Category: Alumni
Alumna named National Teacher of the Year
April 20, 2018 by easternmagazine
EWU alumna Mandy Manning ’98 was named the 2018 National Teacher of the Year, announced on Friday, April 20, on CBS…
[Read more]Tapping into the Craft Beer Business
March 7, 2018 by easternmagazine
A by-no-means-complete guide to Eastern alumni working to make every hour happy. This story has been fermenting for a while. We…
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Doug Clark – A Man of Many Talents
March 6, 2018 by easternmagazine
I’ve always wanted to write a celebrity interview. You know, the kind that appears in Harper’s Bazaar: “On a clear…
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Hampson Sings Hometown Praises
by easternmagazine
It would be easy to assume that baritone Thomas Hampson has moved on from his eastern Washington roots. The Eastern…
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Vestal Wins Washington State Book Award
by easternmagazine
Shawn Vestal ’08, ’05, MFA creative writing, BA interdisciplinary studies, won the Washington State Book Award for fiction for his debut…
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Against All Odds
September 8, 2017 by easternmagazine
Cristina Santana’s small stature and quiet, comforting manner are nearly lost in her sizable bulletproof vest. She roams the streets…
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Ahead of the Curve
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At the highest level of professional competition, all athletes relentlessly search for ways to gain an edge over their opposition.…
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Family, Faith & Football
by easternmagazine
Rodrick Jackson’s life changed forever Dec. 21, 2016. It was his 18th birthday – the day he changed his name…
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Honor Flight
March 20, 2017 by easternmagazine
In October 2016, Rear Admiral (Ret.) George Lotzenhiser ’47 and Lt. Col. (Ret.) Jerry Mellick ’67, Eastern alumni from different…
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Skyler Oberst celebrates the interfaith community
by easternmagazine
Skyler Oberst is easy to pick out of a crowd of young professionals. It isn’t his fashionable eyeglasses, his watch…
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