Taking the time to reflect on our achievements is one of my favorite parts of the year. It gives us the chance to celebrate our work as scholars and educators. It enables us to reflect on how we have helped students reach new heights of knowledge and wisdom in their chosen disciplines. Above all, I invite you to join us in recognizing these outstanding achievements, achievements that inspire us to teach, and to learn.<\/p>\n
I am pleased to write, on behalf of the Art Department, about Rachelle Rogers, whom we recommend as this year\u2019s recipient of the Frances B. Huston Medallion. Rachelle possesses a rare quality: an innate intellectual elegance. An Honors student with a 4.0 GPA, she is the dream of every professor. She is organized, thoughtful, and brilliant. But do not let her unassuming attitude fool you! She has an impressive capacity to plow through even the most obscure scholarship, and she masters the lost art of formatting bibliographies properly in a way that will move aficionados to tears. Blessed with superb writing skills and an exceptional aptitude for academic research, she has developed a solid capacity to analyze how image-making has, historically, supported the production of knowledge, notably about the body and religious beliefs.<\/p>\n
In a fascinating\u2014and eerily felicitous\u2014capstone thesis in art history, Rachelle examined the treacherous passage from Medieval to Early Modern representations of the Apocalypse in the work of Albrecht D\u00fcrer. As the last winter quarter grew into the strangest of springs, the doom-laden scenes engraved by the Northern Renaissance artist, who had survived the Black Plague and the passage of a comet, came to life before our incredulous eyes. Created under dire circumstances, her excellent thesis is also outstandingly relevant.<\/p>\n
My colleagues in Art and German also praise her for her dedication and diligence. Overcoming her initial perplexity in her first studio art classes, Rachelle courageously embraced the challenge of experimenting with materials, leading to an internship at EWU Art Gallery and a focused exploration of printmaking, bookmaking, and photography. It is her resolution and ability to let instructors push her to experience art hands-on that led, I believe, to her deep-seated understanding of late Medieval manuscripts and early engravings.<\/p>\n
On a more personal note, I would like to add that one of my fondest memories with Rachelle is a lovely chat about the history and materiality of bookmaking that we had in the sunshine, as my children played near us, in the dirt, with their trucks. Elie Wiesel described teaching as the art of lighting stars in the eyes of students. I thank Rachelle for having graced me with such splendor many times. I will cherish the trust she placed in me when I asked her to experiment with conceptual ideas and take risks with critical theory. I hope this prestigious prize will empower her to recognize the excellence we see in her. I wish all of us the pleasure of watching her continue to cultivate her nimble mind.<\/p>\n
– Catherine Girard, PhD<\/p>\n
Samantha exemplifies qualities of a teacher: dependability, flexibility, enthusiasm, growth mindset, academic excellence, and kindness. She consistently demonstrates these qualities throughout her classes at EWU, but also in her field placement.\u00a0 Her positive demeanor helps build a classroom culture that focuses on quality.\u00a0 Her presence in a class improves the culture of the class.<\/p>\n
Samantha maintained her high standards of exemplar work, all while volunteering to improve program and academic outcomes.\u00a0 There is never a time when Samantha has not said \u201cyes,\u201d whether it is serving on a committee, creating flyers to promote an EWU program or event, helping support the classroom, or taking on leadership roles.\u00a0 Her involvement and leadership in these tasks often made the difference in the successful outcome.\u00a0 She embraced being a lead teacher at the EWU reading clinic, assuming responsibilities for opening activities and organizing workflow, as she created an atmosphere that incorporated a mindset towards a lens of improvement.<\/p>\n
I am excited to see what Samii will do in the upcoming years.\u00a0 The foundation that EWU provided for her will serve her well in her future. I love that Sammi will be an Eagle for Life.<\/p>\n
– Ann Van Wig, PhD<\/p>\n
Grace is a first-generation college student who grew up in an environment where higher education was not a priority for women. EWU is lucky that Grace decided to pursue her higher education with us and has shown leadership in her classes, on campus, and in the community.<\/p>\n
In addition to maintaining a high GPA and working to support herself, Grace actively sought opportunities to work with the community and further her own leadership and writing skills. Grace\u2019s accomplishments since winter 2019 include:<\/p>\n
Grace wants to use her leadership and communication skills to continue advocating for people and make a difference in other people\u2019s lives. The Frances Huston award is meant for students like Grace\u2014those that preserve, push boundaries, and advocate for others.<\/p>\n
~ Kate Crane<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve known Sonya for over two years now. Sonya has made an impression on me with her caring nature and frankness. In the last few years I noted how stressed and tired she always is. Because she is a CA she often has to stay up all night and address student emergencies. Chatting after class, she would tell me for example how many times she had to call the ambulance that week. She is also very engaged in campus issues, such as food insecurity.<\/p>\n
Despite her busy life and the constant fatigue, Sonya manages to always remain positive, turn in assignments on time, go to France for study abroad not once but twice, give free tutoring to freshmen, and accumulate degrees: a major in French as well as a major in Communication Studies, with an overall GPA of 3.94. Unsurprisingly she has been accepted at the College Student Affairs Master\u2019s degree at Eastern Illinois University.<\/p>\n
In my classes, Sonya was a model student who was not afraid of questioning things. I remember great conversations with her about Maupassant. I also discovered in my Poetry class that she has a lot of creativity, as she composed wonderful poems in French. Here\u2019s an evocation of a moment of anxiety in a student\u2019s life.<\/p>\n
