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Journalism Alumna Wins Award at Golden Gate International Film Festival
“Joyce Ann,” a film by Molly Todd (Visual Journalism, 2020), was recently awarded Best Short Documentary at the Golden Gate International Film Festival. The film was Molly’s senior project last year and she describes it as "a peek into my grandparents' daily lives while my grandma battles a form of dementia."
Congratulations, Molly! We encourage you to view Molly's film on her website.
News from the College
- Saturday’s virtual commencement ceremony to celebrate summer and fall graduates
- Western's Jonathan Miran awarded grant to pursue new book project on the Red Sea
- State Legislature losing its swing
- Western’s Mike Etnier Using Clues From the Past to Look Into the Future of Alaska’s Pacific Cod Fishery
- WWU student chapter of Society of Professional Journalists named Outstanding Campus Chapter of the Year
- Western's 'NeRDS' AS club bringing brain-education outreach to local K-12 schools
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.
College Showcase
2019-2020 Outstanding Graduates
Graduates from the Humanities
Shapei Baker, Chinese
Nancy Brill, Spanish
Ray Garcia, Journalism
Presidential Scholar
Sofia Marcheal Jensen, French
Holly Lund, German
Elizabeth Moorhead, Global Humanities and Religions
Hokulani Rivera, English – Creative Writing and Anthropology
Samia Saliba, History
Moira (Marielle) J. Stockton, English Literature
Megan Zahn, Communication Studies
Please read the full article in Western Today to learn more about our Outstanding Graduates.
Graduates from the Social Sciences
Erin Dhalman-Oeth, Sociology
Emily Hillman, Linguistics
Emmalene Madsen, East Asian Studies
Jessica Mendiola, Communication Sciences and Disorders
Iva Reckling, Recreation
Hokulani Rivera, Anthropology and English – Creative Writing
Rowan Salton, Psychology
Piper Tolbert, Political Science
Presidential Scholar
Emma Toth, Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Please read the full article in Western Today to learn more about our Outstanding Graduates.
History Department's Mart Stewart receives teaching award from Agricultural History Society
WWU Professor of History Mart Stewart has been awarded the Inaugural James C. Giesen Teaching Excellence Award in Agricultural and Rural History by the Agricultural History Society, awarded to a nominee who has achieved distinction in the teaching of agricultural and rural history. The colleagues and students who nominated Stewart and the Giesen Award Committee cited several features of his teaching record as distinctive.
According to the Award Committee, “(Stewart's) teaching career has highlighted the social, environmental, political, and economic facets of making a living from the land. He has thought deeply about the significance of rural people and their experiences, not only bringing his own research to bear in the classroom but also in the field experiences he has developed for students.”