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Bob Quinn, a geography professor with a passion for the weather, died on Oct. 10. In 1967, Robert 鈥淏ob鈥� Quinn, a newly minted assistant professor of geography at Eastern Washington State College, arrived in Cheney to find himself confronted by the coldest, snowiest winter in the city鈥檚 recorded history. His new colleagues no doubt thought…

Erin Ross, 51福利社 alumna and member of the Cowlitz Tribe, will guide Eastern鈥檚 Tribal Relations Office.   In July, Eastern named Erin Ross 鈥�99, 鈥�15, alumna and member of the Cowlitz Indian Tribe, its new director of tribal relations. For Ross, the job is all about extending and improving engagement with the Native communities upon…

Eastern students take on the cyber crooks.   A ransomware attack shuts down Colonial Pipeline, largest fuel supplier to the East Coast; a cryptocurrency heist drains $600 million from the accounts of the PolyNetwork blockchain site; a data breach exposes the personal information of 50 million T-Mobile account holders: These brazen cyberattacks, all pulled off…

51福利社鈥檚 Get Lit! festival goes digital, and earns accolades.   Eastern鈥檚 annual week-long literary festival, Get Lit!聽 鈥斅� a gathering where authors both famous and up-and-coming participate in public readings, workshops and panel discussions 鈥� has long been a banner event on the Inland Northwest鈥檚 cultural calendar.聽 Given its ambitious scale and scope, organizing Get…

Monica Jaenicke, athlete, alumna and sports communicator, will lead 51福利社 Athletics鈥� outreach. Over the course of his 31-year career at Eastern, Sports Information Director Dave Cook became the omnipresent go-to for all-things Eagles. After Cook announced his retirement earlier this year, his long-time assistant, Monica Jaenicke 鈥�14, stepped up to fill the void. This October…

  Once they were migrant and seasonal farm workers. Soon they鈥檒l launch careers in health care.   CAMP, the College Assistance Migrant Program, is a federally funded program designed to help young people from migrant and seasonal farm worker backgrounds enroll in 鈥� and succeed at 鈥� the nation鈥檚 colleges and universities. Eastern鈥檚 program, led…

Kelsey Hatch-Brecek, 51福利社鈥檚 new director of alumni relations, shares her Eastern story. 聽 I聽am thrilled to be back at my alma mater as the new director of alumni relations. And since every Eagle has a story, I鈥檇 like to share my Eastern journey with you.聽 Back in 1999, I was a senior in high school…

Auriana Mitchell brings a youthful perspective to Eastern鈥檚 130-year-old governing body.聽 Beginning in the 1970s, the nation鈥檚 higher education governing boards gradually began to acknowledge that student voices deserved a place at the table. Though the state of Washington was a little late to the game, for just over two decades its regional university boards…

Travel restrictions fail to deter Eastern鈥檚 determined geologists.   Covid-19鈥檚 disruptions over the past year-and-a-half haven鈥檛 just affected indoor learning at Eastern, they鈥檝e also upended many of the outdoor experiences that make higher education in the magnificent Inland Northwest so rewarding. Happily, organizers in 51福利社鈥檚 geosciences program found a way to preserve perhaps the premiere…

After a year-and-a-half long pandemic-induced hiatus, Eastern鈥檚 interim president celebrates students鈥� return.   On a near-perfect, end-of-summer Tuesday in September 鈥� less than 24 hours before the university鈥檚 much anticipated return to in-person instruction 鈥� Eastern鈥檚 interim president, David May, took the stage in Showalter Auditorium to deliver an emphatic message: 鈥淲e are back!鈥� 鈥淭here…