 Seattle Times<\/em> op-ed\u00a0by Matt Sutton<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n

For years, Clinton has acknowledged her deep and abiding Christian faith. But she has been reluctant to go public with it. When asked about her convictions, she rarely says the word \u201cJesus.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Op-ed by Matthew Avery Sutton, Edward R. Meyer distinguished professor of history at WSU<\/em><\/p>\n

Read\u00a0Matt’s article in The Seattle Times\u00a0<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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\"2015programcover_400x518-396x513\"WSU at the 2015 WHA in Portland: An enormous success<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n

The WSU history department had a huge presence at the 55th Annual Conference of the Western History Association<\/a>, held in Portland, Ore., in October.\u00a0In addition to major financial support coming from the department, the Columbia Chair, and the Claudius O. and Mary W. Johnson Fund (in cooperation with the Clark County Historical Society), Prof. Peter Boag served with Katy Barber (WSU PhD, 1999) as co-chairs of the Local Arrangements Committee (LAC).<\/p>\n

Read more here<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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\"steve-fountain_114x132\"WSU Vancouver and Clark County Historical Museum collaborate<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n

Professor Steve Fountain collaborated with the Clark County Historical Museum, the National Park Service (NPS), the Portland Art Museum, and Portland State University to bring a series of public programs to WSU Vancouver in connection to the One November Morning<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 art exhibit by Cheyenne and Arapaho descendants of the survivors of the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre.<\/p>\n

Read more here<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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\"laurie-mercier_114x132\"<\/a>Vancouver Professor Laurie Mercier helps commemorate Voting Rights and Immigration Act anniversaries<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n

During fall semester 2015, Professor Laurie Mercier organized a series of public events to commemorate the 50th anniversaries of the 1965 Voting Rights and Immigration acts. Held on the WSU Vancouver campus, the series \u201cRace, Immigration, and Citizenship\u201d featured discussions with actors, filmmakers, and playwrights.<\/p>\n

Read more here<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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\"kenneth-faunce_114x132\"CAS Global Case Competition team will travel to Geneva in November<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/hgroup>\n<\/header>\n

History\/political science major Madeleine Hunter led her College of Arts & Sciences Global Case Competition team to first place. Advised by history department faculty member Dr. Ken Faunce, the team 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 Geneva, Switzerland, in November to present their findings on America\u2019s debtors prisons to a group of United Nations dignitaries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article><\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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\"candice-goucher_114x132\"Vancouver Professor Candice Goucher helps organize Environmental and Climate Justice Symposium<\/span><\/h3>\n

Professor Candice Goucher, co-director of the Collective for Social & Environmental Justice<\/strong> (CSEJ), helped organize and host a conference on April 8 at WSUV, \u201cEnvironmental and Climate Justice Practices<\/a>,\u201d featuring Gail Small (Northern Cheyenne), professor of Native American Studies at Montana State University, and other speakers. As Goucher noted in her summary comments at the end of the conference, history is important for not only understanding peoples\u2019 connections to the land and how we arrived in the environmental present, but it informs our reckoning with paths forward.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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\"hanford\"Hanford History Project 2017 Conference<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n

WSU Tri-Cities (in Richland) will host a conference March 17\u201319, 2017:\u00a0 \u201cLegacies of the Manhattan Project at 75 Years.\u201d <\/strong>A Call for Papers has been issued with the abstract deadline of September 1, 2016.<\/p>\n

For more information, visit Hanford History Project<\/a><\/p>\n

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