L\u2019anxi\u00e9t\u00e9 contr\u00f4le mes sentiments, mes pens\u00e9es,<\/em> Best wishes for success, Sonya, and keep in touch!<\/p>\n – Florian Preisig, PhD<\/p>\n Kim is inspiring for so many reasons.\u00a0 I have always been impressed with her positive attitude and ability to push through and get things done.\u00a0 This girl\u2019s got GRIT!\u00a0 This is not to downplay Kim\u2019s academic achievements, of which there have been many.<\/p>\n Kim has a special way, though, of making those around her display the best of themselves.\u00a0 She helps people show to others the honor, trust, and respect that she extends to everyone.\u00a0 Kimberly Snow is going to be a fantastic teacher in her new teaching job in Wapato, WA.\u00a0 And, she will continue to be a fantastic horn performer in all of the surrounding orchestras as well.<\/p>\n We will be proud to see her playing in Yakima, Walla Walla, and Mid-Columbia Symphonies as she inspires another generation of young musicians to find and develop themselves through empathetic and meaningful music-making.<\/p>\n – Kristina Ploeger-Hekmatpanah<\/p>\n Kira is an exemplar not only of the liberal arts model of education but also of the goals and mission of CALE. What Kira loves is exactly what she does, and education, for Kira, is about educating the whole person.<\/p>\n She is an artistic omnivore who is also skilled in analytical and theoretical writing. Kira\u2019s film, \u201cGet Some Sleep,\u201d which is a personal rumination on her struggles with insomnia, premiered at the Local Sightings Festival in Seattle in the FEM-POW showcase. Kira directed and animated this film herself, utilizing both the skills she honed as a Film major and those she developed as a Design minor.<\/p>\n Kira is a diligent collaborator and a frequent presence on her classmates\u2019 sets, serving as an editor, production designer, cinematographer, and crew member. She contributes to the life of the Theatre and Film department, serving as a TA for production classes.<\/p>\n If all of this wasn\u2019t enough, Kira has also performed as a bassist in various EWU Jazz Combos, served as President of the EWU VCD Club, and currently offers her expertise as a freelance illustrator and photographer. Kira truly embodies the academic, artistic, and leadership qualities that the Huston Award recognizes and celebrates.<\/p>\n – Drew Ayers<\/p>\n Madi exemplifies the fortitude, creativity and character that the ART Department and EWU as a whole, desires in our students. She has proven herself to be a dedicated student, a gifted artist and a leader among her peers. This is all due to her excellent work ethic, attention to detail and kind nature.<\/p>\n She has excelled at the technical applications of her chosen mediums and has developed a wide range of skills.\u00a0She has used these technical skills with great reflection and curiosity. Madi has consistently gone above and beyond and raised the bar for her and the class as a whole.<\/p>\n As an artist, I have witnessed exceptional growth in her output. Madi possesses an innate curiosity and seeks to understand and interact with the world around her through her art practice. Her projects have grown both in scale and in theoretical grounding. I am impressed by her ability to conceive of each series of works as a problem to be solved.\u00a0 She solves these problems with a combination of experimentation, theoretical engagement and hard work.<\/p>\n The Art Department at EWU is extremely proud of Madi\u2019s accomplishments and contributions. I have the utmost confidence that she will make her family, instructors and university proud in all her future endeavors.<\/p>\n Brittany Brattin is an excellent teacher candidate in our program. She has been a standout in our classrooms here in the Education Department, on the football field as a cheerleader at EWU and in the community at Snowdon and Grant Elementary Schools. \u00a0She is known to light up a room of adults or children with her positive and joyous personality. Brittany looks at challenges as an opportunity for growth.<\/p>\n As literacy faculty we have noted that she is always prepared, engaged and willing to collaborate with fellow teachers. I had the pleasure of seeing Brittany in action at the reading clinic at Grant Elementary in Spokane. She truly made a difference in the lives of her students. I assigned her four energetic boys who were all at different academic levels and had a variety of social and emotional needs. She did a remarkable job at planning activities that were memorable, engaging and truly helped her students grow academically and personally.<\/p>\n When I observed her at Snowdon with her kindergartners, it was obvious that her students adored her. Brittany\u2019s lessons are engaging and challenge students to critically think. I am proud to know her!<\/p>\n From the first day Deidra stepped into the classroom, I could feel her excitement and love for teaching.\u00a0 Her smile was infectious, and as an instructor, she created a fun teaching and learning environment.\u00a0 She used class time to ask pertinent questions that enhanced everyone\u2019s understanding of the topic.<\/p>\n Deidra is special as she is a natural leader.\u00a0 Students look to her as a voice of knowledge, experience, and common-sense.\u00a0 What makes Deidra unique though is her ability to listen carefully.\u00a0 She does not take center stage but respects the voices of all her peers.\u00a0 She is kind and genuinely cares for her classmates.<\/p>\n In addition, Deidra is always the student who went above and beyond in all aspects of the program.\u00a0 Her priority was always student-centered with creation of innovative ideas to engage and promote learning.\u00a0\u00a0 Her work at the reading clinic demonstrated her ability to work with diverse learners.\u00a0 But, her work did not stop at school but extended out to the community as she created fun activities that promoted family literacy moments in the child\u2019s home.<\/p>\n Deidra will be an asset to any school and community. She strives to make connections with students and genuinely cares about them, personally and academically.\u00a0 I am proud that Deidra will be \u201cAn Eagle for Life.\u201d<\/p>\n Drew Lawson, with a 3.97 GPA, is a summa cum laude graduate of the EWU Journalism Program. Drew has pursued a double major, graduating with a B.A. in Journalism\/News-Editorial and a B.S. in Journalism\/Public Relations and a minor in Technical Communications.<\/p>\n Drew has served as an outstanding staff member of The Easterner, EWU\u2019s student newspaper, for the last two years. He began as a reporter, quickly demonstrating a talent for clear, insightful writing. Last spring he was named sports editor, writing breaking news stories, profiles, features and social media content. In addition, he has worked for the sports copy desk at The Spokesman-Review.