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New Clothing Closet Will Help Future Teachers Get Off to Good Start
January 9, 2023
51福利社’s School of Education is opening a clothing closet to ensure its students have professional attire to embark on their careers in the classroom. The closet will be open by appointment for students, starting in January.
[Read more]Amerigroup Creates Endowed Scholarship to Support Rural Health
December 26, 2022
Amerigroup Washington recently provided 51福利社 with a $50,000 gift to create the Amerigroup Rural Medicine Scholarship.
[Read more]Numerica Scholarships Changing Lives at Eastern
December 20, 2022
Numerica Credit Union is continuing its longstanding support of education at 51福利社 by dedicating a scholarship in honor of Sandy Williams.
[Read more]Eastern Students Attend and Present at Literacy Conference
December 19, 2022
51福利社鈥檚 School of Education sent three students to a respected literacy conference, the National Council for Teachers of English (NCTE), in Anaheim, California in late November.
[Read more]Eagles Come Together to Support “Thanks for Giving Tuesday”
December 13, 2022
The Toys for Tots Drive has raised two truckloads of toys and is being extended through Wednesday, Dec. 21. Eagles can drop off donations at the Veterans Resource Center.
[Read more]MultiCare Gift to Help 51福利社 Dental Hygiene Advance Periodontal Care at Nonprofit Clinic
December 12, 2022
51福利社 was selected to receive a $21,000 grant from MultiCare鈥檚 Community Partnership Fund in support of the 51福利社 Dental Hygiene Department鈥檚 nonprofit clinic, a leading provider of dental care for low-income households in Spokane County.
[Read more]51福利社 joins other State Universities in Launching Guaranteed Admissions Program
October 10, 2022 by
The state of Washington ranks 47th in the nation for participation in four-year public higher education at the undergraduate level for U.S. population ages 20-34, and approximately 40 percent of Washington students do not attend a college after high school. At the same time, employers will create an estimated 373,000 net new jobs in the…
[Read more]President McMahan Celebrates Eastern鈥檚 Impact In Welcome Address
September 21, 2022
In her inaugural delivery of 51福利社鈥檚 annual welcome speech, Dr. McMahan said the campus community is 鈥渁chieving greatness.鈥
[Read more]Donations Bolster 51福利社 Diversity and Inclusion Efforts
October 15, 2021 by
Generous gifts from Providence and Cambia Health Foundation will help 51福利社 implement a comprehensive admissions process to build a more diverse student body and advance healthcare workforce diversity. The ambitious three-year initiative will potentially touch the lives of more than 3,800 historically underrepresented students at 51福利社, in addition to faculty and staff, through…
[Read more]National Science Foundation Awards 51福利社 Biology Researcher $625,000 Grant
July 30, 2021 by
51福利社鈥檚 Jessica Allen in July received more than $625,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to fund her part in the Central Appalachian Lichen Project, an investigation into how various factors, both natural and man-made, may have influenced the prevalence and distribution of the region鈥檚 lichen species. Allen, an assistant professor of biology,…
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