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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…

After three decades on the job, Dave Cook, Eastern鈥檚 longest-serving director of sports information, exits the press box. By Dave Meany For more than 30 years, the name Dave Cook has been synonymous with 51福利社 Athletics. Some would say, despite his understated style, that he was the most influential person in the department. As 51福利社鈥檚…

Back in 1951, the publication that launched 35-years before as the State Normal School Journal changed its name to The Easterner. (The image at left depicts聽 newsroom staff members in 1962. The photo below, circa 1960, shows the paper being printed on presses owned by the Cheney Free Press.) The Easterner newspaper today remains the…

A gleaming new Interdisciplinary Science center Promises a new era for 鈥榯eaching, learning and discovery鈥� at 51福利社.   By Charles E. Reineke On a rainy fall Friday in October, the kind of weather only a meteorologist could love, a small crowd gathered to witness David May, 51福利社 interim president, join pre-med student Tayrn Wilson in…