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The English Language Institute (ELI) at Eastern Washington University focuses on helping international students learn English so they can stay on track and succeed in university-level education. The ELI is an intensive English program that supports students to improve their reading, writing, listening and speaking skills before entering classes at a university. “When I came…

Today is Day 65 of the 2017 Regular Legislative Session. 40 more days to go! Since our last post, we have now passed House of Origin cutoff and returned back to committee work. This means that for a bill to still be alive, it must have passed off the floor in the chamber that it…

Today is Day 40 of the 2017 Regular Session–and House of Origin policy cutoff! So, what does policy cutoff mean? It means that today is the last day to pass policy bills out of committee. Bills that are not voted out of their policy committee by end of day today are “dead.” Unless they are…

Today is Day 31 of the 2017 Regular Session. Last week, we had Trustees Murphy, Wilson, Tanaka, and Manning in town for the annual Trustees and Regents day. We had over 30 Trustees and Regents participating from nearly every public college and university in the state. Over the course of the day, Trustees met with…

Eastern Washington University tied for first place with Ohio University in the 2016 GameDay Recycling Challenge, a nationwide competition among 79 colleges and universities to reduce and recycle the waste generated at home football games. EWU won with a diversion rate of 95.6 percent. During each competition cycle, participating schools report recycling, compost and attendance data for…

Today is Day 24 of the 2017 Regular Session Last week, Dr. Cullinan joined us for two days in Olympia. She presented before the Senate Ways and Means Committee on the impact of recent state investments in EWU as well as her work on the Graduation Project. You can watch her presentation at www.tvw.org. Dr.…

President Cullinan is in Olympia today meeting with legislators and taking about student success. Below is a guest post from her on the Graduation Project at EWU and many of the new initiatives EWU is pursuing to ensure every student is successful. This past spring, we graduated 3,000 students. One of the joys of university…

The first two weeks have been a flurry of activity as we met new members, testified before the house and senate committees on the Governor’s proposed budget, and responded to bills. In this 2017 legislative session, lawmakers need to accomplish: Approving a new operating, capital, and transportation budget Meeting the state’s K-12 McCleary obligations (of…

EWU Professor of Psychology Phil Watkins, PhD, has found ways to make people happier through gratitude exercises. Watkins’ research was recently featured on the Academic Minute, which highlights researchers from colleges and universities around the world. His research focused on how gratitude can improve people’s lives. “Gratitude seems to have positive consequences,” he said. “My…

Food Trucks Three food trucks, as part of Greater Spokane Food Trucks, have set up shop between Monroe Hall and Showalter Hall. Mac Daddy’s Gourmet Grub, CRATE and Soup’s On will be on campus Monday-Friday from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Thomas Hammer Coffee Thomas Hammer Coffee reopened in the JFK Library Monday, Jan. 9. In its…