Category: Archive & Past Events

The students of ART 312 “Art Across Time: Prehistory-17th century” spent weeks engaged in the analysis of artifacts containing ancient writing. Ranging from Sumerian Cuneiform to Egyptian hieroglyphics, students not only ascertained how early writing cultivated cultural progress, but investigated unique methodologies employed to disperse ancient text, such as cylinder seals. Each student conducted independent…

Oct. 30 – Nov. 3, 2023 | JFK Secrist Gallery Dia de los Muertos Altar Display to Honor EWU Faculty and Staff The Chicana/o/x Studies Program, with support from the EWU Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and JFK Library, is hosting a Dia de los Muertos community altar display. The altar will honor EWU…

Summer Bridge at EWU, designed for incoming freshmen, provided an opportunity to explore campus, meet faculty and staff, and get an early glimpse at our amazing services, programs, and campus life! One Summer Bridge segment had the chance to sample printmaking with the EWU Art Department. These student works are on display in the JFK…

‘Sacred Spirits’ Exhibit Celebrates Cultures

May 1 through May 30, JFK Library is hosting an Asian American-Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Heritage Month display. This collection will feature books on AANHPI histories and cultures, including children’s books from the Curriculum Center. View the collection of EWU Library AANHPI resource suggestions:  https://research.ewu.edu/AANHPI For more information, please contact Qing Stellwagen at qstellwagen@ewu.edu and Steven Bingo at sbingo@ewu.edu

Visit the JFK Secrist Gallery bookshelves for a curated selection of Get Lit! authors and works from diverse poets! Now through April 26.

JFK Lobby | April 17-28, 2023 This exhibit features sixteen photographs taken by George and Frank Hirahara during their detainment at the Heart Mountain Relocation Center in Park County, Wyoming. The Hiraharas were a Japanese American family living in Yakima at the outset of World War II and were subject to mass removal along with…

EWU’s Human Library event will take place from 11 am to 1 pm at the JFK Library, on April 19, 2023. The Human Library® is designed to build a positive framework for conversations that can challenge or address stereotypes, prejudices, stigma, or taboo topics through dialogue. ‘Human Books’ are Eastern Washington University students, faculty, staff,…

Students from all EWU health sciences disciplines welcome!   So, you’ve been assigned a PICO and may be wondering where to start! Join EWU Health Sciences Librarian Kelly Evans for this informative and convenient Zoom workshop. Zoom links will be issued prior to the session.   Date: Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023 Time: 6 p.m. to…

The EWU Libraries is teaming up with the EWU Office for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion to conduct EWU’s inaugural Human Library Event on the afternoon of April 19, 2023, as part of EWU’s Diversity and Inclusion week.  First developed in Denmark, Human Library® events are designed to build a positive framework for conversations that can…