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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”

Photo: Celian "CeCe" George

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

Photo: 3D printer with piece of prosthetic arm

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!

Student and Pat Spanjer posing outside the library on Giving Joy Day

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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