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News from the College

WWU student and women's rugby player Sydney Copeland heads to Dubai this week to play on the U.S. Olympic developmental team, the Falcons

Sydney practicing with teammates at Harrington Field

WWU to host panel discussion on Gaza, Israel and Palestine on Dec. 5

Second Call for 2024-2025 Honors Seminar Proposals

Voter turnout hits modern low in WA

WWU's Psychology Department to offer free counseling to community members starting Jan. 1

Discover The Global Impact of Online Education: A Conversation with Visiting Professor Alassane Dia of Senegal Nov. 15

WWU's Anne Lobeck retires after teaching for more than 30 years at Western

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CHSS at a Glance

We are proud to be the largest college at WWU with fourteen departments and three interdisciplinary programs, offering over 50 bachelor's degrees and 12 graduate degrees. Our faculty have a record of excellence in their scholarly activities, teaching, and service to the community, college, and university.

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Undergraduate Degree Programs

3,825

Undergraduates

202

Graduate Students

83%

Job/Graduate School Placement

College Showcase

Meet the 2023 CHSS Presidential Scholars

Petra Ellerby

Humanities Division

Lily Rayor

Social Science Division

Claude Atcho holding up a copy of his book

English Department Alum Claude Atcho (MA, 2011) publishes Reading Black Books: How African American Literature Can Make Our Faith More Whole and Just

Pastor, teacher and WWU alum Claude Atcho offers a theological approach to 10 seminal texts of 20th-century African American literature. Each chapter takes up a theological category for inquiry through a close literary reading and theological reflection on a primary literary text, from Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man and Richard Wright's Native Son to Zora Neale Hurston's Moses, Man of the Mountain and James Baldwin's Go Tell It on the Mountain.