Category: Alumni Profiles
A Higher Stage
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
David Riley spent almost a decade as an EWU assistant. Now it’s his turn to lead. David Riley ’13,…
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