College of Humanities and Social Sciences

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New WWU minor will cover digital-product user interfaces	Western Washington University will begin offering a new minor this fall that will cover the conceptualization and design of user interfaces for digital products. The minor, titled User Experience Design, or UXD, is intended for industrial design, psychology, design and Computer Science…	2013-05-23
User experience design to be offered as new minor at Western this fall		2013-05-21
Bill-job conflict: It’s not unusual in Olympia	Rep. Steve Kirby says he kept busy during the Legislature’s brief hiatus this month by training for his new job at a Tacoma-area credit union. It’s a field that intersects with his work at the Capitol. As the chairman of the House Business and Financial Services Committee, Kirby has the…	2013-05-20
Students' enthusiasm inspires the experienced	It was supposed to be the other way around. When the student newspaper adviser at Western Washington University asked us to meet with his students in Bellingham last week, he wanted us to talk about our careers and the changing newspaper industry. Convince them there is a future in…	2013-05-20
WWU has record number of Fulbright scholars	Eight students and alumni from Western Washington University have received Fulbright Scholarships this spring, breaking the school’s previous record and likely making it one of the top master’s degree-granting institutions in the country with such a large number of Fulbright scholars.	2013-05-17
WWU poet Bruce Beasley appreciates value of community poetry contests	Bruce Beasley, along with Mary Gillilan, selected 25 winners from the 275 poems submitted by Whatcom County residents for this year's Sue C. Boynton Poetry Contest. The awards ceremony takes place at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 16, at Bellingham Cruise Terminal. The event is free and open…	2013-05-16
New principal hired for Tumwater High School	School district officials didn’t have to look very far to find a new leader for Tumwater High School. Capital High School assistant principal Jeff Broome, from the neighboring Olympia School District, will assume the job on July 1.	2013-05-16
Does History Matter?	There is good reason to be concerned about the future of academic history and, more generally, the liberal arts. As increasing numbers of Americans seek higher education, colleges are under pressure to serve directly the vocational needs of students and businesses. Recent efforts to defend the…	2013-05-16
Motivational speech by Xerxes Whitney is May 20		2013-05-15
WWU psychologist to discuss role of nature in children's development	Rachel Severson, a developmental psychologist at Western Washington University, will present a public talk, "Growing Up Green: What Does Time in Nature Do for Your Child?" at 6 p.m. May 30 at Brandywine Kitchen, 1317 Commercial St.	2013-05-14

New WWU minor will cover digital-product user interfaces

Western Washington University will begin offering a new minor this fall that will cover the conceptualization and design of user interfaces for digital products.
The minor, titled User Experience Design, or UXD, is intended for industrial design, psychology, design and Computer Science…

2013-05-23

User experience design to be offered as new minor at Western this fall

2013-05-21

Bill-job conflict: It’s not unusual in Olympia

Rep. Steve Kirby says he kept busy during the Legislature’s brief hiatus this month by training for his new job at a Tacoma-area credit union.

It’s a field that intersects with his work at the Capitol. As the chairman of the House Business and Financial Services Committee, Kirby has the…

2013-05-20

Students' enthusiasm inspires the experienced

It was supposed to be the other way around.

When the student newspaper adviser at Western Washington University asked us to meet with his students in Bellingham last week, he wanted us to talk about our careers and the changing newspaper industry. Convince them there is a future in…

2013-05-20

WWU has record number of Fulbright scholars

Eight students and alumni from Western Washington University have received Fulbright Scholarships this spring, breaking the school’s previous record and likely making it one of the top master’s degree-granting institutions in the country with such a large number of Fulbright scholars.

2013-05-17

WWU poet Bruce Beasley appreciates value of community poetry contests

Bruce Beasley, along with Mary Gillilan, selected 25 winners from the 275 poems submitted by Whatcom County residents for this year's Sue C. Boynton Poetry Contest.

The awards ceremony takes place at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 16, at Bellingham Cruise Terminal. The event is free and open…

2013-05-16

New principal hired for Tumwater High School

School district officials didn’t have to look very far to find a new leader for Tumwater High School. Capital High School assistant principal Jeff Broome, from the neighboring Olympia School District, will assume the job on July 1.

2013-05-16

Does History Matter?

There is good reason to be concerned about the future of academic history and, more generally, the liberal arts. As increasing numbers of Americans seek higher education, colleges are under pressure to serve directly the vocational needs of students and businesses. Recent efforts to defend the…

2013-05-16

Motivational speech by Xerxes Whitney is May 20

2013-05-15

WWU psychologist to discuss role of nature in children's development

Rachel Severson, a developmental psychologist at Western Washington University, will present a public talk, "Growing Up Green: What Does Time in Nature Do for Your Child?" at 6 p.m. May 30 at Brandywine Kitchen, 1317 Commercial St.

2013-05-14