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Mary Cullinan announces retirement; David May will serve as interim By Eastern Magazine Eastern Washington University’s 26th president, Mary Cullinan, announced in early August she was stepping down from her leadership of the university. Cullinan will act as the “special assistant to the president for transition” through mid-September, after which time she will join the…

After George Floyd’s killing, university leaders call for ‘true social transformation.’ By Eastern Magazine After video of the police killing of George Floyd shocked the nation and world, officials at Eastern joined the upwelling of voices that demanded justice and change. As protests spread across the world, Deirdre Almeida, EWU’s director of American Indian Studies;…

A recent EWU grad is poised to make his mark on biochemistry By Leilah Langley John Vant ’18 would be the first to admit that his decision to attend Eastern Washington University had little to do with academics. The Montana native, now 26, says he enrolled at Eastern mostly because the university’s rec center had…

Give back to EWU on your own terms, while helping next-generation professionals. By EWU Alumni Association For Eastern students and recent alumni looking to embark on a new career, few assets are more rewarding than the advice of someone who’s successfully accomplished this goal. That’s why EWU’s Office of Alumni Relations and the Career Center…

Pauline Flett, Salish language preservationist and scholar, helped lay the groundwork for Native language education programs across Washington state By Eastern Magazine In June 1998, Pauline Flett appeared on Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion radio show. With the host translating at her side, Flett told the traditional story of the coming of the salmon…

H. George Frederickson, former EWU president, led dramatic advancements in academics, athletics and fundraising. By Eastern Magazine George Frederickson, the revered former president of Eastern Washington University who led dramatic advancements in academics, athletics and fundraising, died on July 24 in Lawrence, Kansas. He was 86. Over the university’s long history, few individuals have had…

A student mask-maker boosts critical efforts to contain the coronavirus by Eastern Magazine Even as the coronavirus pandemic has upended business as usual for millions, Nichole Speaks, a senior studying psychology at EWU, went all in on a new enterprise: working to ensure that some of our region’s most vulnerable persons — and the people…

Not all students were equipped for distance learning. The EWU Foundation was there to help. by Eastern Magazine Early in the pandemic, when Eastern was forced to shift to virtual learning, many students were left without the technology they needed to continue their educations. Fortunately, the EWU Foundation and the university’s Student Care Team recognized…

As the pandemic progressed, Eastern stepped up By Eastern Magazine In early march, as the first cases of COVID-19 started appearing in the Seattle area, EWU began to mobilize its resources to keep students, faculty and staff safe. Surfaces were disinfected, hand sanitizer stations were filled, and expert panels and other information sessions were convened…

A new EWU course will examine craft beer, from grain to glass. By Eastern Magazine In a college town, the phrase “craft beer education” suggests a range of undergraduate experiences, none of which are typically related to the official university curriculum. But that’s changing at Eastern, thanks to a new course to be headed by…