College of Humanities and Social Sciences
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| Teena Thach knows a place | When Teena Thach first downloaded TikTok a few years ago, she, like most of us, struggled to wrap her head around it. “What’s funny is, I’ve worked in social media for so long that I felt like I understood each channel when it came to Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook… |
2022-07-11 | |
| Lifelong Spokanite Jacquelyn High-Edward gets high marks from peers as she replaces retiring Judge Maryann Moreno | Jacquelyn High-Edward has spent her legal career dedicated to ensuring equal access to justice, something she’ll be tasked with on a larger scale now that she is a Spokane County Superior Court judge. High-Edward, 49, was appointed by Gov. Jay Inslee to fill the vacancy left by Judge… |
2022-07-05 | |
| On the Ballot: Moving King County elections to even years | This week the King County Council voted to change how we vote in King County. Here’s a hint: they want election years to be divisible by two. King County has approved a charter amendment that would move the generally non-partisan county elections from odd-numbered years to even-… |
2022-07-01 | |
| WWU cowboy shows fellow college students the ropes | An insistent whipping and thumping echoes across the Buchanan Towers lawn at Western Washington University. The sound stalls for a moment before the swishing of a lasso picks up again. A thud follows as it catches on a roping dummy, tightening as it would around live cattle. Wearing a… |
2022-06-24 | |
| Soaring gas prices, crime rates and homelessness: How will parties position themselves locally headed into primaries? | Early returns from this year’s midterm elections and public opinion polls point to the rising costs of goods, public safety and homelessness dominating political discussion headed into the primaries. The outlook in Spokane mirrors that seen in urban areas across the nation, with soaring… |
2022-06-13 | |
| Student story: A morning in the life of a coxswain on WWU’s rowing team | 2022-06-10 | ||
| Anthropology faculty and students awarded grants to support research | 2022-06-09 | ||
| WWU Professor of English Christopher Wise presents at two conferences in Africa | 2022-06-08 | ||
| Meet the 2022 Presidential Scholars | 2022-06-03 | ||
| Restoring pandemic losses will require major changes in schools and classrooms, superintendents say | Though kids are learning this year, many have fallen even further behind grade level. Our new report—which draws from a national survey of school districts—reveals how good intentions have collided… |
2022-05-13 |