Category: University

The EWU in the High School Program at Eastern Washington University is one of 19 college and university programs nationwide to be granted first-time accreditation from the National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships (NACEP). There are just over 100 accredited concurrent enrollment programs in 22 states across the country. Concurrent enrollment allows colleges and universities…

During his time at Eastern (1959-1983), he touched the lives of many students with passionate and engaging journalism classes.

It’s a research project more than a half-century in the making. A group of Eastern Washington University Master of Public Health (MPH) students is collaborating with medical students from a university in Bogotá, Colombia, to help the South American country recover from 50 years of civil war. The students will assess how to best deliver…

Four years ago, alumni of the Zeta Nu chapter of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity agreed to set out on a philanthropic endeavor to give back to the university that helped bring them together more than half a century ago. The brothers set a target goal of raising a quarter of a million dollars for…

When asked to reflect on his 15 years as a member of the Eastern Washington University Board of Trustees, Paul Tanaka’s thoughts go to the first-year students now on campus. “Some of this year’s freshman class were only four or five years old when I started,” states Tanaka. “Aside from making me feel very old,…

Carmen Nezat, PhD and EWU associate professor of geology, volunteered at GeoGirls, an outdoor volcano science program at Mount St. Helens to learn about volcanoes and the technology that scientists use to monitor them.

Sarah Keller never understood why people hated Mondays. She has always had a perfectly good time at work, teaching within the anthropology program she created in 1966. However, the academic journey for Keller – EWU’s most senior faculty – has now ended after 51 years at the university. As a young woman growing up in…

What began as an experimental course for business and marketing education students, has transformed into one of the hottest courses on campus. It has also given EWU students a leg-up in the job market. BUED 376 is a five-credit, online elective, open to all EWU students with junior standing. There are no books, three instructors…

Today is Day 102 of the 2017 Regular Session. 3 days to go! And…budget negotiations between the two chambers are at a standstill. We expect the legislature to adjourn on Sunday without a budget and for the Governor to immediately call the first special session. So, while budget negotiators are holed up in the capitol…

The author of a groundbreaking book on animal intelligence will share his innovative research as part of The President’s Forum for Critical Thought presented by the Daniel and Margaret Carper Foundation at Eastern Washington University on Tuesday, April 25. Frans de Waal, PhD, is a Dutch/American biologist and one of the world’s best-known primatologists. During…