<\/p>\n This January, when The Easterner\u2019s key editors stepped down, Drew was willing to step forward. He and Malati Powell were named co-managing editors, and together they took over the top leadership role in the newsroom. Drew led weekly staff meetings and oversaw planning, editing and story assignments, all while continuing to serve as The Easterner\u2019s sports editor.<\/p>\n It was on Drew\u2019s dream assignment, the coverage of the EWU men\u2019s basketball conference tournament in March, that the coronavirus pandemic first altered his focus. Drew flew to Boise only to discover that the tournament had been cancelled, and he wrote a compelling first-person story about how COVID-19 had derailed the team\u2019s path.<\/p>\n At the start of spring quarter, Drew quickly helped pivot the staff from print to online and invigorated its coverage of the pandemic\u2019s effects on the EWU campus. Though the staff members rapidly scattered across the state, Drew kept them connected through Zoom, Slack and Google Drive as they covered the biggest news story of their lifetime and worked diligently to serve the needs of the Eastern campus community. In one of his columns, Drew wrote, \u201cIt\u2019s truly our pleasure and privilege to do what we do, and we appreciate all the continued support we get as the world goes crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n Jamie Yallup plans on pursuing her Masters in Education, with a focus on Adult Education, once she graduates with her major in English Literary Studies and her minor in American Indian Studies. Jamie is originally from Omak, Washington, and she speaks the Salish dialect Okanagan. Jamie is currently working towards her language certification in Okanagan, Ncelxcin, a decision that will have a direct impact not only on her but also on her family members, her larger home culture, and her future students and colleagues at her future school.<\/p>\n Jamie is an exceptional student. She is actively engaged with the material, offering important insights that always drive the class discussion forward. Her intelligence, hard work, and dedication result in her writing thoughtful and well-written papers.<\/p>\n In addition to being a full-time student and a full-time mother of two, Jamie works as a direct support person for Golden Youth Services in Spokane. There, Jamie works with at-risk teenagers, who are aging out of the foster care system, teaching them independent living skills while providing these youth with a stable sense of home and community.<\/p>\n Prior to her move to Spokane for college, Jamie worked as a home living assistant at the Paschal Sherman Indian School and as a childcare provider at the Little Bear Educare. Jamie\u2019s commitment in educating youth in all of these capacities and her professional desire to become a certified English teacher speak to her awareness of how important education is.<\/p>\n Jamie Yallup is a leader in the classroom, in her family, and in her multiple communities.<\/p>\n Irene is graduating with a double major in Spanish and Social Work. Irene is wholeheartedly committed to learning, and she brought joy and a sense of curiosity to the classroom. \u00a0She was always compassionate with her classmates, and she always offered herself as a volunteer to work with peers that seems less confident.<\/p>\n In the past years, Irene has demonstrated outstanding leadership through her community service. She has participated in feed Cheney, and she has been interning at Transitions since September. Last summer she volunteered at a Grief camp hosted by Hospice of Spokane, a three-day interactive experience for children ages 7-15 who are in grieving the death of someone close. And she found time to be the president of the Ballet Ballet folkl\u00f3rico de Aztlan<\/em> at Eastern for two years.<\/p>\n Irene has been accepted into the Master of Social Work here at Eastern, a program that embraces social justice and looks to better the quality of life of all people. After completing her master’s degree, she hopes to work in the school district back at her home in the Tri-cities, where she is hoping to serve her community as a bilingual professional.<\/p>\n April Wright is a once-in-a-lifetime student. One even hesitates to call April a student though, since they are so exceptionally well-studied. April has not only studied their two majors\u2014Philosophy and Psychology\u2014more deeply than many graduate students, but is also a curious and careful student of art, history, music, and politics.<\/p>\n If I try to compare April to any of the other excellent students I have been fortunate to teach over the years, I find there is no comparison. April Wright is the single most outstanding student and excellent person with whom I have shared a class in 20 years.<\/p>\n However, April\u2019s excellence as a student pales against their virtues as a compassionate and caring human being. April lives and practices <\/em>everything they study, from Stoic apatheia<\/em> to Daoist wu wei <\/em>to Buddhist mindfulness. They are engaged in the life and work of our academic community, whether it be by starting a Meditation and Mindfulness Club or by serving as an officer for the Philosophy Club.<\/p>\n April reminds us that philosophy was never meant to be the abstract discipline many think it to be. Philosophy is not only the quest to love wisdom, but a call for us to love each other and the world wisely. April Wright exemplifies this spirit of philosophy more deeply than any person I have ever met.<\/p>\n Jon is an exceptional student both academically and musically, especially as a performer.\u00a0\u00a0 He is a versatile all-around percussionist with strong command of classical snare, timpani, drum-set and keyboard percussion.<\/p>\n He has virtuosic command of the marimba and was the winner of the EWU music department concerto competition.\u00a0\u00a0 He performed the finale of Rosauro\u2019s Marimba Concerto No. 2 with the EWU Orchestra and also with the EWU Percussion Ensemble.\u00a0 He has been the timpanist for the Orchestra, a section leader in our wind ensemble and consistently featured as a soloist with our Percussion Ensemble.<\/p>\n His musicality, sense of professional ethics and responsibility have been impeccable in every situation I have observed.\u00a0 Jon will continue his studies next year at Portland State University as a scholarship student pursuing his Master\u2019s in Percussion Performance.<\/p>\n It has been said that there are two possible approaches to life: one from the attitude of gratefulness and the other from ungratefulness. Jared Martin chooses and cultivates an attitude of gratitude. He exhibits a deep engagement and curiosity about humanity and has a tremendous ability to personalize and empathize. His warmth, openness, and sense of gratitude inform his scholarship and his creative process.