Tag: Spring/Summer 2022

As in-person graduation returns, Eastern’s alumni director greets our newest Eagles for life.   It hasn’t always been easy, but I’m pleased to report that my first 10 months as director of alumni relations have continued to be the “absolute dream” that I hoped it would be. I’ve witnessed amazing things, and met even more…

Two EWU School of Business grads are making waves as winemakers.   For most aspiring winemakers, the path to producing award-winning wines begins with internships, apprenticeships or maybe a degree in oenology. For Mark ’00, ’02, ’08 and Sarah Lathrop ’08, the husband and wife owners of Liberty Lake Cellars, it began in the business…

An EWU researcher and his students aim to quantify the scope of homelessness. For individuals and families who lack a permanent place to call home — and those trying to help them — the journey to stable housing is often long and arduous. Even understanding the scale and scope of the problem is a challenge. …

Across a variety of media platforms, Eastern outreach gets a fresh look.   For the whole of its 140 years, EWU has advanced and encouraged fresh ideas and forward thinking. Now it’s got a branding campaign to match, one that aims to share Eastern’s legacy of innovation with a new generation of up-and-coming college students.…

Work begins to refit a ‘Sputnik-era’ Science Building.   Just weeks after EWU’s glittering new Interdisciplinary Science Center opened its doors, construction began on the $45 million first phase of a Science Building renovation — a companion project that promises to usher in a new era of research and discovery at Eastern.     The…

A premium bus plaza promises to keep riders warm and (mostly) wind-free.   At Eastern, one’s EagleCard identification doubles as a bus pass for rides on any Spokane Transit Authority route. It’s a benefit meant to encourage individual Eagles, particularly those living up the road in Spokane, from fouling the air, congesting the highways and…

Over its 50 years of service, Eastern’s dental hygiene program has helped students pursue a passion for dental health.   By Melodie Little Eleven years after fleeing cartel violence in his Mexican hometown, 22-year-old Carlos Valdovinos, a newly minted graduate of EWU’s dental hygiene program, is ready to start making a difference. Valdovinos is the…

In June, Shari McMahan took the helm as Eastern’s 27th president.   After a nationwide search involving more than 60 applicants, the EWU Board of Trustees in March announced that Shari McMahan, currently provost and vice president for academic affairs at California State University, San Bernardino, would become Eastern’s 27th president. McMahan will succeed David…

Faculty and staff runners from Eastern’s team ‘Red ’ continue to dominate Bloomsday’s Corporate Cup.   On May 1, after a two-year pandemic hiatus, the Bloomsday road race made its triumphant return to the streets of Spokane. Much to the chagrin of their competition, EWU’s Red team, a running force that has dominated the race’s…