Scholarship Supports Award-Winning Student

Alesia Levchenko was recently named as one of two Eagles to receive a 2026 Student Civic Leadership Award by the Washington Campus Coalition for the Public Good, a network of nine state colleges and universities that work to advance “the public purpose of colleges and universities.”

The awards, presented to no more than two undergraduates at each member institution, recognize outstanding student leaders who are making a difference in civic engagement and social entrepreneurship. Levchenko, a junior political science major, attributes some of her success as an Eastern student to the scholarship awards she has received.

“Receiving the Jeffers Chertok Memorial Scholarship, among others, allows me to not only attend EWU in the first place, but to dedicate even more focus to my studies. The financial aid and scholarship opportunities EWU provides undoubtedly set up its students for future success,” Levchenko says.

Levchenko has distinguished herself as one of EWU’s most dynamic and effective student leaders. As president of EWU’s Political and International Affairs Community, a student organization, she has helped to organize civic engagement events aimed at elevating campus-wide dialogue on critical political and international issues.

“EWU is ever-evolving, and student voices are consistently part of that change,” Levchenko says. “Our education and community are as good as we choose to make them, and it makes me proud to see so many ambitious students actively fulfilling that.”

Levchenko also serves as an ASEWU senator for the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, and has represented EWU students in Olympia as part of the university’s legislative action committee. Her advocacy has strengthened student voices in collegiate governance and state-level funding conversations.

“I have learned invaluable leadership and organizational skills through working to provide many campus-wide events for students, all while fostering an important sense of community for anybody who wants to be a member,” she says.

After graduation, Levchenko hopes to attend law school. Her goal as an attorney, she says, would be use her foundation in advocacy, public policy and principled leadership to assist clients who have been the victims of medical malpractice.