Category: Alumni Profiles

A Higher Stage

Eric Barriere on EWU's red turf

Despite the odds, Eastern’s greatest-ever quarterback is ready to quiet the next-level doubters. By Dave Cook Turning heads is what

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Restoration, Sound and Sustainable

June 13, 2022 by Will Hall

Melodie Wynne stands in front of indigenous plants at EWU.

EWU alumna Melodi Wynne, ’07, a citizen of the Spokane Tribe who has become a leader in the movement to restore “food sovereignty” to the Native peoples of the Upper Columbia Plateau.

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People-Friendly Places

People-Friendly Places

Essays edited by Eastern alumna Summer Hess explore one of Spokane’s most interesting urban spaces. Just southwest of the University

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Building Relationships

Building Relationships

Erin Ross, EWU alumna and member of the Cowlitz Tribe, will guide Eastern’s Tribal Relations Office.   In July, Eastern

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An Eagle Steps Up

An Eagle Steps Up

Monica Jaenicke, athlete, alumna and sports communicator, will lead EWU Athletics’ outreach. Over the course of his 31-year career at

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Eagles Rising

Eagles Rising

  Once they were migrant and seasonal farm workers. Soon they’ll launch careers in health care.   CAMP, the College

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Coming Back, Giving Back

Coming Back, Giving Back

Kelsey Hatch-Brecek, EWU’s new director of alumni relations, shares her Eastern story.   I am thrilled to be back at my

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Jaleen Roberts: Success and Sacrifice

Jaleen Roberts: Success and Sacrifice

For one of the world’s most accomplished athletes, nothing has come easy. By Charles E. Reineke It was raining as

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Legans Ends an Enviable Run

Shantay Legans, EWU head basketball coach

Eastern’s head basketball coach accepts the top job at the University of Portland. By Charles E. Reineke Following Eastern’s Big

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A Familiar Eagle Takes the Helm

A Familiar  Eagle Takes  the Helm

David Riley spent almost a decade as an EWU assistant. Now it’s his turn to lead.   David Riley ’13,

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