EWU News

Category: Applied Learning

EWU Assisting in Efforts to Alleviate Homelessness

January 20, 2026

Volunteer talking with a homeless person sitting in his car.

Matt Anderson and his urban planning students are key to quantifying homelessness and educating the community and lawmakers about why it happens.

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EWU Announces Fall 2025 Dean’s List Honorees

January 14, 2026

Students study in the Eastern Washington University JFK Library.

Nearly 2,900 Eastern Washington University students have made the Dean’s List.

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EWU Student Designers Create Sign to Honor Itron Partnership

January 13, 2026

The Itron team and teh EWU team pose for a photo by the new sign.

The interactive sign was months in the making, with students collaborating with two directors of the global company on this innovative applied learning project.

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Applied Learning and Scholarships Open Doors for Recent Graduate

November 17, 2025

Angela Paparazzo

The support made it possible for Angela Paparazzo to participate in unpaid internships that helped her land a job right out of college.

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CSTEM Students Make Science ‘Spooky’ for Kids

October 28, 2025

Three students with experiment that has fog.

More than 100 student volunteers collaborated with faculty for this fun-filled, Halloween-theme event.

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Office of Community Engagement is Ready to Engage

October 23, 2025

Ribbon cutting ceremony.

The Oct. 21 open house celebrated the rebirth of the community outreach center, which was closed for about four years.

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EWU Students Attend Business Conference in Finland

October 15, 2025

X-Culture team of eight with EWU student.

Kimarie Fox and Antonio Cazarez were among just 150 students invited to the global conference.

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EWU To Launch Law Enforcement Leadership Degree

August 28, 2025

Three police officer in an Eastern Washington University classroom.

Eastern Washington University plans to launch a Law Enforcement Leadership & Practice program in the fall of 2026 for working police officers.

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EWU Works to Implement Digital Credentialing

July 29, 2025

Campus mall, stone says EWU Inspiring the future.

The move to digitize credentials aims to better align student records with skills-based hiring practices – increasing opportunities and supporting lifelong learning.

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EWU Alumna Inspires Students

June 23, 2025

Alumna teaching students how to test compounds.

Delaney Putnam, a 2022 graduate who now works as a chemist for Novelis, returned to campus to lead an engaging experiential lab for geochemistry students.

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