Category: University

  Lawrence Krauss: A Universe from Nothing Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016 1 p.m., Hargreaves Hall, Cheney EWU Campus event for students, faculty and staff 7 p.m., Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox, Spokane Doors open at 6:15 p.m. – Free public admission The EWU President’s Forum for Critical Thought is a lecture series presented by the…

President Mary Cullinan and EWU alumna Elena Calderon published a joint op-ed piece in The Seattle Times Nov. 3 on college debt, titled Don’t scare students about college debt—there are other options. “Elena Calderon is a first-generation college student who graduated from Eastern Washington University with two degrees and without debt. This isn’t the story…

Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016 1 p.m., Hargreaves Hall, Cheney – EWU Campus event for students, faculty and staff 7 p.m., Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox, Spokane – Free public admission New York Times bestselling author Jack Weatherford shares how Genghis Khan harnessed the power of religious freedom to rule the world’s largest empire in…

Story by Rosie Perry, Editor-in-Chief of The Easterner One hundred years ago on Oct. 10, EWU students produced their first weekly newspaper known as The State Normal School Journal. In 1929, they shortened their name to The Journal. Twenty-two years later in 1951, The Journal ceased publication and The Easterner resumed publication in its place.…

Hard to believe that the 2017 legislative session is right around to the corner. To help you prepare, we thought we would provide a couple of important dates that you should know in the lead up to January. Friday, September 16 – EWU submits final operating and capital budget requests to the governor (post on this…

Today is day six of the 2016 first special session. Last Thursday was the final day of the 2016 regular supplemental session. The regular session was adjourned at 9 p.m. without a budget agreement and the Governor immediately convened the first special session. The governor has authority under the Washington State Constitution to call a…

2016 Supplemental Session, Day 46 Wow! We are just two short weeks away from adjournment of the 2016 legislative session (assuming all goes well). This week we saw budgets from both the House and Senate. As we mentioned before, this is a supplemental session and is only intended for small tweaks to last year’s budgets.…

On Tuesday we welcomed President Cullinan, EWU Board Chair Murphy, two alums, two faculty members, and five students to Olympia. The purpose of the day was to brag about our excellent computer science and engineering programs with key legislators. Over the course of the day, we engaged 16 legislators and had opportunities to share who…

2016 Supplemental Legislative Session, Day 31 of 60 Yesterday was the second major cut-off of the 2016 legislative session–fiscal cut off in the house of origin. As of today, no new bills can be introduced and if they have a cost they must have been approved by the fiscal committee. This was the second substantial…

Today is day 12 of the 2016 legislative session. Yesterday, President Cullinan participated in the 2016 Greater Spokane Incorporated Olympia fly-in. We had the opportunity to hear from legislative leaders about their 2016 legislative priorities including paying for last year’s historic fire season, additional necessary investments in mental health, and continuing to identify strategies to…