Category: Alumni Profiles

Each year the EWU Alumni Association holds a gala event to honor a select group of Eastern’s most impactful alumni. This year, as always, the stories of our inspiring Eagle honorees made it an occasion to remember.   

  During her inspiring investiture speech, Dr. McMahan spoke about leading our university’s students — both present and future— along a “clear path to a bright future” (our cover story on Page 16), it immediately brought to mind memories of my own journey to Eastern. For me, that path wasn’t all that clear. But, like…

Dillon Dalton, a recent computer science graduate, joins the space race.   For recent Eastern graduate Dillon Dalton, not even the sky’s the limit. Dalton, a 23-year-old computer science alumnus, is currently part of a NASA team working on the Mars Sample Return project. The goal? To bring rock and atmospheric samples from the Red…

A newly envisioned awards event shines a spotlight on accomplished alumni and EWU benefactors.

Eastern’s new master’s degree in history is attracting national interest.

This winter especially, there is so much to be grateful for.

Title IX turned 50 this year. EWU took time to reflect on its impact.

An Eastern trustee and his family step up for students.

In Olympia, David Buri is on the job for Eastern Washington University.

As in-person graduation returns, Eastern’s alumni director greets our newest Eagles for life.   It hasn’t always been easy, but I’m pleased to report that my first 10 months as director of alumni relations have continued to be the “absolute dream” that I hoped it would be. I’ve witnessed amazing things, and met even more…