Archive: stories

In honor of Veterans Day, the Veterans Resource Center and EWU Libraries has a display in the JFK Lobby from November 10th through 14th, focused on art as a medium for processing the armed services. The display includes photographs, graphic novels, and other materials from the Global War on Terror or GWOT era veterans. There…

Stop by JFK to see this curated display of recent materials, all available to check out.

Banned Books Week – October 5-11, 2025 Banned Books Week was launched in 1982 in response to a sudden surge in the number of challenges to books in libraries, bookstores, and schools. The annual event highlights the value of free and open access to information and brings together the entire book community — librarians, educators,…

EWU Libraries is honoring Hispanic & Latine Heritage Month, September 15-October 15. We have a curated heritage resource display in the JFK Lobby: recent fiction, non-fiction, graphic novels and children’s books. All materials are available to check out!

202,637 people entered JFK Library 11,619 questions answered at main service desks 805 research consultations with library faculty members 328 library instruction sessions conducted 2,695,802 database searches 301,922 eBook items downloaded 8,725 books or media checked out or requested from other libraries 5,198 laptop, camera, and other equipment loans 1351,789 Digital Commons (institutional repository) works…

In winter quarter’s “Furniture Lab,” we asked students to test various furniture types and provide feedback. Thank you for your participation! Your comments informed our choices for our new calm study room. Located on the upper floor of JFK, JFK U08 features alternative seating choices (including kneeling, adjustable height, bean bag, ergonomic and wobbling chairs,…

This collection includes materials documenting the development of the Cheney campus, starting from the Benjamin P. Cheney Academy in 1882. Contact Jennifer Griffith at jgriffith6@ewu.edu.  

Her new work “Knots” is a semiautobiographical graphic novel (that takes place in Cheney, WA!) that was named a School Library Journal Best Book of 2024.   Cartoonist Colleen Frakes | Image by Lee Scheinbeim Series Events: Cartoonist Colleen Frakes at EWU’s JFK Library | Wed., May 21,  2 pm – 3 pm Refreshments will…

Where does truth lie? Artists enrolled in ART 313: Art Through Time explored the notion of hidden truth–a conceptual thread referencing the Hermeneutics of Suspicion that weaves throughout Modernism. Painting, sculpture, photography, collage, digital illustration, and textile-based practices were employed to navigate this theme. Additionally, the artists engaged in scholarly research as a creative process…

The Curriculum Center collection serves not only EWU Education and Children’s Studies students and faculty, but also local teachers, homeschooling families, and other members of the community.