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Numerica Credit Union is continuing its longstanding support of education at Eastern Washington University by dedicating a scholarship in honor of Sandy Williams.

EWU’s School of Education sent three students to a respected literacy conference, the National Council for Teachers of English (NCTE), in Anaheim, California in late November.

The Toys for Tots Drive has raised two truckloads of toys and is being extended through Wednesday, Dec. 21. Eagles can drop off donations at the Veterans Resource Center.

Eastern Washington University was selected to receive a $21,000 grant from MultiCare’s Community Partnership Fund in support of the EWU Dental Hygiene Department’s nonprofit clinic, a leading provider of dental care for low-income households in Spokane County.

The state of Washington ranks 47th in the nation for participation in four-year public higher education at the undergraduate level for U.S. population ages 20-34, and approximately 40 percent of Washington students do not attend a college after high school. At the same time, employers will create an estimated 373,000 net new jobs in the…

In her inaugural delivery of EWU’s annual welcome speech, Dr. McMahan said the campus community is “achieving greatness.”

Generous gifts from Providence and Cambia Health Foundation will help Eastern Washington University implement a comprehensive admissions process to build a more diverse student body and advance healthcare workforce diversity. The ambitious three-year initiative will potentially touch the lives of more than 3,800 historically underrepresented students at EWU, in addition to faculty and staff, through…

Eastern Washington University’s Jessica Allen in July received more than $625,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to fund her part in the Central Appalachian Lichen Project, an investigation into how various factors, both natural and man-made, may have influenced the prevalence and distribution of the region’s lichen species. Allen, an assistant professor of biology,…

Lauren Stachowiak, an assistant professor of Geosciences at EWU, is an expert on wildfire activity and how climate change has impacted fire behavior.  Appearing on “Experts @ EWU” on Spokane Talks, she points out how recent fires in the region are prime example of Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) and how we all need to be ‘fire-wise.’ …

Eastern Washington University (EWU) has announced the expansion of its online portfolio of graduate degrees supported by Academic Partnerships (AP) beginning fall 2021. In accordance with EWU’s core themes of its mission of access, learning and completion, these new offerings will complement the existing portfolio of 18 AP-supported EWU programs in education, accounting and business.…