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Cougs who serve: WSU’s active duty online students

The flexibility and world-wide reach offered by Washington State University Global Campus has given rise to a unique student community that many may not be aware of—Cougs who are actively serving in the United States military.

“I serve for my family and the freedoms that we all enjoy,” said Jenn Lewis, who served as a US Navy personnel specialist aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz while she earned her WSU degree in psychology. Originally from Florida, Lewis gained a fondness for the Pacific Northwest during her time here. “Being stationed in Washington, I really wanted to go to a Washington school, as it has truly become my home.

Troy Moya, an enlisted Air Force imagery intelligence analyst, recently graduated with a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Global Campus.

“The VA office has really helped me navigate the ins and outs of using the GI Bill,” said Travis Finborg, an Air Force explosive ordnance technician and online history major. “The advisors and professors have also been very helpful and understanding when I needed extra time due to military commitments.”

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Staff and faculty recognized during Research Week 2020 awards ceremony

The Office of Research recognized staff and faculty during the virtual Research Week 2020 awards ceremony on Thursday, Oct. 15. The awards were presented by Washington State University Provost Elizabeth Chilton and Geeta Dutta, assistant vice president in the Office of Research Advancement and Partnerships.

This year’s Research Excellence Awards and Research Week grant competitions winners included:

David Makin.
Makin
Erica Crespi.
Crespi
Liane Moreau.
Moreau
Rock Mancini.
Mancini

 

 

 

 

Travel Grant Competition
David Makin, Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology

Multidisciplinary Grant Competition
Erica Crespi, School of Biological Sciences

RA and $10K Competition
Liane Moreau, Department of Chemistry

Largest New Individual Grant Award
Rock Mancini, Department of Chemistry

Jesse Spohnholz.
Spohnholz
Caren Goldberg.
Goldberg
Jay Wright.
Wright
Joanna Kelley.
Kelley

 

 

 

 

Creative Activity, Research, and Scholarship Award
Jesse Spohnholz, Department of History

Pacesetter Award
Caren Goldberg, School of the Environment

Technology with Impactful Contribution to Society Award
Jay Wright, Department of Psychology

Exceptional Service to the Office of Research Award
Joanna Kelley, School of Biological Sciences

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New books get to roots of contemporary issues

Tackling some of the world’s most pressing issues – from energy supply to mass migration and public health – is at the heart of an acclaimed new book series written and edited by history faculty at Washington State University.

Clif Stratton.
Stratton
Jesse Spohnholz.
Spohnholz

The books represent years of scholarly research by Associate Professor Clif Stratton, Professor Jesse Spohnholz and former Postdoctoral Instructor Sean Wempe, now an assistant professor at California State University, Bakersfield. They reflect the thematic structure and successful teaching approach of the Roots of Contemporary Issues program (RCI) and introduce WSU’s pioneering teaching approach to educators and students elsewhere.

“We designed the books after years of learning how to engage with WSU students who are eager to learn about how the world developed the way it has,” said Spohnholz, RCI director. “They understand that learning our world’s past empowers them to shape its future.”

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Opinion: Racial discrimination and protests have long history in Tri-Cities

By Robert Bauman and Robert Franklin, history faculty at WSU Tri-Cities

Robert Franklin.
Franklin
Robert Bauman.
Bauman

As scores of Tri-Citians have joined hundreds of thousands of citizens across America in demonstrating against racial injustice and violence this summer, it is important to remember that the Tri-Cities has a long history of protests against racial segregation and discrimination in this community.

The Tri-Cities was a small but important part of the largest migration in American History, the Great Migration. By 1950, 20% of Pasco’s approximately 10,000 residents were Black, almost all segregated in substandard housing in East Pasco, while few lived in the new atomic community of Richland and none in “lily-white” Kennewick.

In the Spring of 1963, at the same time that Martin Luther King, Jr. was leading marches in Birmingham, Alabama, the first of many demonstrations in support of Civil Rights and against segregation began in Kennewick and Pasco. At a protest in 1963, marchers carried signs advocating that “Kennewick Racism Must Go” and asking “Why is Kennewick All White?” In addition, protests in Pasco in 1969 and 1970 addressed residential segregation and the ongoing use of violence and intimidation by police against black residents.

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The Evangelical Vote

With the death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the president is hoping to fill the seat with a more ideologically conservative justice. And evangelical Christians, who’ve become a powerful conservative voting bloc, have been waiting for this moment. But how and when did this religious group become so intertwined with today’s political issues, especially abortion?

In this episode of Throughline, what it means to be an evangelical today and how that has changed over time.

Matthew Avery Sutton.
Sutton

Throughline revisited a previous broadcast featuring Matthew Sutton, a professor of history at Washington State University and expert on the intersection of U.S. political history and evangelicalism.

National Public Radio