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Highlights of Giving Joy Day 2025

April 8, 2025

Leaders of the four colleges sitting on a stage at the Catalyst playing the "date-able" game.

The Eagle community stepped up to make gifts of all sizes, with some 368 university supporters joining in to make a difference.

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Bill Youngs’ Gift Supports Students and National Parks

April 3, 2025

Bill Youngs pictured at a National Park with two graduate students.

Youngs’ Giving Joy Day gift will support applied learning and career development for students who are passionate about public lands.

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Music Scholarship Supports Student’s Goals

March 25, 2025

Cole Featherstone playing the upright bass.

Cole Featherstone, a sophomore music education major, plans to share his expertise with the next generation of orchestral musicians.

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Winter Seeding Represents ‘Turning Point’ in EWU Prairie Project

March 12, 2025

Colored flags show EWU prairie seeding sites.

The prairie restoration team recently announced another milestone in the project’s development — the seeding of native grasses across the entire 120-acre site.

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Civic Leadership Award Recipient is Moving People Forward

March 5, 2025

Photo of Steven McCray with his daughter, Charlotte, age 6, sitting on his lap.

Future social worker Steven McCray is working to improve conditions for people dealing with hardships.

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Student Civic Leadership Award Recipient is Changing Lives

March 3, 2025

Photo of Madilyn Fisher leaning on a railing with stairs in the background.

Receiving a scholarship is helping Madilyn Rosaline Fisher put her efforts into a practicum that supports her goal of becoming a social worker.

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Geosciences’ Student is Grateful for Scholarships

February 28, 2025

Photo of Marilyn Smith collecting samples off of a rock slab.

Marilyn Smith is embracing applied learning while juggling two jobs and supporting a family.

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Student Shares the Joy of OT Work

February 27, 2025

Kensi Nelson is pictured outdoors with trees in the background.

Kensi Nelson is helping to spread the word that Eastern needs a scholarship fund to support its occupational therapy students.

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Future OT Awarded Latino Center for Health Fellowship

February 24, 2025

Photo of Tanya Valdenea wearing her red OT Eagle logo shirt.

Tanya Valdenea, who will graduate this spring, is passionate about occupational therapy and the potential to make a life-changing difference.

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Scholarship Recipient Poised to Change Lives

February 11, 2025

Photo of Annette.

Annette Carpenter plans to make a difference for people battling mental health conditions.

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