Category: Alumni Profiles

David Riley spent almost a decade as an EWU assistant. Now it’s his turn to lead.   David Riley ’13, a longtime EWU assistant, on March 25 was named to succeed his former boss, Shantay Legans, as the new head coach of the Eagles men’s basketball team. The upcoming 2021-22 season will be Riley’s 11th…

This spring, Eagle nation gathered — virtually, of course — to honor the remarkable accomplishments of five awesome alumni. By Charles E. Reineke   Lifetime Achievement Award Rick Romero ’78, ’93, a former associated vice president of business services at EWU and director of strategic planning for the city of Spokane, was the EWU Alumni…

The Cheney Depot, long the gateway to EWU, is on the move     Even after the advent of the automobile, passenger trains remained the conveyance of choice for generations of Eastern students traveling to and from Cheney. As train travel was eclipsed by more modern forms of transportation, the rail depot fell into disuse…

A recent EWU grad is poised to make his mark on biochemistry By Leilah Langley John Vant ’18 would be the first to admit that his decision to attend Eastern Washington University had little to do with academics. The Montana native, now 26, says he enrolled at Eastern mostly because the university’s rec center had…

Give back to EWU on your own terms, while helping next-generation professionals. By EWU Alumni Association For Eastern students and recent alumni looking to embark on a new career, few assets are more rewarding than the advice of someone who’s successfully accomplished this goal. That’s why EWU’s Office of Alumni Relations and the Career Center…

In February, EWU hosted the USA National Curling Championships. By Eastern Magazine Back in February, just weeks before the coronavirus upended athletic competitions across the globe, the EWU Recreation Center for the first time played host to the USA Curling National Championships. The weeklong competition featured the nation’s top men’s and women’s curling sides, each…

Eastern Graduates Are at the Heart of Spokane’s Coronavirus Response By Charles E. Reineke It is not glamorous work. The days are long, often exhausting: there are phone calls, data analyses, site visits, isolation interventions, testing, more testing, and messaging that urges, sometimes pleads, with residents to “wash your hands, maintain social distance, wear masks,…

Noelle Covarrubias left Eastern, but dreamed of returning. A new online degree program is making it happen. By Eastern Magazine She was a sophomore studying at Eastern when her family in the Tri-Cities decided to relocate to the Midwest. When Noelle Covarrubias, a talented vocalist and music performance major, got the news, she was torn.…

An alumnus craftsman and his wife present Eastern with a tuneful, long-lived contribution. By Eastern Magazine Lynn Nelson ’69 is a luthier; i.e., a maker of stringed musical instruments. During a Thanksgiving event in Hargreaves Hall earlier this year, Lynn and his wife, Gail, presented the university with a gift as unique as it was…

The Hawaiian word lokahi, roughly defined, means “balanced, unified and harmonious.” For Michelle Horton ’10, and others who call the Aloha State home, the term is often deployed to describe the sort of benevolent, communitarian way of living that they and their neighbors aspire to perfect.