Category: Giving

Foundation Annual Report

Foundation Annual Report

  View a complete PDF of the 2023-24 EWU Foundation Annual Report.  

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Restoration, Repurposed

January 4, 2024

Restoration, Repurposed

Spokane’s historic SIERR building sees new life as a high-tech center for the health sciences.   In its day, the Spokane and Inland Empire Railroad was among the most popular regional “interurbans” in Washington, using its electric rail cars to connect thousands of passengers to points between Spokane and Moscow, Idaho. Cars eventually doomed the

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Joy to the Eagles

Joy to the Eagles

Once again, Giving Joy Day delivers for students.

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Making History

Making History

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

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On Gratitude

On Gratitude

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

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Giving Back

Giving Back

An Eastern trustee and his family step up for students.

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Roundball on Wheels

In October, Eastern hosted the first of what it hopes will become an annual wheelchair basketball  event. Since its beginnings as a form of recreation for injured veterans returning from World War II, wheelchair basketball has been among the most popular — and competitive — of sports enjoyed by people who use wheelchairs.  Eastern’s wheelchair basketball

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Lichen Quest

EWU students join a gathering of lichen hunters in West Virginia.

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Joy Given and Received

Joy Given and Received

Inclement weather aside, Giving Joy Day delivers again for students.   On a wet and windy Monday in April — the day after the university marked its 140th birthday —  EWU celebrated Giving Joy Day, the seventh annual iteration of its flagship service and philanthropy event. By the time the final totals were in, members

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Hard Work, Rewarded

Hard Work, Rewarded

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,

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