Monthly Archives: June 2015

Shaquita Humphrey-Pressley and the source of her fire

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Shaquita Humphrey-Pressley

Shaquita Humphrey-Pressley was born and raised in Tacoma, Washington. She graduated this past spring from the University of Washington Tacoma with a double-major in Psychology and Ethnic, Gender, and Labor Studies with a focus in Ethnic Studies. She also is a recipient of the 2015 Outstanding Woman Award. Humphrey-Pressley will soon begin the University of Southern California’s Master’s program of Postsecondary Administration and Student Affairs. I was fortunate enough to be able to ask her questions about her academic career before she travelled across two state borders into California with her three year-old daughter. Continue reading →

Graduate Honors and Dean’s List Recipients

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The Social and Historical Studies (SHS) Division would like to recognize those students who received honors in the Spring 2015 Commencement program and those students who received Dean’s List recognition any quarter during the 2014-15 academic year. We are so proud of our graduates and Dean’s List recipients!

Only students who have authorized the release of Student Directory Information and whose grades were posted by April 30, 2015, are included on the Dean’s List.  

SPRING COMMENCEMENT

History Honors
Kaylyn Renee Brown
Jordan Woolston

Magna Cum Laude
Terra R. Curley, Ethnic, Gender, and Labor Studies
Ross Fairbrother, Ethnic, Gender, and Labor Studies
Wes McIntosh, Ethnic, Gender, and Labor Studies
Ashley A. Westerland, Ethnic, Gender, and Labor Studies
Andrew M. Wilson, History
Alana B. Zautner, Global Studies

Cum Laude
Kaylyn Renee Brown, History
Reese Cole Hentges, History
Michael John Maratas, Global Studies
Jordan Lee Woolston, History

Faculty Honors
Sean William Beireis, History

DEAN’S LIST, WINTER QUARTER 2015
Suzette Marengo, Ethnic, Gender, and Labor Studies
Hunter Blakney, History
Ashley Douthett, Global Studies
Ross Fairbrother, Ethnic, Gender, and Labor Studies
Christeanna Friend, Global Studies
Benjamin Gibbons, History
Anita Gorbun, Ethnic, Gender, and Labor Studies
Michael Hartman, History
Michael Maratas, Global Studies
Schynequa Mathis, Ethnic, Gender, and Labor Studies
Tyler Miller, History
Jennifer Nguyen, History
Alison Marie Perkins, Global Studies
Justi Pfutzenreuter, Ethnic, Gender, and Labor Studies
Jennielyn Serdenia, Ethnic, Gender, and Labor Studies
Ashley Westerland, Ethnic, Gender, and Labor Studies
Andrew Wilson, History
Kaylyn Renee Brown, History
Reese Hentges, History
Jordan Lee Woolston, History

Phi Alpha Theta: What to do with your $45

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PAT symbolForty-five dollars these days can barely buy two movie tickets and a few snacks at the concession stand, and even then the movie might not be to your liking and the popcorn too salty. Instead, imagine spending a one-time forty-five dollars on a lifetime membership to a national historic society that offers scholarship and networking opportunities with historians and professors at universities all over the country.  Members of Phi Alpha Theta have those wonderful opportunities with their forty-five dollars.

Phi Alpha Theta is a historical national honors society. The qualifications for membership are obtaining a 3.1 GPA in History and a 3.0 cumulative GPA in addition to the forty-five dollar membership fee.  “We have a lot of History undergraduates who are earning high enough GPAs to be involved but I don’t think there is enough advertising for the society,” explains Jordan Woolston, Interim President of Phi Alpha Theta at UW Tacoma. She adds, “If you are into history and research, Phi Alpha Theta is a really beneficial organization to be a part of.” Continue reading →