STORIES OF IMPACT

Category: Impact of Gifts

Eagles Give Newsletter: Fall 2023

Eagle Pride center

Dear Friends, Today is GivingTuesday, a global generosity movement that unleashes the power of people and organizations to transform their communities. As fundraisers for EWU, we are honored every day to engage with people like you who understand the value of doing acts of service for others. You know this university provides amazing value to

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Eagles Give Newsletter: Summer 2023

Science students sitting at their stations

Hello Eagles, I am ecstatic to shout from the top of Dressler Hall (just kidding – I’m scared of heights) that we are nearing our 100th homecoming week celebration, Oct. 16-22! Our 100th homecoming week is a remarkable milestone that calls for a momentous gathering of generations of Eagles – Eagles who roamed the same halls

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Hardworking Single Dad Receives EWURA Scholarship

Father and son portrait

Kevin Uyekawa, 41, will enter his senior year at Eastern this coming fall. The single father of a 5-year-old son is majoring in mechanical engineering while holding down a paid internship and logging a lot of miles in his car. Uyekawa can continue his education and pursue his goals – with a little more breathing

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Giving Thanks for a Scholarship

October 11, 2023

Smiling Bella

Eastern Washington women’s basketball power forward Bella Hays is preparing to get on the court for the 2023-24 season. Since she was a kid, Hays wanted to play basketball and it was a driving factor in her effort, both athletically and academically, to go to college. “My ultimate goal was to play basketball in college,

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The Impact of Gifts

Two friends smiling

Your gift on Giving Tuesday to the College of Art, Humanities and Social Sciences (CAHSS) can support one of 53 different scholarship and student activities funds. Your generosity will provide assistance with tuition, books, and educational expenses, or you can support conferences, internships and travel to provide students with professional experiences that are essential to

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Michael Simmons

Michael Simmons

In summer 2021, Michael Simmons, a 26-year-old electrical engineering major from Spokane, interned at a firm where he was involved with projects that, if realized to their full potential, could benefit millions of people living in water-stressed communities.

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Jenny Brunner

Jenny Brunner

Jenny Brunner was dealing with declining health and an undiagnosed heart condition when an email arrived announcing that she was being awarded a Bright Promise Scholarship.

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Bill Youngs Challenges Eastern Community to Help Students Succeed

Bill Youngs Challenges Eastern Community to Help Students Succeed

To kick-off Giving Joy Day, on April 4, Youngs is making a $20,000 matching gift to challenge the Eastern community to support student scholarships.

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Tayler Wells

photo of Tayer Wells, Scholarship recipient

The recipient of this year’s EWURA Golden Eagle Scholarship is a go-getter. Tayler Wells, a criminal justice major with a minor in Spanish, is scheduled to graduate on time – with honors – in June. What makes her accomplishment all the more remarkable is that Wells juggles a 40-hour-a-week work schedule in the shipping department

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Adaptive Athletics a Draw for Talented Student Athlete and Donors

Adaptive Athletic student in his wheelchair with basketball.

When looking at colleges, Jackson Atwood had plenty of reasons to choose Eastern. When you get to know this talented wheelchair basketball player, you will have 30,000 reasons to support EWU Adaptive Athletics.   Reason #1 – Meet Jackson Atwood: His parents are EWU alumni and his grandfather, Robert, was a professor here. Atwood earned Running

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