Tag: Spring/Summer 2019

Man of Sustenance

June 6, 2019

Supplies for the food pantry in boxes

A recent Eastern grad is providing a feed for those in need. More than a third of Eastern undergraduates reported being “food insecure” during the previous academic year. Arick Erechar, ’18, knows we can do more to help. The veteran of the Eastern Cheer Squad is now using his abundant energy to lead a team

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Dramatis Personæ

June 5, 2019

EWU Theatre students pose onstage

EWU students shine in theatre arts competition. Each year the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts encourages thousands of student theatrical artists to present their best work in eight regional competitions. Those who emerge on top – a mere 125 in all — win an all-expenses-paid trip to Washington, D.C. to participate in the center’s

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Remembering George William Lotzenhiser

George Lotzenhiser holding a trombone

George William Lotzenhiser, PhD, a long-time Eastern faculty member and administrator who played a key role in the academic restructuring of the institution, passed away January 26 in Spokane. He was 95. Professor Lotzenhiser was an EWU alumnus, a former dean of the university’s Division (College) of Fine Arts, and a veteran of World War

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An Eastern Kind of Person

Photo of Charlie Mutschler in front of the JFK Library

Charles V. Mutschler, interim dean of EWU Libraries, was a beloved archivist and historian. He was an Eastern person through and through. He graduated from Eastern. He worked at Eastern. He lived its history and enjoyed every minute of it. Perhaps no one knew more, or cared more, about the university’s legacy than Charles V.

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An Eagle in Frisco

Fans at the National Championship wave signs of support

Outnumbered but undaunted, a dedicated alumnus makes memories at the FCS National Championship game. By Bart Mihailovich They say that fear brings people together. Not that I was ever fearful in the sense of being terrified, but it was certainly jarring — and a little unsettling — to stumble into a swirling sea of Bison

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Union, Reborn

PUB entryway with wood panels

A recently completed renovation transforms an iconic, if unloved, Eastern edifice. By Emily Oliver On a sunny Friday last October, after nearly six years of planning and construction, a crowd of students, faculty and friends gathered beneath the soaring entryway of Eastern’s newest old structure – the rebuilt, refurbished and reimagined Pence Union Building. “The

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For the Love of Lichen

June 4, 2019

Closeup of lichen attached to tree bark

Thanks to an intrepid Eastern researcher, an ‘odd organism’ gets its turn in the spotlight. By Charles E. Reineke She is a renowned star of stage and screen, a media mogul and philanthropist. It is a previously unidentified “symbiotic organism formed by close cooperation between a fungus and an alga.” Now, thanks in part to

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Breaking Through

Chris Patterson against a background of murals

Chris Patterson wasn’t supposed to survive the streets of Spokane. Now he’s helping others stay off them. By Dave Meany The words left quite an impression on the young Chris Patterson. They stand out as one of those pivotal life moments many of us look back on as a possible turning point. Only this wasn’t

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