Category: Students

For the Class of 2020, a graduation experience like no other By Eastern Magazine At EWU, and on college campuses across the nation, graduation ceremonies are a celebratory rite of spring, a time when the diligence and dedication of seniors and graduate students is rewarded with cheers, hugs and high-fives.  For the class of 2020,…

Covid-19 restrictions make ‘community’ gardening a one-man affair By Eastern Magazine As this magazine reported last fall, Erik Budsberg, indefatigable sustainability coordinator at Eastern, has long been committed to building up the EWU Community Garden, a verdant plot of organic goodness located on the southwest corner of campus. “The goal has always been to grow…

Men’s Basketball honored for its 2020 Big Sky Conference title By Eastern Magazine In May, the Spokane County Board of Commissioners recognized the Eastern men’s basketball team in a proclamation made during a remotely-held meeting. The citation recognized EWU for winning the Big Sky Conference outright championship, honored Mason Peatling for his conference MVP win,…

Eastern graduates look down from a billboard at the corner of N. Monroe St. and Boone Ave. in downtown Spokane. EWU reserved the billboard — pre-pandemic — to congratulate graduates and their families as they left the commencement ceremony planned for Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena. When graduation went online, the university moved to replace its…

On the Colville Reservation, deadly car crashes have become a tragic fact of life. EWU faculty and students are determined to change that.   By Dave Meany To drive along one stretch of the Coulee Corridor, a national scenic byway, is to experience North Central Washington in all its glory. The majestic Columbia River is…