<\/p>\n Jared is an exceptional actor and the best character actor that I have ever encountered in my fifteen years of teaching in higher education. He continually pushes himself to expand as an artist and it has been a true pleasure and honor to work with him in the classroom and in the rehearsal hall.<\/p>\n I have never met a young artist with more drive, heart, stamina or sense of purpose as Jared. He is sincere and humble in his artistic and educational pursuits. Jared radiates as much light, warmth and personal integrity offstage as he does onstage.<\/p>\n Jared is bound for great things and we are so proud of his vast accomplishments. He will be missed beyond measure by his EWU theatre family.<\/p>\n Dana Elder retired fall quarter 2019 after thirty-five years of service to EWU. Beginning as Director of Composition in 1984, he served also as chair of the department from 2000 to 2007. He became Director of University Honors in 2007, a post he held for nine years. While he was directing that program, he continued to teach well for English. His varied contributions to EWU culminated in his receiving the Trustees Medal in 2012.<\/p>\n Our students think very highly of Elder. One wrote that he was \u201ca bright spot in my graduate program.\u201d Another wrote, \u201cGreat class, great teacher, great human being!\u201d Exclamation marks appear in abundance in his ratings. \u201cThe best professor I ever had!\u201d Yet another student wrote about him, \u201cI\u2019ve never gained so many life lessons in a class.\u201d<\/p>\n Besides his service work and his strength as a teacher, he continued to be active as a scholar throughout his career here. He co-published one book and was the sole author of another. He wrote and published more than 50 essays and poems, and he spoke at an equal number of national and regional conferences.<\/p>\n","email":"","location":"","phone":"","cell":"","text":"","fax":"","facebook":"","twitter":"","linkedin":"","buttons":false},{"contact_source":"custom","contact":null,"portrait":{"ID":6864,"id":6864,"title":"FlinnTony","filename":"Tony-Flinn-Photo-1B.jpg","filesize":175904,"url":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2020\/06\/Tony-Flinn-Photo-1B.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/cale\/cale-awards-2020\/tony-flinn-photo-1b\/","alt":"Tony Flinn","author":"121","description":"","caption":"","name":"tony-flinn-photo-1b","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":6410,"date":"2020-06-02 23:17:44","modified":"2021-07-07 18:32:21","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1315,"height":1324,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2020\/06\/Tony-Flinn-Photo-1B-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2020\/06\/Tony-Flinn-Photo-1B-298x300.jpg","medium-width":298,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2020\/06\/Tony-Flinn-Photo-1B-768x773.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":773,"large":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2020\/06\/Tony-Flinn-Photo-1B-1017x1024.jpg","large-width":1017,"large-height":1024,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2020\/06\/Tony-Flinn-Photo-1B.jpg","1536x1536-width":1315,"1536x1536-height":1324,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2020\/06\/Tony-Flinn-Photo-1B.jpg","2048x2048-width":1315,"2048x2048-height":1324,"gform-image-choice-sm":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2020\/06\/Tony-Flinn-Photo-1B.jpg","gform-image-choice-sm-width":298,"gform-image-choice-sm-height":300,"gform-image-choice-md":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2020\/06\/Tony-Flinn-Photo-1B.jpg","gform-image-choice-md-width":397,"gform-image-choice-md-height":400,"gform-image-choice-lg":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2020\/06\/Tony-Flinn-Photo-1B.jpg","gform-image-choice-lg-width":596,"gform-image-choice-lg-height":600}},"name":"Anthony Flinn","title":"Professor Emeritus","department":"English","pronouns":"","office_hours":false,"description":" Anthony Flinn has been a valued member of the Department of English for 29 years and uses his reading and scholarship to reexamine and innovate his pedagogy to enhance students\u2019 understanding of writing, literary texts, and time periods.\u00a0 He is certainly known for his service, particularly as a fierce defender and promoter of faculty, students, and the discipline.<\/p>\n Tony has consistently demonstrated his commitment to refine his pedagogy and maintain rigor through teaching technical and intellectual aspects of writing.\u00a0 For instance, in his courses, he offers a weekly close-reading exercise, called \u201cquotation inquiry,\u201d in which a significant quotation from a literary text is analyzed by students in terms of word usage and ideas.\u00a0 This assignment stimulates students to begin the writing process through thinking about the meaning of words in specific contexts and how these words and contexts connect to social, political, cultural ideas.<\/p>\n Tony was the program director for Literary Studies from 1994-1996 in which he promoted the move to survey courses and then in 2008 was instrumental in extending the survey courses and developing senior seminars in genre, special topics, and major authors. As the program director for the M.A. in literature and writing from 2017-2020, he shifted curricular focus from preparation to teach at community college to professional development. He also served in the Faculty Organization in as Vice-President and President (2003-2004) and served regularly for 10 years as a member of the Faculty Senate.<\/p>\n Tony has demonstrated his commitment to research and creative works.\u00a0 He has presented his recent research upon Julian Barnes at a conference and also uses this research in his classroom by offering, for instance, Julian Barnes\u2019 History of the World in 10 \u00bd Chapters<\/em> (1989) in ENGL 271 Critical Methodologies as a common text. \u00a0The common text allows all students to participate in probing, testing, and practicing applying post-structuralist, deconstructionist, Marxist, feminist, etc. ideas consistently to familiar facts. 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She has served as director of the EWU Journalism Program since 2015 and has focused on student advising and updating the journalism curriculum for the digital age.<\/p>\n Neely graduated from the University of Wyoming (B.A. Journalism), Eastern Washington University (M.F.A. Creative Writing-Non-Fiction), and Gonzaga University (M.A. Counseling Psychology.) She joined the newsroom of The Spokesman-Review in 1987, eventually serving as feature writer, features editor, associate editor and member of the editorial board.