Category: Archive & Past Events

This week, EWU celebrates the career of nationally acclaimed author and Eastern grad Jess Walter. The JFK Library is joining in with a display about Jess Walter, his 2020 book The Cold Millions, and the contributions of Walter and other Eastern authors to the literature of the Inland Northwest. Check out out the display in…

Celebrate the rich tapestry of Black History with our specially curated collection for Black History Month. Explore the profound contributions, struggles, triumphs, and cultural heritage of African Americans through a diverse array of literature. This display honors the voices that have shaped our world and guides readers on a journey of understanding, empathy, and appreciation…

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…

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…