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Jess Walter reflects on how class, ambition, and a fifteen-dollar decision shaped his path to stardom.

For more than two decades, Eastern’s CAMP program gave the children of migrant parents a better shot at obtaining a college education. When budget cuts threatened to close its doors, donors stepped up.     By Linn Parish During long, hot summers back in the late 2000s, Tanya Núñez would spend 10 to 12 hours…

Where will Eastern magazine be spotted next? Share a photo of you, our latest issue and the details of where your travels have taken you. Send to easternmagazine@ewu.edu.     Argentina   Dave Heyamoto, Jerrie Little Heyamoto ’88, Janice Hijiya Price ’70 and Jim Price (pictured from left) recently trekked to the Argentinian rainforest to experience Iguazu Falls,…

  Just after the beginning of the 2023 academic year, Eastern’s Board of Trustees met to discuss, among other pressing issues, how the university could better share its strengths with the wider world: “How might we more authentically communicate who we are,” they asked, “while differentiating ourselves in our region’s competitive higher education landscape?” Eastern’s…

Across the nation, the use of clean, renewable energy sources is revolutionizing the way Americans power their lives and livelihoods. Already, according to the U.S. Department of Energy, alternatives to the carbon-based status quo are generating hundreds of billions in economic activity, with much more to come. Now, thanks to a Washington Climate Commitment Act…

For most teams, a painful season like EWU’s 2023 soccer campaign would take years to bounce back from. Matches were usually tight, play was always competitive, but poor results spoke for themselves: Just two wins, 14 losses and one draw. After a particularly frustrating, season-ending losing streak that concluded with a dismal 4-0 beatdown at…