<\/p>\n During her tenure at Eastern, she has served on the EWU Women\u2019s Commission and the Women Helping Women Fund board. She has been a multiple recipient of the Yarwood Faculty Mentor award. She also wrote frequent op-ed columns for The Spokesman-Review.<\/p>\n She has received more than 30 awards throughout her journalism career.\u00a0Her editorial and commentary writing\u00a0awards include the\u00a0Society of Professional Journalists Northwest Excellence in Journalism Award\u00a0<\/em>and the\u00a0Best of the West Award<\/em>. Her feature writing and editing awards include the\u00a0Pacific Northwest Excellence in Journalism Award, the C.B. Blethen Memorial Award<\/em>, and the\u00a0Missouri Lifestyle Award.<\/em><\/p>\n Neely has served as adviser to EWU\u2019s student newspaper, The Easterner, and chair of the EWU Board of Student Publications. Her students name her\u00a0Principles of Journalism<\/em>\u00a0class as their favorite. She has relished the opportunity to introduce them to the powerful role journalism plays in our society as it seeks truth on behalf of citizens in support of a strong democracy.<\/p>\n","email":"","location":"","phone":"","cell":"","text":"","fax":"","facebook":"","twitter":"","linkedin":"","buttons":false},{"contact_source":"custom","contact":null,"portrait":{"ID":6870,"id":6870,"title":"SmithGrant","filename":"Grant-Smith-Photo.jpg","filesize":35338,"url":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2020\/06\/Grant-Smith-Photo.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/cale\/cale-awards-2020\/grant-smith-photo\/","alt":"Grant Smith","author":"121","description":"","caption":"","name":"grant-smith-photo","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":6410,"date":"2020-06-02 23:50:43","modified":"2021-07-07 18:32:21","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":274,"height":337,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2020\/06\/Grant-Smith-Photo-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2020\/06\/Grant-Smith-Photo-244x300.jpg","medium-width":244,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2020\/06\/Grant-Smith-Photo.jpg","medium_large-width":274,"medium_large-height":337,"large":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2020\/06\/Grant-Smith-Photo.jpg","large-width":274,"large-height":337,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2020\/06\/Grant-Smith-Photo.jpg","1536x1536-width":274,"1536x1536-height":337,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2020\/06\/Grant-Smith-Photo.jpg","2048x2048-width":274,"2048x2048-height":337,"gform-image-choice-sm":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2020\/06\/Grant-Smith-Photo.jpg","gform-image-choice-sm-width":244,"gform-image-choice-sm-height":300,"gform-image-choice-md":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2020\/06\/Grant-Smith-Photo.jpg","gform-image-choice-md-width":274,"gform-image-choice-md-height":337,"gform-image-choice-lg":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2020\/06\/Grant-Smith-Photo.jpg","gform-image-choice-lg-width":274,"gform-image-choice-lg-height":337}},"name":"Grant Smith","title":"Professor Emeritus","department":"English","pronouns":"","office_hours":false,"description":" Grant Smith served in a variety of capacities as a professor in the English Department from his hire in 1968 to his retirement in 2019. Grant\u2019s record of teaching, service, and scholarship is extensive and distinguished. He received his BA from Reed College in 1964, his MA from the University of Nevada in 1966, and his Ph.D. from the University of Delaware in 1975.<\/p>\n Grant taught many courses on the classical literature of the ancient world, middle ages, and modern period. He, perhaps, is best known by students for his engaging courses on Shakespeare. Grant designed and pioneered over a dozen new courses in English and in the Humanities Program over his career.<\/p>\n During Grant\u2019s stint as chair of the English Department (1978-84), he planned and coordinated the development of the Religious Studies program, the MFA in Creative Writing, the MA in Technical Writing, and the MA in Rhetoric and Composition as well as making significant contributions to the Honors Program. Grant served as Coordinator of Humanities from 1979 to his retirement.<\/p>\n Grant\u2019s scholarship is exceptional. He served as a member of editorial boards of several distinguished journals and held numerous offices in academic societies, including President of the American Name Society (1999-2001). His publications in peer-reviewed journals are too numerous to tally as are his invitations for interviews in major news releases, radio and television venues, and to address academic societies nationally and internationally.<\/p>\n Grant\u2019s contributions to the community are equally worthy of recognition. He served as president, board member, consultant, grant-writer and volunteer to many local agencies, organizations, and charities. He is, perhaps, best known for his coordination of EWU\u2019s Bloomsday Corporate Cup runners, the team taking first place 27 out of the last 37 years, 23 of these consecutively.<\/p>\n","email":"","location":"","phone":"","cell":"","text":"","fax":"","facebook":"","twitter":"","linkedin":"","buttons":false}],"component_options_toggle":true,"component_options":{"disable_component":false,"nickname":"Emeritus Status Award","identifier":"emeritus-status-award","navigable":false}},{"acf_fc_layout":"contact-cards","layout_type":"","module_background_color":"off-white","title_alignment":"text-left","title":"Staff Retirements","sub-heading":"Thank you for all you have done for Eastern over the years! ","sections":[{"contact_source":"custom","contact":null,"portrait":false,"name":"Pam Russell","title":"Program Coordinator","department":"Creative Writing","pronouns":"","office_hours":false,"description":" Pam Russell Eliot came to work at Eastern Washington University in March of 2005 at Student Services in the Downtown Spokane Center. The strength of her work in that position led to her hiring as Program Assistant for Creative Writing in September of 2005. Based on her excellent performance and the increasing demands of the growing program, her position was upgraded to Program Coordinator in 2007. She retired March 31, 2020, after fifteen years of service.<\/p>\n Her many duties ranged from facilitating admissions and recruiting for the university\u2019s most widely-recruiting graduate program, to coordinating logistics and contracts for the program\u2019s visiting-writers series, to planning and processing travel arrangements for faculty and students.