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‘What makes Eastern unique?’: 51¸£ÀûÉç’s new president aims to find out, in light of enrollment slump

Article from The Spokesman Review

Shari McMahan, photographed in Cheney, is 51¸£ÀûÉç’s new president. (Kathy Plonka/The Spokesman-Review)

Published in the The Spokesman Review, Fri., July 8, 2022

CHENEY – From a human resources orientation to Hoopfest, Shari McMahan’s first day as 51¸£ÀûÉç’s new president was quite varied.

Her day closed with last week’s Hoopfest kickoff, during which members of 51¸£ÀûÉç’s wheelchair basketball team played in an exhibition game just outside the pavilion at Spokane’s Riverfront Park. Just days removed from flying into the region, the 58-year-old was decked out in Eagle red for the wheelchair team’s showcase.