Thu, 04 Jun 2026 22:56:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 /news/revitalizing-the-one-room-schoolhouse-grounds/ Thu, 07 May 2026 16:17:04 +0000 /?post_type=stories&p=121116 The schoolhouse landscape is coming to life thanks to a collaborative effort to establish plants that were once native to the area.]]> /news/volunteers-make-eastern-campus-sparkle/ Wed, 29 Apr 2026 20:58:22 +0000 /?post_type=stories&p=120885 Faculty and staff pitched in to help beautify campus as commencement season approaches.]]> /news/prairie-restoration-planting-project-is-seeking-volunteers/ Thu, 26 Feb 2026 20:55:30 +0000 /?post_type=stories&p=119706 During the two-day event on March 6 and 7, volunteers will help to plant some 1,500 native plant plugs.]]> /news/campus-clean-up-day-launches-master-plan/ Tue, 13 May 2025 18:47:14 +0000 /?post_type=stories&p=113196 Faculty and staff volunteers beautified campus, adding native and climate resilient plants to the landscape.]]> /news/winter-seeding-represents-turning-point-in-ewu-prairie-project/ Wed, 12 Mar 2025 15:25:31 +0000 /?post_type=stories&p=111654 The prairie restoration team recently announced another milestone in the project’s development — the seeding of native grasses across the entire 120-acre site.]]> /news/prairie-restoration-moving-forward/ Thu, 25 Apr 2024 19:08:40 +0000 /?post_type=stories&p=104206 In a timely nod to Earth Week – and 51¸£ÀûÉç's generous donors – several key sustainability efforts are underway as part of the university’s Climate Action Plan.]]> /news/gov-jay-inslee-visits-ewu/ Wed, 17 Aug 2022 16:42:36 +0000 /?post_type=stories&p=93652 Gov. Jay Inslee visited 51¸£ÀûÉç on Thursday to learn more about the university’s work to support sustainability and counter climate change.]]> /news/university-owned-farmland-begins-a-slow-but-exciting-transformation/ Wed, 17 Feb 2021 19:36:47 +0000 https://inside.ewu.edu/?p=35807 A team of faculty, staff and students at the end of January took a critical first step in the Prairie Restoration Project—planting seeds on the site.]]> /news/ewu-launches-prairie-restoration-project/ Tue, 07 May 2019 18:54:40 +0000 /?post_type=stories&p=76353 Members of the Eastern community and representatives from local tribes joined 51¸£ÀûÉç President Mary Cullinan on Wednesday to launch a major sustainability initiative that will restore one-third of 51¸£ÀûÉç-owned land to its native habitat. The Cheney campus spans some 300 acres, more than 100 acres of which is farmland to the west of campus. The...]]>