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English Faculty Publication: Instructor and Librarian Collaboration – Kathy Rowley

May 8, 2023 by Jazmine Jackson

Aerial view of the Cheney campus

Senior Lecturer Kathy Rowley co-published the article Flip This Class: Maximizing Student Learning in Information Literacy Skills in the Composition Classroom Through Instructor and Librarian Collaboration with Justin Otto and Qing Stellwagen in the Journal of Library Administration in August 2022. The following is an abstract of the article: “Library research instruction is most effective in First-Year Writing

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Black History Month 2023 Recap

March 28, 2023

Photos taken courtesy of Easterner photographer Emily Powers

In 1926, Dr. Carter G. Woodson organized the first celebration of Black History Week. The scholar quickly disproved doubts that he could muster enough Black history to last more than 2-3 days and pushed for the expansion of the celebration to a month. Black History Month provides a unique lens to view the Black American

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Ibaraki University Students Visit Eastern Campus

Ibaraki University Students Visit Eastern Campus

EWU welcomed sixteen students from Ibaraki University (Japan) on February 27th, and despite a snowstorm around the time of their arrival and the persisting cold, they have kept extremely busy everyday learning about our under-represented populations both on campus and in the community.

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EWU Attends the Black College Expo – LA

Rodriguez and Dr. Baynes at the Black College Expo

Every year the National College Resources Foundation hosts the Black College Expo in Los Angeles at the LA Convention Center where Seniors, Juniors, and College Transfer Students have the opportunity to meet over 190 colleges and universities and this year our Africana Studies Program was able to attend on behalf of the Admissions team to

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How to be an Effective Anti-Racism Ally

February 27, 2023

How to be an Effective Anti-Racism Ally

Facilitated by Michaela Brown and Liz Moore Thursday, March 9, 2023 – 12-1:30pm in Monroe Hall 207 WAGE Center Lounge Co-sponsored by The Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) Committee of CAHSS Women and Center Education (WAGE) Center & Gender, Women’s, & Sexuality Studies Program (GWSS) All students, staff and faculty are welcome to participate

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2021-22 Visiting Writers

photo of the Catalyst Building in Spokane, WA.

Every year the MFA program invites several prestigious writers to campus, where they lead workshops of student work and give readings to the broader community. Here are the writers we got to work with for the academic school year of 2021-22: Phong Nguyen Phong Nguyen is a writer of historical fiction (Bronze Drum), experimental fiction (Roundabout), literary spinoffs

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Black Entrepreneurship – A Conversation w/ Dr. Appel

August 26, 2022 by vbaxter1

Black Entrepreneurship – A Conversation w/ Dr. Appel

Black Entrepreneurship – A Conversation w/ Dr. Appel observes the contributions, stigmas, challenges, and opportunities for black entrepreneurs and marginalized persons to overcome historic barriers to business ownership and flourish in the 21st century.

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Daughters of the Dust Discussion

Daughters of the Dust Discussion

The Daughters of the Dust discussion highlights the first feature length film written and directed by an African American woman in 1991.

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Poem by Reanna Guerrero

Poem by Reanna Guerrero

2 inches between us staring into your Brown and white seas The two passageways so vivid A voice tells me to jump in, but I am scared I slip my life jacket on To make sure I keep safe, But- it doesn’t help because The waves swallow me into the depths of your seas How

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Killin Scholars – AY2020-2021

Aerial view of the Cheney campus

Each year the EWU Honors Program selects three outstanding applicants to receive one of Eastern’s most prestigious scholarships, the Orland and Bernice Killin Scholarship. In selecting our Killin Scholars, who receive full in-state tuition for four years, we consider demonstrated intellectual engagement and curiosity, demonstrated commitment to community, resilience (including persistence in the face of

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