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The generosity of supporters like you directly helps students achieve their goals. Scholarship recipient, Michael Sinitsa ’16, grew up in a newly-immigrated Russian family. He watched his parents work hard and live frugally in order to provide every opportunity for their children. Savoring the rare delicacy of fresh fruit and daily music lessons taught by…

Thank you, brothers of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity, for your support of Eastern Washington University Libraries and the Randy Van Turner Scholarship. Your generosity will mean so much to so many Eastern students and communities around the world for generations to come. Hear more from the Pi Kappa Alpha, 2017 Red Tie Gala Philanthropy…

Ujima is Swahili for collective work and responsibility, to build and maintain our community together and make our brothers’ and sisters’ problems our problems, and to solve them together. That concept truly defines Quinton Baker and guides his life’s goals. When he was a little boy, Quinton’s mom worked two jobs to pay for their…

EWU urban and regional planning student, Kirsten Nolan, knows firsthand about the incREDible power a scholarship has in the life of a student, a family, and a community. “Long after the last dollar has been spent, the benefits of the education I have attained will continue to multiply,” she said. Kirsten Nolan’s passion for urban…

Justin Von Hagel has been a consistent presence on the EWU campus in the College of Science, Health, and Engineering. He is a positive example, a role model, an adviser and a guide for students and young alumni who are starting their professional lives. Since he graduated in 1996 from EWU with a Bachelor of…

Ryan Walters has donated countless hours, talents, and knowledge for the betterment of the young men of Sigma Phi Epsilon Wa Gamma (SigEp) Chapter at Eastern Washington University. He helped them achieve the highest fraternity GPA on campus for the 2012-2013 academic year and instituted a program to develop students into professionals. Ryan, a property…

During the 1967-1968 academic year, few ROTC cadets doubted they were training for duty in Vietnam. Eastern Washington State College had the third-largest ROTC program in the nation. That program would produce one of the finest leaders to wear the U.S. Army uniform, Albert “Al” Watson. Al was part of Eastern ROTC while he was…

One man plays drums. The other plays power tools. Both call Eastern “home.” You might think that the owner of a construction company who teaches construction management courses at EWU would have little in common with a music major who will play drums for a living. But this is Eastern, a close-knit community where people…

In a few years, after Felicia Boyer earns her degree in nursing, she hopes to offer hope and joy to the sick and suffering, wherever they live. “I hope to travel and help people in third-world countries, but I also would like to help the less fortunate in the U.S.,” she said. “Donors’ contributions to my college…

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 the help of the scholarship I received, I will someday be able to give older adults some of the care and love my grandmother has shown me.” Amanda’s interest in psychology, social work, and aging…