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Assistance for students, staff, and faculty:

If you need assistance with an equal opportunity issue, or feel that you have been the subject of discrimination or sexual harassment, please contact:

Gayla Wright
Director of Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action, Title IX, ADA Compliance

214 Showalter Hall
Phone: 359.6874 Email: gwright@ewu.edu

Gayla Wright is EWU's Director of Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action, ADA Complaince.  She is the primary point of contact for matters related to equal opportunity, affirmative action, and discrimination.

If you feel you are in immediate danger, please call the University Police Department. At all times police assistance can be obtained by calling 509.359.6300, taking option #1 on the recorded menu or 509.535.9233 (dispatch). For emergency situations, please call 911.

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Additional Resources for students:

Students may also report an incident to the following:

Vacant
Dean of Students

320 Pence Union Building
Phone: 359-2292 Email: athompson@ewu.edu

The Dean of Students office advocates for student issues, needs and concerns; responds to emergency and crisis situations affecting students; and represents the University to various constituencies.

Terrie Ashby-Scott
Director, Undergraduate Advising

103 Sutton Hall
Phone: 359.4978 Email: tashbyscott@ewu.edu

Dr. Terrie Ashby-Scott is the Director of Undergraduate Advising.  The Undergraduate Advising Office provides advising to EWU students who are primarily undeclared, with less than 45 completed credits.

Karen Wanjico
Victim Advocate

URC 201
Phone: 359.6429 Email: advocate@ewu.edu

Karen Wanjico is Easterns' Violence Prevention Victim Advocate.  The Violence Prevention Victim Advocate (VPVA) is a resource for people who have been victimized by sexual assault, intimate partner violence or stalking. Help is available for both men and women. 

Sandy Williams
Pride Center Coordinator
LGBTQ Community Connection

105 Showalter Hall
Phone: 359.7870 Email: The EWU Pride Center

The Eagle Pride Center provides information and support for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) community and their allies at Eastern.

DSS
Disability Support Services

124 Tawanka Commons
Phone: 359.6871 Email: dss@ewu.edu

The Office of Disability Support Services is dedicated to the coordination of appropriate and reasonable accommodations for students with disabilities that are based upon individual needs, so that each student may receive an equal opportunity to learn, to participate in campus life, and to grow emotionally and socially, and to successfully complete a program of study that will enable them to be self supporting while remaining as independent as possible. This is facilitated through support services, information sharing, advisement, and referral when requested.

CAPS
Counseling and Psychological Services

225 Martin Hall
Phone: 359.2366

Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) offers individual counseling for any student who wants to explore personal concerns one-to-one with a therapist.  Concerns vary from coping with the challenges of college life to more severe emotional and interpersonal problems.