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Powerful Results
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Your donations to scholarships have powerful results. Some Eastern students have endured unimaginable, difficult past experiences. What directions would their…
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Feel the Joy!
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Feel the joy! In one day of EWU’s first Giving Joy Day (November 29, 2016), more than one-quarter million dollars…
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Thanks to Donors Like You
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Thanks to donors like you, students are expanding their horizons, following their passions, and landing their dream jobs in their…
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“She Came From This, and Became This”
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CeCe George had a dress. As orphans in Haiti, she and her brother sometimes ate clay from the ground just…
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Engineering Student Prints 3-D Prosthetic Arm for Local Fifth-Grader
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Shannon Kellam is a full-time engineering student at EWU, president of the Rocketry Club, and a single mother to a…
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Two Students You Inspired to Be Awesome
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Mykel Vanek overcame childhood leukemia. Dante Tyler is coping with his mom’s serious health challenges. Both faced financial obstacles that…
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Thank You, Eagles!
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Thank you, Eagles for your tremendous support for our second annual Giving Joy Day! Together, we raised a grand total…
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Kalispel Tribe of Indians
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Thank you, Kalispel Tribe of Indians, for your continued support of Eastern Washington University student success. “Us all working together,…
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Crystal’s Dream is Coming True, Thanks to EWU!
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Crystal’s dream is to become a pediatrician. At Eastern, she has found many great opportunities to further her education, from…
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Being Part of a Family, But Also Making an Impact
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After a near-deadly car accident in her first year of college, Josie Ledbeter discovered what is truly important to her…
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