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EWU welcomed sixteen students from Ibaraki University (Japan) on February 27th, and despite a snowstorm around the time of their arrival and the persisting cold, they have kept extremely busy everyday learning about our under-represented populations both on campus and in the community.

Every year the National College Resources Foundation hosts the Black College Expo in Los Angeles at the LA Convention Center where Seniors, Juniors, and College Transfer Students have the opportunity to meet over 190 colleges and universities and this year our Africana Studies Program was able to attend on behalf of the Admissions team to…

Facilitated by Michaela Brown and Liz Moore Thursday, March 9, 2023 – 12-1:30pm in Monroe Hall 207 WAGE Center Lounge Co-sponsored by The Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) Committee of CAHSS Women and Center Education (WAGE) Center & Gender, Women’s, & Sexuality Studies Program (GWSS) All students, staff and faculty are welcome to participate…

Since its introduction last November, Eastern’s online master’s degree program in history has reignited student interest in this vital area of the humanities. Currently, there are 131 graduate students from across the nation enrolled in the program. “It’s been a tremendous success,” says Larry Cebula, professor of history and a member of the graduate committee.…

Every year the MFA program invites several prestigious writers to campus, where they lead workshops of student work and give readings to the broader community. Here are the writers we got to work with for the academic school year of 2021-22: Phong Nguyen Phong Nguyen is a writer of historical fiction (Bronze Drum), experimental fiction (Roundabout), literary spinoffs…

Black Entrepreneurship – A Conversation w/ Dr. Appel observes the contributions, stigmas, challenges, and opportunities for black entrepreneurs and marginalized persons to overcome historic barriers to business ownership and flourish in the 21st century.

The Daughters of the Dust discussion highlights the first feature length film written and directed by an African American woman in 1991.

2 inches between us staring into your Brown and white seas The two passageways so vivid A voice tells me to jump in, but I am scared I slip my life jacket on To make sure I keep safe, But- it doesn’t help because The waves swallow me into the depths of your seas How…

Each year the EWU Honors Program selects three outstanding applicants to receive one of Eastern’s most prestigious scholarships, the Orland and Bernice Killin Scholarship. In selecting our Killin Scholars, who receive full in-state tuition for four years, we consider demonstrated intellectual engagement and curiosity, demonstrated commitment to community, resilience (including persistence in the face of…

Each year the EWU Honors Program selects three outstanding applicants to receive one of Eastern’s most prestigious scholarships, the Orland and Bernice Killin Scholarship. In selecting our Killin Scholars, who receive full in-state tuition for four years, we consider demonstrated intellectual engagement and curiosity, demonstrated commitment to community, resilience (including persistence in the face of…