EASTERN NEWSROOM

Category: Social Impact

EWU Hosts Inaugural Latino Forum

April 30, 2019 by David Meany

Original artwork by Washington artist Victor Fuentes

Eastern Washington University is set to host the first-ever Cinco de May Latino Forum as part of its ongoing commitment

[Read more]
Filed Under:
Tags:

Exploring Music Therapy Partnership to Welcome First-Year Native Students

April 11, 2019 by David Meany

Showalter Hall at sunset

Story from The Inlander: Growing up on the Nez Perce Reservation, Rickey “Deekon” Jones became accustomed to living among a

[Read more]
Filed Under:
Tags:

Honey Bee Research leads to Prestigious NSF Grant

October 9, 2018 by David Meany

Close up of bees on a honeycomb

An Eastern Washington University biology instructor exploring ways to protect one of nature’s most important pollinators, the honey bee, has

[Read more]
Filed Under:
Tags:

EWU Takes Sustainability Seriously

September 18, 2018 by Emily Oliver

Student members of the EWU Sustainability Club

… But who says saving the environment can’t be fun? Taking advantage of the warm weather on Aug. 7, the

[Read more]
Filed Under:
Tags:

Prestigious Summer Assignment for EWU Professor

May 9, 2018 by David Meany

Photo: Gina Mikel Petrie in Nicaragua

CHENEY, Washington – Eastern Washington University Associate Professor Gina Mikel Petrie, PhD, has been selected by the U.S. Department of

[Read more]
Filed Under:
Tags:

Campus garden continues to grow

April 17, 2018 by eastern247

Squash from EWU greenhouse

The EWU Office of Sustainability has gotten a head start on their crops for the campus garden this spring. In

[Read more]
Filed Under:
Tags:

Faculty Research Seeks Honey Bee-Friendly Campus

March 29, 2018 by eastern247

Close up of bees on a honeycomb

Jenifer Walke, assistant professor of biology, has been researching the microbes (the bacteria and fungi) associated with honey bees and

[Read more]
Filed Under:
Tags:

EWU kicks off year with community service

October 20, 2017 by eastern247

Community service students wearing volunteer shirts

Eastern Washington University faculty, staff and students – many of them new to campus – started the 2017 academic year

[Read more]
Filed Under:

Planting roots with outdoor education

by eastern247

Photo: Man planting tree while students watch

Eastern Washington University education students teamed up with 150 seventh graders from Cheney Middle School to plant more than 560

[Read more]
Filed Under:

Educational, service-based trip to Ghana

September 8, 2017 by eastern247

Photo: Professor Romel Mackelprang in Ghana

Romel Mackelprang has a rule for all of the students on his faculty-led study abroad program to Ghana: you can

[Read more]
Filed Under: