2015 Community College Master Teacher Institute sponsored by all the National Resource Centers at the University of Washington was held July 9-10 and attended by thirty-five community college instructors from the Pacific Northwest. The theme for this year’s Institute was: “Human Migration and Refugees: Peril and Hope.” The Middle East Center sponsored a session facilitated

David Fenner, Affiliate Faculty, Middle East Center, introduced the Center’s new “Bridging Cultures” project to a group of 120 K-8 educators at the February 7, 2015 Washington State Council for the Social Studies K-8 Winter Conference titled “Global Issues/Local Connections.” Fenner’s presentation was titled “Muslims in Our Classrooms” Differences, Challenges, and Expectations.”