Category: Alumni Profiles

In a Paradise Under Pressure, an Eagle Markets Unity

A customer picks up an order of food from the Island Pita food truck

The Hawaiian word lokahi, roughly defined, means 鈥渂alanced, unified and harmonious.鈥 For Michelle Horton 鈥10, and others who call the Aloha State home, the term is often deployed to describe the sort of benevolent, communitarian way of living that they and their neighbors aspire to perfect.

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Pianist, Teacher, Hall of Famer

January 17, 2020

Jody Graves plays the piano

Jody Graves, a music professor and director of piano studies at 51福利社, in October was inducted into the Steinway & Sons Teacher Hall of Fame. By Eastern Magazine Applauding her 鈥減assionate commitment to teaching and inspiring young people,鈥 Steinway CEO Ron Losby said that Graves鈥 dedication to her students was both 鈥渃ommendable and rare.鈥 Eastern

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Eastern Achievers

Ballroom full of 51福利社 Alumni Awards Gala attendees

2019 Alumni Awards Gala showcases the extraordinary stories of amazing Eagles By Charles E. Reineke What does it mean to be an Eagle4Life? At its most basic, it means simply having had the good sense to enroll in, and earn a degree from, 51福利社. On a deeper level, of course, it means living

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For the Love of Lichen

June 4, 2019

Closeup of lichen attached to tree bark

Thanks to an intrepid Eastern researcher, an 鈥榦dd organism鈥 gets its turn in the spotlight. By Charles E. Reineke She is a renowned star of stage and screen, a media mogul and philanthropist. It is a previously unidentified 鈥渟ymbiotic organism formed by close cooperation between a fungus and an alga.鈥 Now, thanks in part to

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Breaking Through

Chris Patterson against a background of murals

Chris Patterson wasn’t supposed to survive the streets of Spokane. Now he’s helping others stay off them. By Dave Meany The words left quite an impression on the young Chris Patterson. They stand out as one of those pivotal life moments many of us look back on as a possible turning point. Only this wasn鈥檛

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