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EWU Launches New Phase of Major Sustainability Initiative

April 21, 2021

flags and lines in the snow designating areas for new planting

As the country celebrates Earth Day 2021, Eastern Washington University is excited to launch the next phase of an innovative

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Alumna Donor Encourages Students to Pursue Their Dreams

Barbara Shields speaks on a podium

EWU Alumna Donor Uses Endowment to Encourage Students to Pursue Their Dream Barbara Shields knew, fresh out of high school

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Amy & Querida Meyer

A group of students huddle for a photo backstage at Commencement

Many students have the desire to earn a degree but lack the financial support to make it happen. When a

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Lauren McKinley

Closeup of someone playing a brass instrument

In her quest to become a music teacher and performer, Lauren McKinley devoted some of last summer to work at

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Molly Yin

Aerial photo of the Spokane campus

Scholarship recipient Molly Yin strongly believes in the power of one. “I think Eastern alumni should give back financially to EWU because

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Phaedra Cote

Dental Hygiene students work at different stations in the clinic

There is no bond stronger than the one that exists between a mother and her child. But the bond between

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Rick Allen

Students walk past Patterson Hall

Rick Allen has spent his life making a difference. Working his way through college by bailing hay, washing dishes and

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Singing Your Praises

Aerial view of the campus mall with fall foliage

The generosity of supporters like you directly helps students achieve their goals. Scholarship recipient, Michael Sinitsa ’16, grew up in

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Pi Kappa Alpha

Spring day on the campus mall with cherry blossoms

Thank you, brothers of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity, for your support of Eastern Washington University Libraries and the Randy

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Quinton Baker

Bloomsday Finishers

Ujima is Swahili for collective work and responsibility, to build and maintain our community together and make our brothers’ and

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