<\/p>\n But by far the most important duty Pam performed was providing a human center to the Creative Writing community at EWU. She often referred to herself as the \u201cDen Mother\u201d to students in both the large undergraduate and Master of Fine Arts programs.\u00a0 She spent countless hours on the phone and communicating through email with students planning to move to Spokane from across the country and sometimes overseas. She was even known to drive by potential rentals to provide students with her opinion.<\/p>\n The reassurance, practical assistance, guidance, and encouragement she offered was consistent and enormously important to the success of both individual student writers she served (many of whom have gone on to publish books and become editors and professors themselves) and to EWU\u2019s profile as a leader in the field of Creative Writing.<\/p>\n Faculty will miss her kind and cheerful encouragement and help as they attempted to learn new procedures, untangle paperwork, and navigate the university\u2019s administrative and staff structures. And like students, they will miss her professional encouragement.<\/p>\n She took great pride in the writing, teaching, learning, and community she made possible. She believed in her program, and it truly was her program as much as anyone\u2019s.<\/p>\n With her canine pal and Creative Writing mascot Philip, Pam will be spending her retirement traveling to visit her adult children, enjoying her beloved Inland Northwest, and \u201clooking or the next adventure.\u201d<\/p>\n","email":"","location":"","phone":"","cell":"","text":"","fax":"","facebook":"","twitter":"","linkedin":"","buttons":false},{"contact_source":"custom","contact":null,"portrait":false,"name":"Diane Weber","title":"Senior Secretary ","department":"English","pronouns":"","office_hours":false,"description":" Diane Weber came to work at Eastern Washington University in March of 1989 and retired in March of 2020 after thirty-one years of service. For thirty of those years, Diane was the secretary of the Department of English, where she maintained all the department\u2019s operations from room assignments to travel arrangements to copier function.<\/p>\n But her most important contribution to the department was her calm and kind response to everyone who came to her for help. She treated everyone with the same patience and respect: students declaring a major, faculty looking for travel receipts, and chairs working on scheduling problems. Her patience was limitless, and her quiet efficiency helped to create a culture of peace in the department.<\/p>\n Diane is an Eastern Washington native and has strong family ties to the area. She and her husband Charlie have two children and three grandchildren. Diane and Charlie enjoy spending time lakeside in their RV. For Diane, retirement means more time at the lake and more time with the grandchildren.<\/p>\n","email":"","location":"","phone":"","cell":"","text":"","fax":"","facebook":"","twitter":"","linkedin":"","buttons":false}],"component_options_toggle":true,"component_options":{"disable_component":false,"nickname":"Staff Retirements","identifier":"staff-retirements","navigable":false}},{"acf_fc_layout":"contact-cards","layout_type":"","module_background_color":"white","title_alignment":"text-left","title":"Faculty & Staff Excellence Awards","sub-heading":"These individuals embody the college\u2019s mission and values. The purpose of the six college awards is to recognize and commend outstanding faculty and staff who have put forth the extraordinary commitment to represent their department, the college, and the university.","sections":[{"contact_source":"custom","contact":null,"portrait":false,"name":"Team Excellence Award","title":"Modern Languages Team: ","department":"English as a Second Language, French, German, Japanese, Chinese, and Spanish in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures.","pronouns":"","office_hours":false,"description":" It is with great satisfaction that I nominate the English as a Second Language, French, German, Japanese, Chinese and Spanish programs in the Department of Modern Languages for the CALE Team Excellence Award.<\/p>\n This team of professionals has been able to work collaboratively and congenially toward the attainment of different goals at EWU, mainly related to the representation of International Studies at our university. In an environment of respect and deference to the different cultures that this global and inclusive team represents, they have been working towards achieving various academic and cultural objectives.<\/p>\n Throughout the past two years, all the members of the Department have been working productively to incorporate each of the second-year courses in Modern Languages into the Breadth Area Core Requirements (BACRs) in Humanities and Arts. In order to unify criteria and set the PLOs in their respective majors and minors, every one of the team members worked diligently within tight deadlines to submit to CPAC all the second-year courses. One of the features of this team is that many of the instructors are Lecturers and they had to dedicate their time to integrate their classes into the GERs, which went well beyond their regular teaching load.<\/p>\n In addition to providing strong course offerings during the academic year, the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures has consistently housed Summer Study Abroad Programs which are distinguished by the experience, quality and expertise of the faculty who lead them, fostering the success of those students who travel abroad, often for the first time, and study a language other than English. Passau in Germany, Salamanca in Spain, Nice in France, and Oaxaca in Mexico programs which have had representation in this Department in recent years.<\/p>\n The preparation of these programs requires a tremendous amount of work and dedication during the entire year, from planning and preparation beginning the previous fall to the actual trip in the summer, which implies the complete dedication and attention of the faculty member to the students on the program. The vulnerability of these kind of programs to terrorism, domestic security, and, more recently, the COVID-19 pandemic, has demonstrated the level of responsibility borne by the faculty directors whenever there is an adverse situation, as well as the commitment of the programs to the safety and well-being of our students.<\/p>\n Faculty have risen to the challenges with which they have been faced and have worked tirelessly to meet the needs of those students affected.