July 2010
3 posts
Michelle Janning a Fulbright Specialist
Michelle Janning, associate professor of sociology, has been approved for candidacy on the Fulbright Specialist Roster, which makes her eligible to be matched with incoming program requests from overseas academic institutions for Fulbright Specialists. The Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES) receives such requests then matches them with specialist candidates from the roster...
Paul Apostolidis, Aaron Bobrow-Strain participate...
Paul Apostolidis, associate professor of politics, and Aaron Bobrow-Strain, assistant professor of politics, last month were among a group of writers, scholars and labor activists who gathered in Portland for a panel discussion on labor, food and immigration policy. Other panelists were Larry Kleinman, secretary-treasurer for PCUN, and Mary Mendez, deputy director of Enlace. Excerpting from the...
Robert Sickels film on PBS
A documentary film directed by Robert Sickels, associate professor of rhetoric and film studies currently on sabbatical in Hong Kong as a Senior Fulbright Scholar, is airing for a second run on PBS stations in July and August. The comical seven-minute film, titled “Walla Walla Wiffle – Where Men are Boys,” profiles 48 men from across the country who gather in Walla Walla each year to participate...
