Category: Giving Stories

Wayne Wright, pictured above with his daughter and grandson, created a scholarship fund to honor his wife, Nancy, and pave the way to a degree for students from Rogers High School.

An Eastern alumnus who spent 26 years teaching and coaching elementary and middle school students has created a scholarship fund to inspire yet another generation of students as they pursue their dreams at Eastern. The E. Wayne and Nancy Wright Scholarship, named in honor of Wayne Wright and his wife Nancy, a longtime first-grade teacher who passed away in 2019, is now fully endowed and awarded its first scholarship recently.

Toulou, a junior at EWU, is modeling West Plains groundwater flows to track possible contamination by chemicals similar to those found in fire-fighting foam at Fairchild Air Force Base is receiving the inaugural Clawson-Youngs Environmental Studies Award.

Applications for the next round of awards are being accepted through Friday, Dec. 2

An EWU alumni couple created a golf tournament that raised more than $11,552 to help EWU students who are single parents.

EWU alumni and friends provided the scholarship, and other generous gifts, to support fall events at Eastern.

The naming gift connects the dots for alumna Angela Jones, who was instrumental in starting the center.

The funds played a crucial role in helping EWU student Jenny Brunner graduate on time, even while dealing with health challenges.

Foundation support has helped nearly three dozen students take on unpaid internships working for nonprofits and government agencies.

Bill Youngs Endowment poised to start assisting students for the 2022-2023 academic year.