Designing a Mobile App to Assist Refugees
OnlineJoin Chien-Yi Chu and Ayad Rahmani from WSU’s school of Design and Construction as they discuss a mobile app concept they designed to help refugees in the United Kingdom. In the future, they hope the app will assist refugees as they assimilate to their new home, navigate their first days in unfamiliar surroundings, and become […]
Common Reading Series: The Intersection of Disability, Immigration, and Refugee Policy
OnlineIt is estimated that there are 244 million international migrants living all over the world, and roughly 47 million of those live within the United States. The challenges that refugees and migrants face during forced displacement and through the legal process is long and arduous; it is even more tedious for refugees who identify as […]
Common Reading Series: Sina Sam on Family Separation and Deportations and the Asian American and Pacific Islander Communities
OnlineSina Sam (Academic Outreach and Innovation) will talk about her advocacy with the Khmer Anti-deportation Advocacy Group of Washington, and about the larger issues of family separation and deportation impacting the Asian American and Pacific Islander community. She will speak about how mass incarceration and increased deportations impact Cambodian American refugees, who are also survivors […]
Common Reading Series: Kristian Gubsch (WSU Senior) on the 2019 COP25 Climate Summit
OnlineWSU senior Kristian Gubsch was one of a very small number of students selected from the United States to travel to Madrid Spain for the December 2019 COP25 United National Climate Action Summit. Gubsch acted as a “student professional correspondent’ representing the American Chemical Society, helping promote climate science literacy among college and university students. […]
Ted Tremper on “Life on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah”
OnlineWSU alumnus Ted Tremper, an award winning director, writer, producer, and comedian who was the Field Producer for The Daily Show with Trevor Noah in 2015-16, will talk about his experiences working with Trevor Noah, the role of social/political comedy, and his own pathway from WSU to the Daily Show and beyond. Hosted by the WSU Common […]
Mike Iyall on “History of the Cowlitz, Present and Past”
Mike Iyall, Cowlitz Indian Tribal Elder and historian for the Cowlitz Tribe, will speak about Cowlitz history. Iyall served on the Cowlitz Tribal Council for 46 years, though the fight for federal recognition, the establishment of the Cowlitz Reservation, and the opening of the Ilani casino. He is also the founding director of the Cowlitz […]
Zoe Higheagle Strong on “Addressing WSU’s Land Grant History and the Appropriation of Native Lands: Exploring a More Equitable Future”
Zoe Higheagle Strong, Vice Provost for Native American Relations and Programs and Tribal Liaison to the President, will present an overview of the history of the Morrill Act and the Enabling Act that contributed to the establishment of land-grant institutions. We will explore why universities like WSU have a unique responsibility to tribal communities and […]