EWU News

Category: Social Impact

Community Honors 9/11 First Responders

September 11, 2026

Firefighter wearing full mask carrying a flag.

Firefighters, police officers, military personnel and community members joined Eastern Washington University students, employees and alumni for this annual remembrance.

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EWU To Host Annual 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb

September 7, 2026

People, including first responders, ROTC and other students at EWU's 2025 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb.

On Friday, Sept. 11, Eastern Washington University will host its annual climb at Roos Field to honor the first responders who lost their lives in the 2001 terrorist attacks.

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EWU Steps Up to Help Fire Victims

August 27, 2026

Mark Este and Jasmin Davis with bags of donated clothing.

Eastern’s Office of Community Engagement has become a hub for the Cheney community to support children and adults in need.

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Eagle 1 News: August 2026

August 20, 2026 by Melodie Little

Eagle 1 News banner with flowering trees.

Read about the latest news and accomplishments of Eastern’s campus community.

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EWU Students Create Kits to Improve Literacy

June 12, 2026

Smiling student holds up a book about a lama needing a haricut.

Members of the Eastern Reading Council hope to get new parents reading to their babies to improve kindergarten readiness.

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Student Volunteers Pitch in for Veterans

May 22, 2026

Two student volunteers with a broom and trash bag pose with the Washington State Veterans Cemetery sign behind them.

Nearly a dozen students –some veterans themselves – helped to tidy up the grounds at Washington State Veterans Cemetery leading into Memorial Day weekend.

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Student Volunteer Shares Her Alternative Spring Break Experience

May 20, 2026

Three student volunteers from Eastern in front of a Habitat truck in Texas.

Emmy Landre Dorra was among a group of three Eastern students who traveled to Kerrville, Texas in March to help a community still recovering from the devastating floods of 2025.

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EWU Observes Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People Day

May 6, 2026

Evanlene Melting Tallow standing by tree with symbolic red shirts hanging from it.

The national day raises awareness about violence against indigenous people and those who are still missing.

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EWU Hosts Events to Help People and Environments Thrive

April 20, 2026

Two women hold two small plants.

EWU is hosting multiple events now through April 29 that promote inclusion, support sustainability and advance disabilities awareness.

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Student Research Influences Spokane Ordinance Protecting Renters

March 11, 2026

Photo looking down at Urban Planning symposium at the Catalyst.

An urban planning student and her faculty mentor looked into algorithmic rental price fixing. The published article was eye-opening.

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