Category: Campus

Kelsey Hatch-Brecek, EWU’s new director of alumni relations, shares her Eastern story.   I am thrilled to be back at my alma mater as the new director of alumni relations. And since every Eagle has a story, I’d like to share my Eastern journey with you.  Back in 1999, I was a senior in high school…

Auriana Mitchell brings a youthful perspective to Eastern’s 130-year-old governing body.  Beginning in the 1970s, the nation’s higher education governing boards gradually began to acknowledge that student voices deserved a place at the table. Though the state of Washington was a little late to the game, for just over two decades its regional university boards…

Travel restrictions fail to deter Eastern’s determined geologists.   Covid-19’s disruptions over the past year-and-a-half haven’t just affected indoor learning at Eastern, they’ve also upended many of the outdoor experiences that make higher education in the magnificent Inland Northwest so rewarding. Happily, organizers in EWU’s geosciences program found a way to preserve perhaps the premiere…

After a year-and-a-half long pandemic-induced hiatus, Eastern’s interim president celebrates students’ return.   On a near-perfect, end-of-summer Tuesday in September — less than 24 hours before the university’s much anticipated return to in-person instruction — Eastern’s interim president, David May, took the stage in Showalter Auditorium to deliver an emphatic message: “We are back!” “There…

The pandemic isn’t over, but Eastern is celebrating its return to ‘near normal.’ By Melodie Little Back in March 2020, just a week after the EWU men’s basketball team learned its appearance in the NCAA Tournament had been canceled, the university announced there would be a one-week extension of Eastern’s typical week-long spring break.  The…

After three decades on the job, Dave Cook, Eastern’s longest-serving director of sports information, exits the press box. By Dave Meany For more than 30 years, the name Dave Cook has been synonymous with EWU Athletics. Some would say, despite his understated style, that he was the most influential person in the department. As EWU’s…

Back in 1951, the publication that launched 35-years before as the State Normal School Journal changed its name to The Easterner. (The image at left depicts  newsroom staff members in 1962. The photo below, circa 1960, shows the paper being printed on presses owned by the Cheney Free Press.) The Easterner newspaper today remains the…

A gleaming new Interdisciplinary Science center Promises a new era for ‘teaching, learning and discovery’ at EWU.   By Charles E. Reineke On a rainy fall Friday in October, the kind of weather only a meteorologist could love, a small crowd gathered to witness David May, EWU interim president, join pre-med student Tayrn Wilson in…

Eastern celebrates a new home for learning and discovery. When it opens for research and instruction this fall, Eastern’s new $68 million Interdisciplinary Science Center will advance EWU scientific exploration and discovery with state-of-the-art laboratories, classrooms and spaces for collaboration. The stunning brick, glass and steel building, according to its designers at Seattle’s LMN Architects,…

A foundation’s benevolence means Jessica Scognamiglio, and dozens of other hard-working Eagle students, face a less burdensome path to graduation.   By Leilah Langley. Photos by Chris Thompson. For decades, students have come to Eastern Washington University because it offers a uniquely attractive combination of access and affordability. But for many who matriculate at EWU,…