<\/p>\n Not only has this team of people been willing to work among themselves professionally toward academic goals, but they have all been involved at different levels with increasing the promotion of extra-curricular international activities at EWU such as D\u00eda de los Muertos, Chinese New Year and the Bauhaus project.<\/p>\n In addition to these activities, which enrich the global breadth of offerings at EWU, each of the programs has been able to reach out to different departments to work interdisciplinarily on a variety of projects. Our faculty collaborate regularly with other colleagues in different programs such as History, Chicano Studies, Social Work, Engineering, Art, etc.<\/p>\n The Department of Modern Languages and Literatures developed a pioneer project 20 years ago at EWU, initiating the Advanced Language Program in the high schools, which has served as a model for different Departments across the University to expand offerings in the high schools. All the coordinators have been able to manage busy agendas with regular meetings, peer observations and constant communication with the high school teachers in order to establish and maintain a community of global citizens in the Spokane area and beyond.<\/p>\n I would like to thank all this team for their unwavering support and encouragement towards each other and the students, providing opportunities to study abroad, supporting collaboration with the high school teachers, engaging with other Departments, and providing appreciation for other cultures.<\/p>\n Not only is Jazmine Jackson one of the most talented and creative minds that I\u2019ve had the great fortune of working alongside, she is also incredibly caring, supportive, and dedicated to any task set before her.<\/p>\n Jazmine has supported every aspect of CALE throughout her time as a work-study student and secretary in the Dean\u2019s Office, and as the secretary of the Art Department. During her time in the Dean\u2019s Office, she has been the point-person during the major remodel of the CALE webpages, assisted with Get Lit!, served as the college\u2019s creative and design guru, and has spent countless hours making sure all events and projects have run smoothly.<\/p>\n She always takes time out of her incredibly busy schedule to support students, and assist faculty and staff wherever and whenever she is needed \u2013 which is the majority of the time! Jazmine is a miracle-worker and a mind-reader. She gives 110% toward all she does and takes the initiative to jump on any project, even before she\u2019s been asked to do so.<\/p>\n Using creativity, she builds on projects and ideas, and makes them better. Using care and an appreciation for diversity, she has participated in numerous training’s and workshops, all which have been completed with the intention of being a better advocate for all people of CALE.<\/p>\n Jazmine not only supports CALE, but works hard to support other colleges and departments on EWU\u2019s campus. She is engaged in the EWU community and is a true advocate for the arts. She is confident and capable of greatness. I am so grateful to have gotten the chance to work with her.<\/p>\n Chris is one of the most popular and versatile instructors we have ever had in the Art Department at EWU.\u00a0 His skill set is not limited to one specialized studio or media.\u00a0 He teaches foundations design (2D and 3D), ceramics, digital art, art appreciation, and a wide variety of specialty topics. The department has come to rely on him as our \u201cshortstop\u201d on the team, capable of filling whatever instructional role we need.<\/p>\n Chris is very knowledgeable and passionate about current trends in the arts, and he brings that passion to the classroom. His positive energy was apparent during Spring Quarter, when art courses went online.\u00a0 Not only was he able to translate his own courses (including ceramics!) to an online format, but he fully volunteered during department and college work sessions to help other instructors make the transition as well. Excellence in teaching is, for Chris, not an individual endeavor, but a team activity.<\/p>\n This focus on student learning is apparent from Chris\u2019s own comments on his teaching philosophy:<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve learned over the years to remove myself and my ego from the classroom (as much as possible), and support each student\u2019s creative trajectory and help them develop their creative processes and workflows.\u00a0 By letting each student direct their own creative path, it helps them develop ownership of their ideas and confidence in their work and process.\u201d<\/p>\n Helping art students recognize their own visual creativity, and learn how to nurture that talent, each in their own way, is one of the most challenging forms of instruction there is. And Chris totally gets it.<\/p>\n EWU is fortunate to have such a versatile, capable, kind, and student-centered instructor teaching our students.\u00a0 I can think of no one who better exemplifies true excellence in teaching than Chris Tyllia.<\/p>\n Sam Ligon has always been prolific and innovative in his creative work. I remember laughing so hard I fell out of my chair reading a fictional book blurb he wrote that quickly devolved from a conventional exposition of collegial praise into a sad story of betrayal and divorce (it was funnier than it sounds).<\/p>\n Over the last few years, Sam\u2019s work has simply exploded in quantity and pioneering (kind of a pun, considering the setting of Miller Cane<\/em>)<\/p>\n Creativity: he has published twenty-one (21) stories and essays and two books (one novel, one collection of stories), co-edited an anthology, and \u2013 his weirdest project of all (his own words) \u2013 a serial novel, Miller Cane,<\/em> that was published as it was being written, bringing to mind the serial novels of the nineteenth century.<\/p>\n This astonishingly prolific output includes a wide range of different styles, forms, and voices, including in its range history, fake history, fairy tales, and literary readings. He astonishes us all with the range, quality, and inventiveness of his work.<\/p>\n Jody Graves has made many significant accomplishments this past year, which comes as no surprise. In many ways the Music Department and EWU benefit from exceptional service from Graves every year, because she brings a tremendous amount of dedication to her work. Her energy and commitment to EWU, students, and the Music program are incredible. She is also active in her services across the state and NW region in providing workshops for high school students and piano teachers.<\/p>\n A signature result of her commitments to music and teaching was her award in 2019-20 as a Steinway & Sons Hall of Fame inductee (https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/cale\/stories\/dr-graves-inducted-into-steinway-sons-hall-of-fame\/.