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MFA alum, Kathryn Nuernberger’s book The End of Pink received the 2015 James Laughlin Award from the Academy of American Poets, which is given to recognize a superior second book of poetry by an American poet. It was published by BOA Editions in 2016. Her debut poetry collection, Rag & Bone, won the Antivenom Prize from Elixir…

Admitted Students Day was held again in April on four consecutive Fridays. This annual event, sponsored by Admissions, is an opportunity for admitted students and their families to come to campus, receive tours and meet faculty in their programs of interest. The event provides an opportunity for students to really get to know the campus…

A faculty-led student project was presented this past April at the 2018 Rocky Mountain Printmaking Conference in Pullman, Washington and Moscow, Idaho—hosted by University of Idaho (U of I) and Washington State University (WSU). The project entailed the showcasing of EWU student artwork from six students in the ART 396 Unconventional Printmaking course. This was…

Get Lit! Programs celebrated an impressive milestone this April: this year’s festival marked the program’s 20th anniversary, and it was a week to remember! The festival kicked off with a ’90s-themed reading and the release of a 20th-anniversary anthology. The anthology featured work from many of the fantastic writers who have taken part in the…

Starting this fall, EWU will expand access to its MEd degree by offering a fully online program with five concentration areas, as well as a certificate program. The Early Childhood Education concentration prepares educators for leadership roles in grades P-3, public and private schools, as well as public agencies such as Head Start, or childcare…

2014 graduate of Eastern’s MFA program in poetry, Kate Peterson’s chapbook Grist won the 2016 Floating Bridge Chapbook Prize and was published in October of 2016.            

MFA in poetry alum, Kimberly Lambright’s debut poetry collection Ultra-Cabin won the 42 Miles Press poetry award and was published in the fall of 2016. Here is what Chris Howell, professor Emeritus at Eastern’s MFA program, has to say about the collection: “I am stunned by Kimberly Lambright’s verbal acuity, its lightning shifts and sudden,…

The Dean’s Excellence Award in Service to the college is awarded to a faculty or staff member who has gone above and beyond the call in service to the College of Social Sciences in the past year. The individual who receives this award works incredibly hard for the good of the college, their department and…

By Vickie Shields Michael Conlin, PhD, is a professor of history and current president of the United Faculty of Eastern (UFE). I recently caught up with Professor Conlin, to discuss his new book, One Nation Divided by Slavery: Remembering the American Revolution While Marching toward the Civil War. VS: Why was it important for you to take on this subject…

Psychology Professor Russell Kolts is garnering international acclaim for his research in compassionate-based therapy for anger and other powerful human emotions. He is the author of The Compassionate Mind Approach to Managing Your Anger: Using Compassion-Focused Therapy and most recently, An Open-Hearted Life: Transformative Methods for Compassionate Living from a Clinical Psychologist and a Buddhist…