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Tayler Wells

photo of Tayer Wells, Scholarship recipient

The recipient of this year’s EWURA Golden Eagle Scholarship is a go-getter. Tayler Wells, a criminal justice major with a minor in Spanish, is scheduled to graduate on time – with honors – in June. What makes her accomplishment all the more remarkable is that Wells juggles a 40-hour-a-week work schedule in the shipping department

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The Spokesman-Review covers the Prairie Restoration Project

Kristy Snyder, left, an EWU master’s student studying Palouse prairie restoration, Erik Budsberg, a sustainability coordinator and project manager, Sarah Hill, a former EWU student who recently completed her master’s on prairie restoration needs and assessment and arrowleaf balsamroot seeding establishment, and Dr. Justin Bastow, an EWU professor studying soil and soil food webs, check out EWU’s Seed Increase Garden, which is designed to help produce seeds from native Palouse plants on April 23 in Cheney. (Tyler Tjomsland/The Spokesman-Review)

The Spokesman-Review profiles the Prairie Restoration Project. By Greg Mason 

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Inlander Profiles the Prairie Restoration Project

March 14, 2022

Photo: Wilson Criscione

EWU’s progress on the Palouse Prairie Restoration Project is highlighted in the Inlander.

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Adaptive Athletics a Draw for Talented Student Athlete and Donors

Adaptive Athletic student in his wheelchair with basketball.

When looking at colleges, Jackson Atwood had plenty of reasons to choose Eastern. When you get to know this talented wheelchair basketball player, you will have 30,000 reasons to support EWU Adaptive Athletics.   Reason #1 – Meet Jackson Atwood: His parents are EWU alumni and his grandfather, Robert, was a professor here. Atwood earned Running

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Helping through IRA Distributions

Helping through IRA Distributions

“As proud Eastern alumni (’69), we remain committed to helping students, especially through the Kathy (Iverson) Privratsky Scholarship Endowment benefitting students in Communication Sciences and Disorders. By gifting our required minimum IRA distributions, we help others while reducing taxable income. It is a great way to give back to our university.” – Ken and Kathy

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Diane McHenry

Two dental hygiene students work in the lab wearing full gear

“I’ve worked hard and succeeded. Now it’s time to give back to a profession that I love – and to make a difference for future dental hygienists,” says Diane McHenry, longtime Eastern professor who recently gifted $50,000 to Eastern to create an endowed scholarship. McHenry, who helped establish the EWU Department of Dental Hygiene and

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Barbara Shields

Barbara Shields

Barbara Shields, ’92, is creating a legacy that will light a path for Eastern Eagles for generations to come. She earned her degree after a successful career in the telecom industry, then began giving back to EWU. She established the Barbara R. Shields Graduate Fellowship Endowment and the Barbara R. Shields Undergraduate Scholarship. Since 2008,

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Ryan Poynter

Ryan, Lauren and baby Poynter

EWU student Ryan Poynter called hundreds of alumni, parents, employees and friends of Eastern from the Telefund Call Center to thank donors and ask for gifts. He understands the importance of alumni giving back to help students succeed. Last year, the 2015 alumnus called EWU’s Development Office to establish the Poynter Scholarship. When endowed at

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Chels Howard

Chels Howard

Felix Mutschler began teaching geology at Eastern Washington State College in 1969, and continued sharing his knowledge with colleagues and students throughout retirement years. After Professor Mutchler’s death in 2000, EWU’s Department of Geology faculty and staff established the Felix E. Mutschler Memorial Scholarship Fund. Chels Howard, who dreams of becoming a college geology professor,

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Anthany Smith

Photo of Anthany Smith, Tyler Tjomsland/Spokesman-Review

Eagle football safety Anthany Smith earned All-Big Sky Conference first team honors and EWU defensive MVP. The business management major balances a full class schedule, a rigorous study, practice, training and volunteer regimen, leaving no time for an outside job. Smith is grateful for a life-changing full scholarship for his senior year. “It just felt good

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