<\/p>\n This award honors only a few piano teachers each year across the country. She also recently interviewed twice with the Spokesman Review: 1) A front page feature article about the inspirations she found in overcoming challenges in youth and finding a path to becoming an incredible musician and college professor. 2) A Northwest Passages interview about being a musician during the pandemic.<\/p>\n Her energy and service is unparalleled. This spring she helped us prepare two concerts in Spokane that eventually had to be rescheduled for spring 2021. She was also scheduled to be a featured artist with the Spokane Jazz Orchestra and that was cancelled in mid March. These concerts are central to our community engagement strategies for Spokane. These concerts raise funds, generate publicity, and enable our EWU Foundation and President Cullinan to cultivate donors.<\/p>\n Last spring Graves coordinated a massive Music Teachers National Association conference at the Spokane Convention Center. The conference was a five-day event from March 16-20 with lecture presentations, concerts, and receptions for music teachers from all 50 states and a cohort of 30 representatives from China.<\/p>\n Graves approach to coordinating events is inclusive and strategic. She was on the MTNA conference planning committee and a special host giving EWU a presence at the conference that no other school had. Guest presenters included EWU staff members: Annika Scharosch (The Me too Movement and Teaching), Roberta Brooke (Panel discussion for the business side of teaching). Graves arranged the Washington State teachers\u2019 dinner with about 150 participants. The community awareness generated for EWU was amazing. Graves fosters an inclusive and collaborative environment. As an example, our local native American community had a role in the opening ceremonies.<\/p>\n Graves also works on a multitude of committees:<\/p>\n Additional Services:<\/p>\n The magnitude of these efforts and the impact they have are hard to measure. An excellence award would be one way to recognize and thank Graves for these exceptional service efforts.<\/p>\n Even before COVID-19 hit, Rec and Reg was already handling more than its share with all kinds of new processes. First and foremost among these, was the transitioning from the paper graduation forms to an online process.<\/p>\n Then in March the sky fell on everyone and people had to reinvent an office in their homes, use whatever equipment and connection they had, and try to do their jobs the best they could. At that point Rec and Reg probably became the busiest unit of the university, as the Spring schedule had to be totally revamped in a heartbeat to adapt to remote teaching.<\/p>\n Normal processes had to be put aside and, for two or three weeks, things got pretty chaotic. Chairs and Associate Deans bombarded Rec and Reg with daily email requests. The number of emails in Amanda\u2019s inbox reached epic proportions. Chairs and schedulers developed ploys to get a hold of Rec and Reg. Having Amanda\u2019s or Debbie\u2019s private phone number became a commodity as precious as gold. People feigned personal calls to get through to Amanda or Debbie\u2026.<\/p>\n Yet, Rec and Reg weathered the storm and found a way to make sense of the frantic requests coming from every direction. What is more, everyone in that unit, including graduation evaluators, schedulers, people in charge of grades, catalog editors, and so on remained gracious and upbeat, despite the frenzy.<\/p>\n Friends at Rec and Reg: your contribution this year and during COVID-19 has been amazing. We deeply appreciate your professionalism, calm, and kindness. We are proud to discern this award to you.<\/p>\n It seems like it was in a different century, but it was only three months ago that we all had to radically change the way we teach overnight because of COVID-19. We just had time for a couple of in-person introductions to remote teaching, one with Gina Petrie, and another one with Kevin Decker, then we all ran home and confined ourselves.<\/p>\n A call was made to volunteers and shortly after two training sessions via Zoom were offered by CALE. Among the first to accept the challenge were Chris Tyllia, Lena Lopez-Schindler, and Shelly Shaffer. They shared their experience with everyone and the ephemerous Let\u2019s Go Online, CALE! was born.<\/p>\n For a few weeks it became a habit for the whole college to meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays via Zoom to talk about remote teaching. In these sessions some unselfish individuals shared their time, knowledge and enthusiasm with all of us. Some were TAs, or adjunct teachers; others were lecturers or tenure track faculty. They inspired everyone in the college and played a key role in our ability to continue teaching our students this Spring. They showed us how to do online what seemed impossible, like giving music lessons, throwing a pot, coaching actors or teaching a foreign language.<\/p>\n Thank you Kevin Decker, Gina Petrie, Chris Tyllia, Lena Lopez Schindler, Shelly Shaffer, Carlos Munoz, Kate Crane, Pete Porter, Justin Young, Melissa Ratsch, Natalia Ruiz-Rubio, Tracey McHenry, Claire Wang, Michael Gerety, and Mike Arnot.<\/p>\n You are great leaders!<\/p>\n","component_options_toggle":true,"component_options":{"disable_component":false,"nickname":"Thank You Let's Go Online","identifier":"","navigable":false}},{"acf_fc_layout":"copy-with-image","layout":"small-image","show_left":true,"module_background_color":"white","title":"In Memoriam: Alys Seifert","copy":" Alys Seifert, n\u00e9e Rallier, a long-time educator in EWU\u2019s Modern Languages and Literature Department and emeritus faculty, died on March 4, 2020 at the age of 84. 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\nRien n\u2019aide avec ma peur et mon souci,<\/em>
\nJe ne veux rien de plus que lancer<\/em>
\nLes choses que je sens<\/em>
\nPar la fen\u00eatre,<\/em>
\nJe m\u2019endors.<\/em><\/p>\nTeam Members:<\/h4>\n
Marge Andrews, Mike Arnot, Jos\u00e9 Garc\u00eda S\u00e1nchez, Tomoko Kimura, Marin Laufenberg, Chiu Hsin Lin, Miguel Novella, Gina Petrie, Florian Preisig, Sara Preisig, Jos\u00e9 Rojas, Erina Romanowich, Stephanie Roulet Hormann, Natalia Ruiz-Rubio, Parker Shaw, Amorette Sherwood, Jody Stewart Strobelt, and Vickie Roig<\/h5>\n
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Team Members:<\/h4>\n
Heather Veeder, Debbie Fockler, Sokridanny Bunt, Norma, Marcie Estrelado, Alex Mikkelborg, Nancy Nygreen, Amanda Stilwell, Allison Swenson, Penny Vadnais, CJ Tyler-Watson, Jackie Farmer, Ann Montecucco-Kendal, and Julie Fournier<\/h5>\n
To the Let’s Go Online, CALE! Team:
\nThank you!<\/h2>\n