College of Humanities and Social Sciences

It was late at night when Jorge Chacon watched his grandmother take her last breath in their home in Torreon, Mexico. She’d been using everything she’d learned from her own grandmother to battle tuberculosis, but her lungs had given up.

She had prepared Chacon for…

Bellevue College has named Leslie Heizer Newquist as Dean of the Health Sciences, Education, and Wellness Institute (HSEWI). Newquist had been serving as Interim Dean of HSEWI since fall 2013; between fall 2011 and 2013, she worked tirelessly to develop and establish several of the applied…

A few states have turned to independent or arms-length commissions to limit political influences when redrawing congressional and legislative districts.

The results have varied, but supporters point to more competitive contests and new faces replacing incumbents as evidence of reduced…

After winning full or partial control of many state legislatures around the country in 2010, the Republican Party has a built an advantage in the upcoming midterm elections because of its influence redrawing congressional districts, an Associated Press analysis found.
But that…

Randall C. Jimerson, a history professor and director of the Graduate Program in Archives and Records Management at Western Washington University, has released a new book, “Shattered Glass in Birmingham: My Family’s Fight for Civil Rights, 1961-1964,” which recounts his experience as one of five…

For its second season, the Seattle dance group Relay Dance Collective travels back to their roots as inspiration for “Beginnings,” featuring repertory works by 30 dancers and choreographers. Dancer and co-founder of the group Gabrielle Kazuko Nomura uses this opportunity to tell the story of her…

Katie Berry has been hired as the events and communications coordinator for the Technology Alliance Group for Northwest Washington, or TAG, a nonprofit that represents and advocates for Whatcom County’s technology industry.