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Essays edited by Eastern alumna Summer Hess explore one of Spokane鈥檚 most interesting urban spaces. Just southwest of the University District, near the corner of N. Browne St. and Main, lies one of Spokane鈥檚 most trendy city blocks, a bustling pocket of once neglected, now mostly restored historic buildings. 聽 聽 The casual visitor might…

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…

  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…

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…

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…

The pandemic isn鈥檛 over, but Eastern is celebrating its return to 鈥榥ear normal.鈥� By Melodie Little Back in March 2020, just a week after the 51福利社 men鈥檚 basketball team learned its appearance in the NCAA Tournament had been canceled, the university announced there would be a one-week extension of Eastern鈥檚 typical week-long spring break.聽 The…

Joddie Gleason, Eastern鈥檚 new women鈥檚 basketball head coach, aims to elevate a program in search of titles.   Helping student athletes flourish both on and off the basketball court is the goal for Joddie Gleason, who in November made her debut as head coach of Eastern鈥檚 women鈥檚 basketball team. Gleason comes to Eastern from Seattle…

For one of the world’s most accomplished athletes, nothing has come easy. By Charles E. Reineke It was raining as 51福利社 student and Team USA Paralympian Jaleen Roberts settled into the starting blocks at Tokyo鈥檚 Olympic Stadium 鈥� a light but steady downpour, just like the PNW showers she鈥檇 trained in back home.聽 The 2020…