College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Do you hear what I hear?
For many people over the age of 65, the answer to that question is "no."
Hearing loss is a becoming less of a silent problem as awareness grows and more people are diagnosed. Experts say it's hard to determine whether people suffer from hearing…

Dr. Thomas Keegan may not be leaving much behind when he takes his new job at Skagit Valley College later this year but his name will be linked to the school he led for more than a decade.

By unanimous vote, the Peninsula College board of trustees agreed last week…

Sarah Goodin describes herself as a full-time single parent to a "gorgeous, brilliant and hilarious 51/2-year-old" as well as a happy full-time English student at Western Washington University, and says she's only a musician in her spare time, "which falls into the time-slot…

A contract for Brinton Sprague to serve as interim Peninsula College president has been approved by the Peninsula College Board of Trustees.

“We are happy to have you as our new interim president,” board Chairwoman Julie McCulloch, a Port Townsend businesswoman, told Sprague, who was in…

In India this week, a wild leopard sneaked into a city and mauled a lawyer yakking on his cellphone.

Now, I don’t wish such misfortune on anyone, even lawyers, but it’s tempting to think: Give that cat a year’s supply of Meow Mix and a medal.

At least there’s one less sidewalk…

Washington politicians have abdicated their leadership role in higher education, leaving the state with a disjointed system that doesn't produce enough bachelor's degrees and forces employers to go out of state — and even out of the country — to find skilled workers.
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Beginning Jan. 17, graduate students in Western Washington University’s Psychology Department will provide individual counseling, under faculty supervision. These services are free.
Western’s Counseling Training Clinic has openings for individual counseling of adults, adolescents…