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Asked if she was squeamish at the sight of blood, DaNeil Jolley was given scrubs and guided to a dimly lit room that smelled noticeably of cleaner, where she was about to watch a laparoscopic surgery. At just 16 years old, this was Jolley’s first day as an intern in the surgical unit at Samaritan…

Sporting a calm demeanor, a canine vest and an EWU leash, Hilani, a two-year-old golden retriever and Labrador mix, joined the EWU Police Department last month to help comfort victims in need, specifically those who have been victims of sexual assault. “About three years ago, I started a sexual assault prevention program where I go…

Hard to believe that the 2017 legislative session is right around to the corner. To help you prepare, we thought we would provide a couple of important dates that you should know in the lead up to January. Friday, September 16 – EWU submits final operating and capital budget requests to the governor (post on this…

Explore mind-boggling canyons and rugged rocks with a geological guide to Washington state, written and published by three EWU professors. In its first few months, Washington Rocks! has sold 5,000 copies, launching a second printing of the book. Washington Rocks!, written by emeritus EWU professor Eugene Kiver and current EWU professors Chad Pritchard and Richard…

Earth Day Fair 2016 EWU celebrates Earth Day each year with a fair to raise awareness and demonstrate support for the environment. Earth Day celebrations will take place Friday, April 22, starting at 9 a.m. in the Campus Mall. “This year the kind of theme our fair is going to focus on is reusing, repurposing…

By Kevin Decker, PhD Action figures? Check. Lightsaber? Check. Blu-ray copy of the latest J.J. Abrams film? Check. These are not the normal tools of the college instructor, much less what the average philosophy professor brings to class. But because I teach philosophy and popular culture at Eastern Washington University, I also have to carry…

Physicist Kira Burt ’11, BS physics, only dreamed that one day she’d be working at the largest, longest-running collaborative science experiment in the world. Yet that’s where she found herself the past couple of years, living in France and working in neighboring Switzerland on a series of cutting-edge experiments in the field of particle physics…

Marshall Named Washington’s Poet Laureate Tod Marshall (’92, MFA creative writing) isn’t afraid of taking on passion projects to promote the arts, but his latest may be his most ambitious yet. Marshall has dedicated himself to organizations such as Humanities Washington, which honored him with its service award in 2015. It was only fitting that…

Today is day six of the 2016 first special session. Last Thursday was the final day of the 2016 regular supplemental session. The regular session was adjourned at 9 p.m. without a budget agreement and the Governor immediately convened the first special session. The governor has authority under the Washington State Constitution to call a…

2016 Supplemental Session, Day 46 Wow! We are just two short weeks away from adjournment of the 2016 legislative session (assuming all goes well). This week we saw budgets from both the House and Senate. As we mentioned before, this is a supplemental session and is only intended for small tweaks to last year’s budgets.…