Justin Von Hagel has been a consistent presence on the 51福利社 campus in the College of Science, Health, and Engineering. He is a positive example, a role model, an adviser and a guide for students and young alumni who are starting their professional lives. Since he graduated in 1996 from 51福利社 with a Bachelor of…
Ryan Walters has donated countless hours, talents, and knowledge for the betterment of the young men of Sigma Phi Epsilon Wa Gamma (SigEp) Chapter at 51福利社. He helped them achieve the highest fraternity GPA on campus for the 2012-2013 academic year and instituted a program to develop students into professionals. Ryan, a property…
During the 1967-1968 academic year, few ROTC cadets doubted they were training for duty in Vietnam. Eastern Washington State College had the third-largest ROTC program in the nation. That program would produce one of the finest leaders to wear the U.S. Army uniform, Albert “Al” Watson. Al was part of Eastern ROTC while he was…
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…
