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EWU Alum Named to National Radio Hall of Fame

November 6, 2025

Photo of Colin Cowherd on cover of Eastern magazine.

Colin Cowherd studied radio and television at Eastern Washington University in the mid-1980s and has been a prominent figure in national sports-talk radio and television.

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Luck of the Draw

October 24, 2025

Photo of scholarship winner holding a big fake check.

Taylor Hershberger, a transfer student from Grandview, Washington, won the EWU Alumni Association’s Neighborfest scholarship drawing.

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Lost for Decades, a Veteran’s Class Ring Finds Its Way Home

August 13, 2025

Linda Wall-Sullivan Center, her daughter, Laura, and ring finder James Murphy hold on to the ring together.

William P. Wall, a standout Eagle linebacker, didn’t come home from Vietnam. His recently recovered ring is at the heart of an inspirational story.

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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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Social Work Alumna Reconnects After 47 Years

May 13, 2025

Cyndy Stevenson and two social work faculty standing by the Senior Hall sign. One is holding a boomerang.

Cyndy Stevenson, who was among the first graduates of EWU’s School of Social Work, recently visited the Cheney campus.

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Announcing the 2025 EWU Alumni Award Winners

March 7, 2025

2025 Alumni Awards graphic.

The EWU Alumni Association is hosting an event to celebrate these inspirational award winners.

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Student Wins $1,000 Scholarship at Neighborfest

October 30, 2024

Student Wins $1,000 Scholarship at Neighborfest

The scholarship was among many awards provided by the EWU Alumni Association over the past year.

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Alumnus Finds Success as a Dental Hygienist

October 19, 2024

Alumnus Finds Success as a Dental Hygienist

Carlos Valdovinos says that scholarships and applied learning at EWU’s Dental Hygiene Clinic helped build a path to his future.

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EWU Honors Memorial Day

May 24, 2024

EWU Honors Memorial Day

The annual display at JFK Library remembers Eagle students and alumni lost over the years.

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EWU Electrical Engineering Alumnus Working on High Profile Project

January 26, 2023

EWU Electrical Engineering Alumnus Working on High Profile Project

Russell Thomas ’13 is senior design engineer for electrical systems inside a 600,000-square-foot building that is part of a $12 billion project to construct a chip manufacturing plant for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.’s (TSMC) first U.S. campus.

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