Oldest EWU Alumnus Enrolls in Life-109
Stuttering Program Featured on PBS
Chicano Education Program Honors Students, Family at Annual Reception
EWU Honors Faculty on Founder's Day
Distinguished Alumnus Award to Michael Green
Child Care Center Officially Opens
EWU's Dual Named New Provost Vice President for Academic Affairs
Seahawks Come to EWU

Oldest EWU Alumnus Enrolls in Life-109

Johnson transferred to Eastern in 1972 from Mt. Hood Community College on a wrestling scholarship. He majored in speech pathology with a minor in psychology. He also was a photographer for the Easterner and worked some photography jobs while attending Eastern.

"I shot a lot of film at Expo '74 in Spokane, so that provided good experience."

After graduating in 1975, he taught in special education for 15 years and coached wrestling in the Port Townsend area. At one time, he ran four wrestling camps and was into the sport in a big way. In the late '80's he even took a wrestling team to compete in mainland China, the first such team to go there. Throughout this period, his love for photography continued to grow, and he even started a photography curriculum in Port Townsend schools.

Stuttering Program Featured on PBS

A one-hour television program about Eastern's Successful Stuttering Management Program Workshop was aired on April 22 on KSPS-TV Channel 7.

The PBS program "Right Here, Right Now" was the result of more than 100 hours of video taken at the summer workshop on the EWU campus in 1997. The program follows a program participant from Pittsburgh, a certified school psychologist who had completed her Ph.D. dissertation but needed to do her oral defense. What stood in her way was a lifelong stuttering problem.

The Successful Stuttering Management Program Workshop was established as Eastern in 1963 by Dorvan Breitenfeldt, communication disorders professor emeritus, and remains unique in the nation, although the program has been exported to a few other locations.

Chicano Education Program Honors Students, Family at Annual Reception

Sixteen EWU students and a Mattawa, Wash. family that sent five children through EWU were honored Saturday, April 8, at the 2nd Annual EWU Chicano Education Program (CEP) Alumni & Scholarship Reception. Sixteen students received CEP awards totaling $20,250. Guadalupe Rodriguez and Santiago Iniguez of Mattawa were honored by the EWU Chicano Alumni Association for their commitment to education. A farm working couple, they sent five children through Eastern and represent many other Chicano/Latino families who have worked hard to provide educational opportunities for their children, said Carlos Maldonado, director of the EWU Chicano Education Program.

EWU Honors Faculty on Founder's Day

Eastern Washington University celebrated its founding in April 1882 by honoring special faculty at a Founder's Day Convocation on Thursday, April 13.

Peter A. Dual, Eastern's new vice president for Academic Affairs and provost, was keynote speaker and discussed his vision for the university.

Awards to be presented and their recipients were:

• Trustees Medal for outstanding scholarship and interdisciplinary instruction to Yves Nievergelt, professor of mathematics.
• ASEWU Faculty of the Year Award to Michael Folsom, professor of geography/anthropology.
• Six faculty members received Dean's Awards for excellence in teaching. Each award was accompanied by a check for $1,000, underwritten by CenturyTel.
  • Arne Sippola, professor of education, from the EWU College of Education and Human Development;
  • Douglas V. Orr, associate professor of economics, from the EWU College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences;
  • Thomas Mullin, association professor of electronic media & film, from the EWU College of Letters Arts and Social Sciences;
  • Ross Black, associate professor of biology, from the EWU College of Science, Mathematics and Technology
  • Robert Neubauer, professor of social work, from the Inland Empire School of Social Work;
  • Larry Luton, professor of public administration, from the EWU College of Business and Public Administration.

Faculty emeritus status was awarded to several faculty members who have retired or are retiring this year. The title is bestowed on those faculty members who have been judged by their peers to have served with distinction.

Distinguished Alumnus Award to Michael Green

Dr. Michael Green is one of those rare individuals considered to be fixtures in their academic departments and across campus. For the past 33 years, Green has taught virtually every offering in the Department of History at Eastern. He also was regularly chosen by students over the years as the professor most respected and appreciated.

During Founder's Day ceremonies at Eastern in April, Green was presented with the Distinguished Alumnus Award by the EWU Alumni Association.

As a mentor for graduate students, Green has taught nearly 100 master of arts candidates over the past 30 years, and served as chair or member of the orals committee of most of them.

Dr. Green received his bachelor's degree in history in 1960, then went on to pursue graduate studies in history at the University of Idaho, where he completed both his master's and Ph.D. degrees.

Child Care Center Officially Opens

On April 14, more than 100 people joined Stephen M. Jordan, president of Eastern at an open house for Eastern's new Children's Center.

Senator Lisa Brown of Spokane, vice chair of Washington's Senate Ways & Means Committee, was the featured speaker.

The facility, managed by the YMCA of the Inland Northwest, opened its doors in January. It provides full- and part-time care for approximately 100 children, 85 percent of whom are the children of Eastern students. The Associated Students of EWU contributes funds to the Children's Center to help reduce child care costs for students.

There is also a state-funded Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program (ECEAP) onsite for 4-year-olds from low-income families.

Eastern has a large population of students with children and the Children's Center has been recognized as a major step toward filling their need for reliable child care while they attend classes.

The April 14 grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony included a musical performance by the children of the Center, tours of the facility given by the children and refreshments.

EWU's Dual Named New Provost Vice President for Academic Affairs

CHENEY, Wash. – Peter A. Dual has accepted the position of Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Eastern Washington University, effective April 1. Dual will also serve as full professor. Dual, 54, Executive Associate for Academic Affairs and Leadership Development at California State Polytechnic University-Pomona, was chosen from among three finalists nationally for the position. He has held appointments across the range of academic institutions – academic health centers, regional universities and research institutions.

"I believe he brings the right balance to our university," said Dr. Stephen M. Jordan, Eastern's president, in making the announcement today. "He is articulate, has significant experience as an academic administrator and has shown great capacity in building programs. We are very pleased he will be joining us."

Seahawks Come to EWU

Once again this summer, the Seattle Seahawks will come to the Eastern campus for summer training camp. The dates this year will be July 23 through August 17.

Morning practices are tentatively scheduled for 8:45 and afternoon practices for 2:30. On Saturday, July 30, an EWU/Seahawks Extravaganza will be held in the central mall on campus. Games and prizes, music, booths and Seahawk merchandise will be available during this festive event.

The same day, a Seahawks Scrimmage will be held at the Seahawks training camp.