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IEEE Spokane Sponsors EWU Students for Rising Stars 2023 Conference

February 13, 2023 by Melodie Little

Group of people -IEEE Spokane students with conference

The Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineering (IEEE) Spokane chapter sent two Eastern students to the national IEEE Rising Star Conference on Jan. 3-5, in Las Vegas, Nevada. IEEE Spokane, which has been involved with the IEEE Student Chapter at Eastern for many years, began sponsoring students to attend the Rising Star event three years ago.

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EWU Nursing Receives State Funding for Simulation Technology

January 13, 2023

EWU Nursing Receives State Funding for Simulation Technology

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

Amerigroup Creates Endowed Scholarship to Support Rural Health

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

Numerica Scholarships Changing Lives at Eastern

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

Eagles Come Together to Support “Thanks for Giving Tuesday”

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

MultiCare Gift to Help EWU Dental Hygiene Advance Periodontal Care at Nonprofit Clinic

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

Wayne Wright and future math teacher, Jacquelyn Pinkney, scholarship recipient.

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

Longtime Teacher Continues Legacy of Making a Difference

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

Erin Toulou Receives Inaugural Clawson-Youngs Environmental Studies Award

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.

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

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