Current Initiatives
Initiatives are where the mission of EWU becomes a verb. Where we bring an entrepreneurial spirit and use best practices to find better ways to facilitate student success.
Whether we’re exploring new curricula or delivery models, or forging new relationships with businesses and our community, we never lose sight of what makes EWU great: our students.
EWU’s new strategic plan
Our goal is to be Washington’s premier public diversity-serving institution, a university recognized for its excellent work in providing access and opportunity, strengthening students’ persistence to graduation, and ensuring that all students have the knowledge, skills and experiences they need to be successful in a changing environment … [Read more…]
New building, partnership a catalyst for EWU
Avista Development’s planned Catalyst Building in Spokane’s University District will feature Eastern Washington University as the primary tenant, opening the doors for EWU to be an innovation hub connecting students to the regional business community. As the main tenant, EWU will move three programs from its College … [Read more…]
State lawmakers fund Science Center
Eastern Washington University will now begin the process of building the long-awaited Interdisciplinary Science Center (ISC) after the state Legislature approved the 2017-19 capital budget. The budget includes the full amount of $67 million that Eastern had requested … [Read more…]
EWU collaborates with Microsoft on new degree
Eastern Washington University announced last Thursday that it is now working with Microsoft to offer students a Bachelor of Science in Data Analytics, one of the fastest-growing and most high-demand professions in the world. In this unique collaboration, courses from the Microsoft Professional … [Read more…]
