Category: Social Impact
Exploring Music Therapy Partnership to Welcome First-Year Native Students
April 11, 2019 by David Meany
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Story from The Inlander: Growing up on the Nez Perce Reservation, Rickey “Deekon” Jones became accustomed to living among a…
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Honey Bee Research leads to Prestigious NSF Grant
October 9, 2018 by David Meany
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An Eastern Washington University biology instructor exploring ways to protect one of nature’s most important pollinators, the honey bee, has…
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EWU Takes Sustainability Seriously
September 18, 2018 by Emily Oliver
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… But who says saving the environment can’t be fun? Taking advantage of the warm weather on Aug. 7, the…
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Prestigious Summer Assignment for EWU Professor
May 9, 2018 by David Meany
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CHENEY, Washington – Eastern Washington University Associate Professor Gina Mikel Petrie, PhD, has been selected by the U.S. Department of…
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Campus garden continues to grow
April 17, 2018 by eastern247
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The EWU Office of Sustainability has gotten a head start on their crops for the campus garden this spring. In…
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Faculty Research Seeks Honey Bee-Friendly Campus
March 29, 2018 by eastern247
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Jenifer Walke, assistant professor of biology, has been researching the microbes (the bacteria and fungi) associated with honey bees and…
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EWU kicks off year with community service
October 20, 2017 by eastern247
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Eastern Washington University faculty, staff and students – many of them new to campus – started the 2017 academic year…
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Planting roots with outdoor education
by eastern247
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Eastern Washington University education students teamed up with 150 seventh graders from Cheney Middle School to plant more than 560…
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Educational, service-based trip to Ghana
September 8, 2017 by eastern247
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Romel Mackelprang has a rule for all of the students on his faculty-led study abroad program to Ghana: you can…
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EWU inspires students to ‘Dare to Dream’
by eastern247
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This week, the Dare to Dream Academy returns to EWU’s campus to provide migrant high school students a glimpse of…
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