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Dr. Deirdre Almeida and Dr. Judy Rohrer’s commentary, “EWU’s future: Will the new president restore the diversity programs that were once a vibrant calling cared of the university?” was published in the Inlander today.

Matthew Anderson, an associate professor of urban and regional planning who was recently awarded EWU’s prestigious Jeffers W. Chertok Memorial Endowed Professorship, recently visited with KPBX about issues surrounding homelessness. Earlier this year Anderson led a group of student volunteers who participated in Spokane’s annual Point-in-Time Count.

EWU Faculty Perspectives By Kasey Hermens, April 2021 The year of 2020 was defined by the COVID-19 virus, Zoom meetings, and masking up. Many conversations were centered on the student experience, and rightfully so, but there wasn’t much chatter about the impact on faculty members, as they zigged and zagged through the labyrinth of adaptation…

Breanna Guzman Summary When finding the perfect project to carry out, I came to the conclusion that my focus should be around intervention of speech and language disorders for younger children. Younger children and speech related disorders have been an interest of mine since the beginning of this program. After some discussion, I decided to…

Katie Gower Abstract In his analysis of representative democracy and its demerits, English philosopher and economist John Stuart Mill proposes a solution to address the political inequality that often proliferates in representative systems. Mill argues for proportional representation, a type of representation encompassing multiple methods that ensure minority groups are represented. Through his political and…

KXLY’s Peter Choi recently reported on the “Hidden in Plain Sight” exhibit.

Winter quarter the Advanced Digital Art class took on the challenge of creating a collaborative installation piece of two murals where they had to not only find a way to depict their own sense of duality, light vs. dark, dystopia vs. utopia, but they also had to work together so that their pieces connected to…

Since 1974, the National History Day non-profit education organization has offered annual year-long academic programs that engages over half a million middle- and high-school students around the world in conducting original research on historical topics of History. This year’s theme is Debate & Diplomacy in History and the Eastern Washington University Social Studies Education program…

EWU’s Gender, Women’s & Sexuality Studies and Women’s & Gender Education Center present Dr. Jessi Quizar A Logic of Care and Grassroots Claims to Home in Detroit Thursday, May 12th 4 – 5:15 p.m. In Person in Monroe 207  Masks Encouraged Or Virtual at bit.ly/GWSSLogicofCare This talk explores the ways in which Detroit Eviction Defense…

Sustainability Week, April 25 – 29, is about celebrating the work that the EWU community is doing to reduce the university’s impact on the environment, while also looking toward the future and finding new ways to make a difference for our planet. It will feature a variety of events and a daylong conference. An Earth…