Category: Giving Stories
IEEE Spokane Sponsors EWU Students for Rising Stars 2023 Conference
February 13, 2023 by Melodie Little
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The Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineering (IEEE) Spokane chapter sent two Eastern students to the national IEEE Rising Star…
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EWU Nursing Receives State Funding for Simulation Technology
January 13, 2023
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The EWU Nursing Program recently received $274,000 from the state to help purchase simulation technologies for its new nursing labs.
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Amerigroup Creates Endowed Scholarship to Support Rural Health
December 26, 2022
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Amerigroup Washington recently provided Eastern Washington University with a $50,000 gift to create the Amerigroup Rural Medicine Scholarship.
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Numerica Scholarships Changing Lives at Eastern
December 20, 2022
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Numerica Credit Union is continuing its longstanding support of education at Eastern Washington University by dedicating a scholarship in honor of Sandy Williams.
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Eagles Come Together to Support “Thanks for Giving Tuesday”
December 13, 2022
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The Toys for Tots Drive has raised two truckloads of toys and is being extended through Wednesday, Dec. 21. Eagles can drop off donations at the Veterans Resource Center.
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MultiCare Gift to Help EWU Dental Hygiene Advance Periodontal Care at Nonprofit Clinic
December 12, 2022
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Eastern Washington University was selected to receive a $21,000 grant from MultiCare’s Community Partnership Fund in support of the EWU Dental Hygiene Department’s nonprofit clinic, a leading provider of dental care for low-income households in Spokane County.
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Longtime Teacher Continues Legacy of Making a Difference
December 5, 2022 by Melodie Little
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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.
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Longtime Teacher Continues Legacy of Making a Difference
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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.
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Erin Toulou Receives Inaugural Clawson-Youngs Environmental Studies Award
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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.
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Erin Toulou Receives Inaugural Clawson-Youngs Environmental Studies Award
November 21, 2022 by Melodie Little
![Erin Toulou, a junior, thanks longtime EWU Professor Bill Youngs for the award in support of her environmental research.](https://test-cdn.ewu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/20220901-Clawson-Youngs-Environmental-Studies-005-4f7.jpg)
Applications for the next round of awards are being accepted through Friday, Dec. 2
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