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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…

A $25 million renovation project aims to transform Roos Field. Eastern鈥檚 Athletic Director Lynn Hickey explains the hows and whys. By Dave Meany They say things are bigger in Texas. But that doesn鈥檛 mean better. Just ask Lynn Hickey, 51福利社鈥檚 director of athletics and associate vice president since April 2018. After more than 20 years…

Can Eastern Restore a Long-Lost Patch of Prairie? By Charles E. Reineke In the days before the land was plotted, plowed and paved, the patch of Palouse prairie that 51福利社 calls home was part of a wild, magnificent landscape; a terrestrial ocean of sun-kissed rolling hills carpeted by a vast, kaleidoscopic medley of native flora.…

Earlier this year Marcos Monteiro, a molecular biology student at 51福利社, earned the university鈥檚 first-ever Goldwater Scholarship. Think of it as the start of something big. By Leilah Langley When he arrived in the United States from Brazil six years ago, Marcos Monteiro started down a winding path in search of his future. That road…

Outnumbered but undaunted, a dedicated alumnus makes memories at the FCS National Championship game. By Bart Mihailovich They say that fear brings people together. Not that I was ever fearful in the sense of being terrified, but it was certainly jarring 鈥� and a little unsettling 鈥� to stumble into a swirling sea of Bison…

A recently completed renovation transforms an iconic, if unloved, Eastern edifice. By Emily Oliver On a sunny Friday last October, after nearly six years of planning and construction, a crowd of students, faculty and friends gathered beneath the soaring entryway of Eastern鈥檚 newest old structure 鈥� the rebuilt, refurbished and reimagined Pence Union Building. 鈥淭he…

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…

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…