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Kristen Nolan
![Rolling hills of the Palouse Prairie behind campus](https://cdn.ewu.edu/give/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2020/02/PalousePrairieBefore.jpg)
EWU urban and regional planning student, Kirsten Nolan, knows firsthand about the incREDible power a scholarship has in the life…
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Justin Von Hagel
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Justin Von Hagel has been a consistent presence on the EWU campus in the College of Science, Health, and Engineering.…
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Ryan Walters
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Ryan Walters has donated countless hours, talents, and knowledge for the betterment of the young men of Sigma Phi Epsilon…
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Albert “Al” Watson
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During the 1967-1968 academic year, few ROTC cadets doubted they were training for duty in Vietnam. Eastern Washington State College…
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Alek Gayton & Deacon Band
![EWU student playing the drums](https://cdn.ewu.edu/give/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2020/02/Drums.jpg)
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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