The WSU history department will be “a whole new place” in four or five years. Six professors/instructors, with something approaching 200 years of service to WSU, are retiring this academic year. And similar “group retirements” are expected in the next two to three years. “We have phenomenally good people,” said Kathryn Meyer, one of those […]
PULLMAN – The Department of History at WSU is presenting a series of lectures during the month of March in recognition of Women’s History Month. History faculty members and graduate students will speak about the achievements of women in the U.S., their historical significance and their lasting impact. All lectures are free and open to […]
RICHLAND – A series of ten events will bring Black History Month to life at WSU Tri-Cities Feb. 1-29. The February speaker series, coordinated by the Associated Students of WSU Tri-Cities, is intended to engender a broader and deeper understanding of the diverse effects of black history on our community, the nation and the world; […]
Photo: Students work with artifacts in Virginia City lab during field school last May. (Photo courtesy of Rob McCoy). The rush is on. WSU history students have found a lode of educational prospects in the old west mining town of Virginia City, Mont. And their find has prompted architecture professors to tentatively consider a […]
A fundamental premise of Michael Pavel’s history of higher education course is that “American higher education cannot be adequately understood, nor can informed decisions be made, without the benefit of a historical perspective.” Tonight, graduate students in his ED AD 572 class will be giving poster presentations on the history of myriad topics and issues […]
An online database allowing access to more than 100 documents related to the impact of the 1918 flu can now be found online. The topic of the 1918 flu is the focus of the WSU common reading program that freshmen at the Pullman campus are participating in this year. The book Flu, written by Gina […]
The Washington State University Department of History is hosting alumnus Dr. Matthew Godfrey (Ph.D. ’01, American and public history) as the visiting presenter at the Wednesday, October 3, history colloquium. Godfrey’s hour-long talk, “History as a Business: The Historian as Consultant,” will begin at 12:10 p.m. in Murrow 55. This event is free and open […]
At the request of the speaker, The Department of History at Washington State University has canceled Dr. Norman A. Graebner’s April 18 lecture titled “Realism amid the Perils of Partiality.” It is not known whether the lecture will be rescheduled.
PULLMAN – Dr. Norman A. Graebner, Randolph P. Compton Professor of History and Public Affairs, Emeritus, University of Virginia, will present a lecture titled “Realism amid the Perils of Partiality.” His talk, which is free of charge and open to the public, will be held Wednesday, April 18, at 7 p.m. in Todd Hall, Room 120. […]
PULLMAN, Wash.— Washington State University Press has released Picture WSU: Images from Washington State University. This is the title regional bookstores have been requesting for years,” commented Glen Lindeman, editor-in-chief of Washington State University Press. Although other photographic volumes about the Palouse exist, this one focuses specifically on the WSU student experience,covering the study and […]