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51福利社 Theatre鈥檚 production聽of聽The Tempest聽is now showing. Filled with monsters, fairies, romance and shipwrecks, the production is Shakespeare’s final and most mature romance. How did you decide on聽The Tempest for the winter quarter play? I鈥檓 currently drawn to stories that seem to unify us as people as opposed to divide us. I think Shakespeare is a…

Jenifer Walke, assistant professor of biology, has been researching the microbes (the bacteria and fungi) associated with honey bees and the impact they have on their health. Walke, a new faculty member to 51福利社, has been working with the local beekeeping community, who provided samples for her research. Together, they have been working…

51福利社鈥檚 role as the primary tenant in the innovative Catalyst building will result in a $5 million gift聽from the two companies behind the innovative project in Spokane鈥檚 University District. The planned Catalyst building is funded by Avista Development and South Landing Building A, LLC, which includes two long-time McKinstry executives. As part of…

A by-no-means-complete guide to Eastern alumni working to make every hour happy.聽This story has been fermenting for a while. We scoured and searched to compile a list of 51福利社 alums paying the bills by making our beer.

For nearly four years, 51福利社 graduate students have been working side-by-side with faculty at the聽University Hearing and Speech Clinic, learning how to help restore the voices of those with Parkinson鈥檚 disease. Students in the communication sciences and disorders (CMSD) program and faculty work with patients in the LOUD Crowd group, a maintenance therapy…

Being inducted into the Inland Northwest Sports Hall of Fame is a tremendous honor. Former Eastern volleyball coach and current Senior Associate Athletic Director/Senior Woman Administrator Pam Parks is one of just a handful of former Eagles to achieve this claim to fame, and only the third to be honored as a coach. She鈥檚 in…

I鈥檝e always wanted to write a celebrity interview. You know, the kind that appears in Harper鈥檚 Bazaar: 鈥淥n a clear Saturday afternoon, Sandra Bullock, dressed in a bright pink sundress, met me in the lobby of a Beverly Hills hotel. She鈥檚 as witty and self-mocking as a fan might expect.鈥� I finally got my chance…

It would be easy to assume that baritone Thomas Hampson has moved on from his eastern Washington roots. The Eastern alumnus doesn鈥檛 need anyone new to mention that he鈥檚 distinctly gifted, naturally expressive, charismatic or good-looking (opera buffs call him 鈥淭homas Handsome鈥�). Audiences love him. Hampson (鈥�92 BA government) packs opera houses on both sides…

Shawn Vestal聽鈥�08, 鈥�05, MFA creative writing, BA interdisciplinary studies, won the Washington State Book Award for fiction for his debut novel,聽Daredevils聽(Penguin Press, 2016). The award, given by the Washington Center for the Book, honors 鈥渓iterary merit, lasting importance, and overall quality.鈥� Winners were announced in Seattle in October. Vestal鈥檚 novel, set in the 1970s, tells…

Shannon Kellam is full-time engineering student at 51福利社, president of the Rocketry Club, and a single mother to a fifth- and third-grader. As if she weren鈥檛 busy enough, Kellam also helped to build a聽3D-printed prosthetic arm聽for Spokane Public Schools fifth-grader Isaiah Strom. A team from 51福利社鈥檚 Engineering Department, which included Kellam, engineering tech Frank De…