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Category: Social Impact

EWU Top College For Diversity Once Again

September 25, 2019 by David Meany

EWU Students celebrating in front of JFK Library

For the second consecutive year, Eastern Washington University has been nationally recognized for its outstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion.

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Intensive Stuttering Workshop Proves Successful

July 9, 2019 by David Meany

Students sit around a fire pit at a successful stuttering management workshop

Stutter with confidence. That is the philosophy at the heart of the Successful Stuttering Management Program (SSMP), a treatment program

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EWU Hosts Inaugural Latino Forum

April 30, 2019 by David Meany

Original artwork by Washington artist Victor Fuentes

Eastern Washington University is set to host the first-ever Cinco de May Latino Forum as part of its ongoing commitment

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Exploring Music Therapy Partnership to Welcome First-Year Native Students

April 11, 2019 by David Meany

Showalter Hall at sunset

Story from The Inlander: Growing up on the Nez Perce Reservation, Rickey “Deekon” Jones became accustomed to living among a

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Honey Bee Research leads to Prestigious NSF Grant

October 9, 2018 by David Meany

Close up of bees on a honeycomb

An Eastern Washington University biology instructor exploring ways to protect one of nature’s most important pollinators, the honey bee, has

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EWU Takes Sustainability Seriously

September 18, 2018 by Emily Oliver

Student members of the EWU Sustainability Club

… But who says saving the environment can’t be fun? Taking advantage of the warm weather on Aug. 7, the

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Prestigious Summer Assignment for EWU Professor

May 9, 2018 by David Meany

Photo: Gina Mikel Petrie in Nicaragua

CHENEY, Washington – Eastern Washington University Associate Professor Gina Mikel Petrie, PhD, has been selected by the U.S. Department of

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Campus garden continues to grow

April 17, 2018 by eastern247

Squash from EWU greenhouse

The EWU Office of Sustainability has gotten a head start on their crops for the campus garden this spring. In

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Faculty Research Seeks Honey Bee-Friendly Campus

March 29, 2018 by eastern247

Close up of bees on a honeycomb

Jenifer Walke, assistant professor of biology, has been researching the microbes (the bacteria and fungi) associated with honey bees and

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EWU kicks off year with community service

October 20, 2017 by eastern247

Community service students wearing volunteer shirts

Eastern Washington University faculty, staff and students – many of them new to campus – started the 2017 academic year

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