Category: University

“When students participate and become an active part of their community, they absolutely blossom.”

“We all need a little help sometimes and as EWU parents, I hope to help you at some point.”

The EWU Board of Trustees (BOT) has unanimously selected Shari McMahan, PhD, to serve as the 27th president of Eastern Washington University. The appointment won’t be official until a contract is negotiated and signed by mid-March. (UPDATE March 17: Board approves McMahan Contract). McMahan is currently the provost and vice president for academic affairs at…

We’ve seen changing recommendations and guidelines. However, some key prevention strategies have remained the same.

The goal is to have everyone test and, if necessary, isolate before returning to campus.

There’s a lot to keep up with- especially as a family member of an Eagle! 

Generous gifts from Providence and Cambia Health Foundation will help Eastern Washington University implement a comprehensive admissions process to build a more diverse student body and advance healthcare workforce diversity. The ambitious three-year initiative will potentially touch the lives of more than 3,800 historically underrepresented students at EWU, in addition to faculty and staff, through…

Eastern Washington University’s Jessica Allen in July received more than $625,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to fund her part in the Central Appalachian Lichen Project, an investigation into how various factors, both natural and man-made, may have influenced the prevalence and distribution of the region’s lichen species. Allen, an assistant professor of biology,…

Lauren Stachowiak, an assistant professor of Geosciences at EWU, is an expert on wildfire activity and how climate change has impacted fire behavior.  Appearing on “Experts @ EWU” on Spokane Talks, she points out how recent fires in the region are prime example of Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) and how we all need to be ‘fire-wise.’ …

Eastern Washington University (EWU) has announced the expansion of its online portfolio of graduate degrees supported by Academic Partnerships (AP) beginning fall 2021. In accordance with EWU’s core themes of its mission of access, learning and completion, these new offerings will complement the existing portfolio of 18 AP-supported EWU programs in education, accounting and business.…