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For more than 50 years, Bill Youngs has put students first.   During his more than 50 years at EWU, Bill Youngs, author, mentor and professor of history, has used his uniquely successful brand of teaching and scholarship to positively influence the intellectual and personal growth of hundreds of Eastern students. Along the way he…

EWU’s provost announces a new look for Eastern academics. Just over a year ago, senior university administrators and the Board of Trustees approved a blueprint for reducing the number of EWU colleges from seven to four as part of a cost-saving reorganization of colleges and academic departments at the university. In January, Brian Levin-Stankevich, provost…

Eastern music majors take to the airwaves on KPBX’s ‘Piano Bench.’   One of the most popular daytime programs on KPBX, the Spokane affiliate of National Public Radio, is Jim Tevenan’s Piano Bench, a show dedicated to revealing the instrument’s “great beauty and scope” via a mix of live performances and recordings. Eastern student players…

An ‘odd’ but successful spring season comes to an end in Fargo.   After an unprecedented spring season and an impressive 5-1 record, EWU football found itself in a familiar place on April 24 — back in the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoff. Their first-round opponent in the 16-team bracket was also well-known to…

David Riley spent almost a decade as an EWU assistant. Now it’s his turn to lead.   David Riley ’13, a longtime EWU assistant, on March 25 was named to succeed his former boss, Shantay Legans, as the new head coach of the Eagles men’s basketball team. The upcoming 2021-22 season will be Riley’s 11th…

Raphael Guillory ’94, an EWU professor of psychology who made notable contributions as an Eastern scholar, athlete and advocate for Native rights, died on Nov. 29.   Guillory, who grew up on the Nez Perce Indian Reservation in Lapwai, Idaho, was a standout free safety for the Eagles’ 1993 Big Sky Conference championship team. After…

Sarah Keller, founder of the university’s anthropology program and one of Eastern’s longest serving faculty members, died on Dec. 24.   As a child growing up in Boston, Sarah Keller told Eastern magazine in a 2017 interview, she caught the anthropology bug from Digging in Yucatan by Ann Axtell Morris, an account of excavations of…

This spring, Eagle nation gathered — virtually, of course — to honor the remarkable accomplishments of five awesome alumni. By Charles E. Reineke   Lifetime Achievement Award Rick Romero ’78, ’93, a former associated vice president of business services at EWU and director of strategic planning for the city of Spokane, was the EWU Alumni…

The Cheney Depot, long the gateway to EWU, is on the move     Even after the advent of the automobile, passenger trains remained the conveyance of choice for generations of Eastern students traveling to and from Cheney. As train travel was eclipsed by more modern forms of transportation, the rail depot fell into disuse…

Another ‘Fighting Eagle’ instructor earns top honors By Eastern Magazine For the second year in a row, a faculty member serving with the Eastern Washington University Army ROTC “Fighting Eagles” battalion has received the U.S. Army Cadet Command Instructor of the Year Award. Maj. Nicholas Carbaugh was selected for the award from among instructors in…