Tag: Urban and Regional Planning

From the rolling hills of Moses Lake, Washington, to the bustling streets of New York City, Teal Delys has embarked on a remarkable journey that exemplifies the transformative power of urban planning education. As the Eastern Queens Team Leader at the NYC Department of City Planning’s Queens Borough Office (as of summer 2025), Teal brings…

From intern to office leader in just five years – that’s the remarkable trajectory of Aren Murcar’s career since graduating from EWU’s Urban and Regional Planning program in 2019. Today, he serves as Office Principal at SCJ Alliance’s Spokane office, overseeing a 20-person office comprised of planners, engineers, and landscape architects, and managing planning projects…

For Della Mutungi, the transition from graduate student to practicing planner was seamless – a testament to the real-world focus and relationship-building emphasis of EWU’s Urban and Regional Planning program. As a city planner, she draws daily on both the technical skills and professional networks she developed during her time at Eastern. From Theory to…

Graham Zickefoose’s journey to urban planning began in an unexpected place: YouTube. After earning his bachelor’s degree from the University of Idaho in 2018 and working as a content writer in Boise, Graham found himself searching for a career that truly called to him. It was through watching videos from the popular City Beautiful channel…

Fresh from completing her Bachelor of Arts in Urban and Regional Planning degree at Eastern Washington University in 2025, Cassidy Olheiser has seamlessly transitioned into her role as a Planner with SCJ Alliance, a prominent 100% employee-owned consulting firm specializing in planning, civil engineering, and environmental services across the Pacific Northwest. Cassidy’s journey from student…

Professor Margo Hill, JD, & Adjunct Professor J.D. Tovey III published an article titled Tribal Zoning, Sovereignty in Action that covers Federal Indian Law and Jurisdiction in the American Planning Association’s Zoning Practice magazine following a presentation they gave last year in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the National American Planning Association conference. “Planners cannot understand or…

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.

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…

For individuals and families who lack a permanent place to call home — and those trying to help them —the journey to stable housing is often long and arduous. Even understanding the scale and scope of the problem is a challenge. Spokane’s annual Point-in-Time (PIT) Count, a county-wide census of persons without housing, aims to…

Kylee Jones ’18 is an Associate Transportation Planner II from the Spokane Regional Transportation Council. Her experience at EWU in the Urban and Regional Planning program helped her find this profession she otherwise wouldn’t have known about.