Category: Students

Create a lasting memory and support future students’ success! Purchase a brick in Showalter’s historic walk. 2024 graduates can purchase a brick for $100 (that’s 50% off!). Customize your brick’s message and see it come to life in front of Showalter Hall later this summer. Deadline to order is June 26, 2024. Preview bricks here…

Mayra Velazquez’s work in partnership with Latinos en Spokane is improving life for Spokane’s Latino community.

Student employees were treated to pizza and plenty of gratitude for National Student Employee Recognition Week.

Sanai Maraire was recently named as a President’s Student Civic Leadership Award winner for her work planning the inaugural “MLK Day of Service: Empowerment Through Action” conference.

EWU computer science students are once again heading to nationals this spring after taking first place in the Northwest regional of a major national cyber competition. Last year, EWU Cyber Defenders won the national games after an eight-hour battle involving real-world scenarios over teams from universities like Syracuse, Florida and Cal State Polytechnic. To win the…

College life can be both exciting and challenging. This can especially be true as your student navigates alcohol and substance use when they come to college. Alcohol, cannabis, and Adderall are the most commonly misused substances on college campuses.   One of the resources available to students at EWU is the Eagles for Recovery program. Eagles…

Pianist Hilary Baird has a Cinderella story that leads to Berklee College of Music – and a path to make a difference for individuals with disabilities.

PLUS is housed in the JFK library.  We service both the Cheney and Spokane campus’ including quarter and semester programs. We are proud to have been serving EWU students for 32 years.   PLUS provides FREE academic support services in the form of Tutoring (small group, online e-Tutoring, Drop-In Tutoring and Virtual Reality Tutoring embedded in…

Imagine it’s 1:30 AM on a Saturday night, the phone rings, and your student whispers on the other end – “Mom, I got in trouble.” Despite your best efforts to guide your student, sometimes they make poor choices. The goal of this blog is to prepare you with resources and information to take some of…

Aspire near-peer mentoring is a budding mentoring program based out of Eastern Washington University. Aspire partners EWU undergraduates with underrepresented and underserved high school students in Spokane County. They work to assist students in developing clear objectives to reach after high school, and prepare for success. Undergraduate mentors share their personal experiences, guidance, support, and…