Literacy Center Receives Grants
The Whitworth Literacy Center has received the following grants for support and scholarships: a $3,000 grant from Red Lion Hotels and a $10,000 grant from the Williams Foundation, which is part of Williams, a natural-gas company with whom Whitworth does business.
Whitworth Welcomes New Sociology, English Faculty Members
The sociology faculty is very pleased to have Jason Wollschleger, Ph.D., join the sociology department in fall 2011. Dr. Wollschleger earned his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Washington in 2010. Most recently, he has taught at the University of Washington and at Seattle Pacific University. Please welcome Dr. Wollschleger when he joins our community this fall. – Raja Tanas, professor of sociology
The English department is pleased to announce the hiring of Michelle Smith, Ph.D., as the director of composition. She will teach courses in composition, rhetoric and literature. Michelle completed her Ph.D. in rhetoric and composition last year at Pennsylvania State University and is currently the director of the Excellence in Communication Certification Program at Penn State. This program certifies honors students in their oral, written, and visual rhetorical skills. Michelle’s dissertation and recent research study the rhetoric of social protest and Utopian communities. Please join us in welcoming Michelle to our campus this fall. – Doug Sugano, professor of English
