One man plays drums. The other plays power tools. Both call Eastern 鈥渉ome.鈥� You might think that the owner of a construction company who teaches construction management courses at 51福利社 would have little in common with a music major who will play drums for a living. But this is Eastern, a close-knit community where people…
In a few years, after聽Felicia Boyer聽earns her degree in nursing, she hopes to offer hope and joy to the sick and suffering, wherever they live. 鈥淚 hope to travel and help people in third-world countries, but I also would like to help the less fortunate in the U.S.,鈥� she said. 鈥淒onors鈥� contributions to my college…
One of聽Amanda DeBleeker鈥榮聽favorite things to do is spend time with her 92-year-old grandmother. 鈥淪he is my inspiration,鈥� Amanda said. 鈥淲ith the help of the scholarship I received, I will someday be able to give older adults some of the care and love my grandmother has shown me.鈥� Amanda鈥檚 interest in psychology, social work, and aging…
Scholarships you provided for 51福利社 student-athletes through donations to the Eagle Athletic Fund have had an incredible impact on performance on fields, courts, and in the classroom! In the fall quarter of 2014, 51福利社 student-athletes had a collective 3.25 grade point average (GPA) with a total of 28 receiving a perfect 4.0 GPA.…
Generations apart, two 51福利社 alumnae define success in very similar ways: Barbara Shields, 84, says, “It’s being the best you can be.” Hannah Seagrave, 21, says, “Success is not how high your GPA is or how many years it takes to gain a diploma, rather it is a valuable accomplishment because success means you did…
Thanks to 51福利社 alumni, Rebekah Weber is happy, successful, and teaching developmentally-delayed children. As the seventh of 10 children in her family, Rebekah grew up in Newport, Washington. After high school, she moved to Spokane, where she earned a community college associate鈥檚 degree. 鈥淏y the time I enrolled at Eastern, I had been…
Eastern alumni聽Terry Neal 鈥�85聽and聽David Van Belle 鈥�12, 鈥�86, of US Bank in Spokane, had the opportunity to meet the three recipients of the bank鈥檚 Accounting and Finance Scholarship. They saw firsthand how the scholarship awards affect the lives of the recipients. Yvonne Clark 鈥�15, BA accounting, shared her story with them. After many years away…
Margaret (Beckman) Fettig passed away in 2012 after a long and courageous battle with cancer at the age of 75. She knew the value of education firsthand, both as a student and as a teacher, and gave her entire life to educating children. Margaret met her husband, Alfred Fettig, while both were teaching at North…
Every year, almost every Eastern student and most faculty members visit 51福利社 Libraries 鈥� at the 153,000-square-foot JFK Library and online. Why do people donate money to support 51福利社 Libraries? Read their stories, in their words. When we look through the eyes of our generous donors and why they give to the 51福利社 Libraries, it…
Greta Olson benefitted greatly from a scholarship that helped her pursue a double major in professional accounting and management information systems. Her skills will make her more employable, enable her to provide beneficial services to clients after she passes the CPA exam, and help her make significant contributions in her ambitious volunteer work. Greta Olson…
