STORIES OF IMPACT

Category: Impact of Gifts

Alek Gayton & Deacon Band

EWU student playing the drums

One man plays drums. The other plays power tools. Both call Eastern “home.” You might think that the owner of

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Felicia Boyer

Smiling young girls with their kits

In a few years, after Felicia Boyer earns her degree in nursing, she hopes to offer hope and joy to the sick

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Amanda DeBleeker

Facade of Martin Hall

One of Amanda DeBleeker‘s favorite things to do is spend time with her 92-year-old grandmother. “She is my inspiration,” Amanda said. “With

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EAF Donors Help Eagles Bring Their A-Game

Aerial shot of Roos Field

Scholarships you provided for Eastern Washington University student-athletes through donations to the Eagle Athletic Fund have had an incredible impact

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Barbara Shields & Hannah Seagrave

Panoramic view of campus on a snowy afternoon

Generations apart, two EWU alumnae define success in very similar ways: Barbara Shields, 84, says, “It’s being the best you

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Rebekah Weber

Facade of the EWU Library with cherry trees in bloom

Thanks to Eastern Washington University alumni, Rebekah Weber is happy, successful, and teaching developmentally-delayed children. As the seventh of 10

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Banking on Success

Facade of the EWU Spokane Center

Eastern alumni Terry Neal ’85 and David Van Belle ’12, ’86, of US Bank in Spokane, had the opportunity to meet the three

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Margaret (Beckman) & Alfred Fettig

Facade of the library with fall leaves

Margaret (Beckman) Fettig passed away in 2012 after a long and courageous battle with cancer at the age of 75.

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Celebrating Our Library Sponsors

Facade of JFK Library on a fall day

Every year, almost every Eastern student and most faculty members visit EWU Libraries – at the 153,000-square-foot JFK Library and

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Greta Olson

Entrance to the EWU Spokane Center

Greta Olson benefitted greatly from a scholarship that helped her pursue a double major in professional accounting and management information

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