“The entire community was completely burnt to the ground. The smoke was so heavy that you couldn’t see a block away. It felt like a zombie apocalypse movie without the zombies.” Those are just a few of the memories that Georgia Ruth Hellum-Willits ’14 has of the recent wildfires that tore through Northern California, destroying […]
A Passion for Teaching I always wanted to be a teacher. I remember being in intermediate school (so about fifth or sixth grade) and just thinking that I loved being there. I loved that one of my teachers had a reading carpet and would have students come up with little stories. I decided that I […]
Members of the general public will soon be getting the first look at a new book by a member of the William Woods University (WWU) History faculty that examines the ideals that guided the foundation of the United States. “American Honor: The Creation of the Nation’s Ideals during the Revolutionary Era” by Dr. Craig Bruce […]
Dr. Stephen Forsha Assistant Professor of Business; Director of the School of Business and Technology Expertise: Leadership; Executive Leadership and Management; Organizational Behavior/Human Resources; Managerial Ethics; Business Ethics Teaching is a calling and for me, it’s about giving others opportunities to grow academically and as individuals so they can have a positive impact in […]
Dr. Carrie McCray Professor, ASL Interpreting; Associate Dean of Academic Assessment; William Woods alumna (bachelor’s degree and master of education) Expertise: Educational Interpreting, Ethics of Interpreters, Mental Health Interpreting, and Performance Interpreting From Oklahoma to Fulton I’m from a small town in rural Oklahoma, with lots of farmland, two traffic lights, and a high school […]
The Beginning of a Passion I’m from a small town (Warsaw, Mo.), which has about 2,000 people, so Fulton is a little bigger for me. I knew I needed to go to college, and so I worked hard to get scholarships and to get the grades needed to be able to come to William Woods. […]
William Woods University (WWU) is pleased to announce that Mardy Leathers, Director of the Missouri Division of Workforce Development and an alumnus of WWU, will give the university’s 2018 graduate commencement address on Saturday, April 28. Commencement Saturday will begin with the traditional Ivy Ceremony at 9:15 a.m., followed by the undergraduate ceremony at 10 […]
Dr. Craig Bruce Smith Assistant Professor, History Expertise: Early American History; Colonial America; Early Republic; Atlantic World; Leadership; War/Military History; George Washington and the American Founders; Cultural/Intellectual History; Honor, Virtue, and Ethics; American Revolution A Career in History I didn’t always want to be a historian. When I was first starting out, I thought I […]
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