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Seeding Success

eth McCullough loads a drill seeder during a previous prairie planting. McCullough, a biology major and McNair Scholar (see Page 35) earned a bachelor of science degree in 2022.

Native grass plantings check an important box in EWU’s Palouse Prairie restoration.

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High-Flying Eagle Lands in New England

High-Flying Eagle Lands in New England

After signing with the Patriots, Efton Chism III will get an NFL audition.

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Eagle Excellence

The 2025 Eastern Washington University Alumni Awards Gala. Photo by Young Kwak.

EWU recently celebrated its 2025 Alumni Award winners.

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Spice Scientist

Darby McLean, CEO pf Spiceology

Like her company’s unique products, Darby McLean didn’t follow a familiar path to success.

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Sagebrush Survivors

June 10, 2025

Sagebrush Survivors

Eastern steps up in the fight to preserve the endangered pygmy rabbit.

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On the Road

The Landeza family in Maui.

Where will Eastern magazine be spotted next?

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An ‘Idiosyncratic Genius’

Gary Krug photo

EWU’s Gary Krug was that rare public intellectual who could make his classroom come alive with learning.

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On the Road

Travel photo of Emily Ausere in Ephesus, Turkey

Where will Eastern magazine be spotted next? Share a photo of you, our latest issue and the details of where your travels have taken you. Send to easternmagazine@ewu.edu.   Belgium Alex Moskalyuk ’03 with his son, Daniel, age 12, at the Grand-Place in Brussels this summer.       Dominican Republic On a cruise ship

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The Future is Polytechnic

The Future  is Polytechnic

  Just after the beginning of the 2023 academic year, Eastern’s Board of Trustees met to discuss, among other pressing issues, how the university could better share its strengths with the wider world: “How might we more authentically communicate who we are,” they asked, “while differentiating ourselves in our region’s competitive higher education landscape?” Eastern’s

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Cyber Sleuth Extraordinaire

EWU cybersecurity expert Stu Steiner

One of Eastern’s most prominent faculty members, Stuart “Stu” Steiner, in June was awarded the Trustees’ Medal, the university’s most prestigious  faculty accolade. Steiner ’01, an associate professor of computer science and electrical engineering, is the founder and director of EWU’s Center for Network Computing and Cybersecurity. The center is home to a nationally prominent

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