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How to be an Effective Anti-Racism Ally
February 27, 2023
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…
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2021-22 Visiting Writers
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…
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Black Entrepreneurship – A Conversation w/ Dr. Appel
August 26, 2022 by vbaxter1
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.
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Daughters of the Dust Discussion
The Daughters of the Dust discussion highlights the first feature length film written and directed by an African American woman in 1991.
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Poem by Reanna Guerrero
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…
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Killin Scholars – AY2020-2021
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…
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Killin Scholars – AY2019-2020
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…
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Commentary by Drs. Almeida and Rohrer published in the Inlander
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.
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EWU Faculty Perspectives
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…
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Home Literacy Kit
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…
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