Wednesday, May 31, 2006
High School remembers EWU student Garrett Neer
EWU junior Garrett Neer's fatal accident last weekend struck the people at his former high school pretty hard. The Tri-City Herald has a nice rememberance piece today.
Tri-City Herald
Tri-City Herald
Tuesday, May 30, 2006
EWU president returns to Walla Walla for visit
Decades after his family spent time in Walla Walla as migrant workers, EWU president Rodolfo Arevalo returned to the southeast Washington city to talk about his plans for Eastern with the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin.
Walla Walla Union-Bulletin
Walla Walla Union-Bulletin
EWU student grows up car-less
There was a fun story in the Sunday Seattle Times about the family of EWU junior Peter Peterson, from Issaquah, who grew up in a car-less family. The Petersons weren't anti-car, Peter's dad said, they just didn't find the need to have one...
Seattle Times
Seattle Times
Arevalo's story reaches the coast
It took 10 days, but Shawn Vestal's story on EWU president Rodolfo Arevalo made a surprise appearance in today's online Seattle Times -- I'm not sure if it is in the print version because I don't have a copy of the Times today...
Seattle Times
Seattle Times
EWU Institute partners w/ Foundation NW
Eastern's Institute for Public Policy and Economic Analysis received a $108,000 grant from Foundation Northwest and is putting that money to use to enhance the Community Indicators Initiative. Read all about it in the following story which ran in the Saturday S-R.
Spokesman Review
You can also listen to S-R business reporter Tom Sowa talk about the Community Indicators Initiative on his weekly podcast.
Spokesman Review
You can also listen to S-R business reporter Tom Sowa talk about the Community Indicators Initiative on his weekly podcast.
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
Tuition increase proposed at EWU for next school year
The EWU Board of Trustees is pondering a proposed 6 percent tuition increase for EWU resident undergrads next year. The details are in this S-R story from this weekend -- they even snuck a quote from me into this one...
Spokesman Review
Spokesman Review
First month very busy for new EWU prez
Eastern's new president, Rodolfo Arevalo, sat down with the Spokesman Review's Shawn Vestal last week for about 45 minutes, recounting the first six weeks of his presidency. The feature ran in last Saturday's S-R.
Spokesman Review
Spokesman Review
Meyer settling in in Cincy
Former Eagles QB Erik Meyer, signed as a free agent by the Cincinnati Bengals, is featured in a Cincinnati Post article on his football prowess winning out over his baseball abilities.
Cincinnati Post
Cincinnati Post
Former EWU prof writes education leadership book
Harvey Alvy, a former professor in EWU's Education Department, co-authored a book on education leadership. Alvy is featured in a Education World magazine article.
Education World
Education World
All-Sports Trophy goes to Eagles
It was the best Big Sky Conference year ever for the EWU Eagles across the board -- and that was reflected by the Eagles claiming the conference's All-Sports Trophy for the first time ever. The Eagle men's third-place finish at the Big Sky track championships pushed them past perennial winner Montana.
Seattle P-I
Seattle P-I
Finnie delivers keynote at Tri-Cities graduation celebration
Scott Finnie, a professor in African American Studies at EWU, delivered the keynote address for graduates at the Afro-Americans for an Academic Society celebration in the Tri-Cities.
Tri-City Herald
Tri-City Herald
Tuesday, May 02, 2006
Living among monks
EWU grad George Miller is sharing what he learned working for two years at a Buddhist monastery in India. Next week, he's headed back to the monastery for another year of work.
Yakima Herald-Republic
Yakima Herald-Republic
Monday, May 01, 2006
GenPrime shows EWU's tech transfer potential
GenPrime, a biotech company that developed out of EWU's biology department by a couple Eastern professors and an EWU graduate student, is the lead subject in this technology transfer story from the front page of the Sunday Spokesman. Also featured in the story is EWU professor Harm-Jan Steenhuis, an expecrt in technology transfer in the Inland Northwest.
Spokesman Review
Spokesman Review
Application dropoffs a bit befuddling
Application numbers for next fall quarter are unexpectedly down at the state's public universities. Some of the possible causes and effects are discussed in a piece by Shawn Vestal in Saturday's Spokesman.
Spokesman Review
Spokesman Review
