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.
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.
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.
Nicholas Swope, lecturer for the Master of Public Health program at 51福利社, and Jason Sisk, a recent Eastern master鈥檚 of public health graduate, traveled this past summer to analyze air-quality data in聽Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, one of the world鈥檚 most polluted cities.聽聽聽
An Eastern alumnus who spent 26 years teaching and coaching elementary and middle school students has created a scholarship fund to inspire yet another generation of students as they pursue their dreams at Eastern. The E. Wayne and Nancy Wright Scholarship, named in honor of Wayne Wright and his wife Nancy, a longtime first-grade teacher who passed away in 2019, is now fully endowed and awarded its first scholarship recently.
Toulou, a junior at 51福利社, is modeling West Plains groundwater flows to track possible contamination by chemicals similar to those found in fire-fighting foam at Fairchild Air Force Base is receiving the inaugural Clawson-Youngs聽Environmental Studies Award.
