Eagle Wire

Eagles Honored

2011-02-22T10:02:00.000-08:00

Again, this time by state lawmakers in Olympia.

Spokesman.com

Quarters to Semesters

2011-02-22T09:56:00.000-08:00

Eastern ready to make move...but it will be a while.

Spokesman.com

Spokane Economy Inches Along

2011-01-26T11:26:00.001-08:00

From EWU professor Grant Forsyth.

KXLY.com

Gift Helps EWU Students

2011-01-24T11:48:00.000-08:00

Telect makes nice donation of cash and equipment for computer science and engineering students at EWU!

PRnewswire

Everyone Loves a Parade

2011-01-24T11:45:00.000-08:00

Picture gallery of Saturday's parade in Spokane honoring the EWU Eagles National Championship team.

Spokesman

Red Carpet

2011-01-14T14:51:00.000-08:00

Texas high school follows Eastern's lead.

Athletic Business

Eagle Nation

2011-01-13T12:05:00.001-08:00

Nice column on how EWU's championship run in football is building school pride.

Spokesman

New Online Program

2011-01-13T12:04:00.001-08:00

Children's Studies program featured.

Spokesman

Big Band

2011-01-10T15:32:00.000-08:00

From EWU alum and local columnist Doug Clark.

Spokesman

Champions

2011-01-10T15:27:00.000-08:00

Why not two in a row?

Seattle Times

Remembering Reid

2010-08-20T09:16:00.000-07:00

Story on new Reid Meditation Garden.

Spokesman

Red-letter day for Eastern

2010-06-14T10:37:00.001-07:00

Red Turf project is off the ground.

Spokesman-Review

Student Memoirs

2010-05-28T12:04:00.001-07:00

EWU literature students (EDUC 301 Literature and Literacy for Young Adults class) have been working with students from Spokane's Madison Elementary this year. The kids have been learning to write memoirs.
This week, the young students visited Eastern to share their memoirs with the EDUC class.
For a full link to the pictures, to go http://www.ewu.edu/x66982.xml

Helping Haiti

2010-05-28T11:33:00.000-07:00

EWU graduate making a difference.

Tri-City Herald

Artists Leaves Mark

2010-05-27T11:59:00.000-07:00

Spokesman story on local artist, who is EWU's Art Department.

Spokesman

President Profile

2010-05-27T11:58:00.000-07:00

Yakima Herald profile on EWU president in anticipation of upcoming visit.

Yakima Herald

Still Running

2010-04-29T12:38:00.000-07:00

Spokesman article on two EWU professors who have made their mark at annaul Bloomsday run.

Spokesman-Review

Remembering Ruben

2010-04-29T12:36:00.000-07:00

Nine months after the death of former EWU professor Ruben Trejo, his great work is remembered at the MAC.

Inlander

EWU in Cyprus?

2010-04-29T12:34:00.000-07:00

Article from The Inlander on EWU professor's effort to expand her educational efforts to Cyprus.

Inlander

Get Lit!

2010-04-15T09:07:00.000-07:00

Story on EWU's annual literary festival and its future.

Inlander

Economic Forecast

2010-04-09T10:40:00.000-07:00

EWU faculty members see's small light at end of economic tunnel. The following blurb is from the Spokesman-Review's blog:

The economic recovery is on the horizon, but it will take four years or longer to erase the stain of the recession, an economist and a marketing professional told business and community leaders in Spokane this morning.

“I’m reasonably, vaguely optimistic” the Inland Northwest is headed into a recovery, said Grant Forsyth, professor of economics at Eastern Washington University.

This will be a modest year of employment growth, Forsyth predicted. The unemployment rate in the Spokane area will remain around 9 percent through 2010, he said.

The region also can expect little wage growth this year, he told a gathering hosted by Greater Spokane Incorporated at The Davenport Hotel.

Forsyth said the economy here is turning around, but he estimated it will take until summer 2013 to reach the employment peak seen in March 2008.

He also predicts consumer spending will continue to be conservative through the end of this year. “I think consumers will be much ore restrained.”

Hockey Success

2010-03-08T11:14:00.000-08:00

EWU's club hockey team off to nationals.

Spokesman-Review

Getting There

2010-03-08T11:12:00.000-08:00

Literally. Regarding planned changes in STA bus service and impacts to campus.

Spokesman-Review

Go Red, Not Green

2010-03-03T14:09:00.000-08:00

Second wave of national stories on EWU's plan to install red field turf after AP did a story last week.

New York Times

EWU Press

2010-02-22T13:11:00.001-08:00

Article from Chronicle of Higher Education.

Chronicle

Big turnout for student rally

2010-02-05T11:54:00.000-08:00

Students protest more cuts to higher education.

Spokesman-Review

Roll out the Red Turf

2010-01-28T11:59:00.000-08:00

Check it out. Yahoo.com

Dental Clinic Recognition

2010-01-25T10:06:00.000-08:00

Nice article from weekend paper.

Spokesman-Review.com

Who should set tuition?

2010-01-25T10:05:00.000-08:00

Big issue this legislative session.
Seattle Times

Legislative Session Begins

2010-01-15T11:55:00.000-08:00

And it won't be fun.

Spokesman-Review.com

Figure Skating

2010-01-08T10:01:00.000-08:00

What does this have to do with Eastern?

SpokesmanReview.com

In Defense of Higher Ed

2009-12-08T10:02:00.001-08:00

EWU President co-authors Op Ed in The Seattle Times

A Sporting Event for the Mind at EWU

2009-12-08T10:00:00.000-08:00

From Spokesman Review

Happy Anniversary

2009-12-03T11:55:00.000-08:00

Nice article on Computer Science Program's 25th Anniversary in today's SR.

Spokesman.com

Economic Forecast

2009-11-12T14:42:00.001-08:00

Spokesman.com

Economic Outlook

2009-11-10T16:18:00.000-08:00

EWU professor delivers state of the economy on Thursday morning. Here's a preview.

KPLU

Happy Halloween

2009-10-30T09:57:00.001-07:00

Fun read on front page of Spokesman about a ghost that may have once roamed the neighborhood around campus.

Spokesman.com

The cost of education

2009-10-21T14:45:00.000-07:00

Interesting article.

Seattle Times

Upon Further Review

2009-10-21T13:23:00.000-07:00

Regarding EWU-Montana football game from last saturday.

Spokesman

Enrollment Record

2009-10-13T13:49:00.000-07:00

Record enrollment for Eastern and many other state colleges to start the year. The reason? The economy, as more students are staying in school and transfering to the four year universities rather than testing the job market.

Spokesman

A First: Eastern to Play UW in Football

2009-10-06T16:17:00.000-07:00

Spokesman.com

Autism Study

2009-10-06T16:15:00.000-07:00

Working off a national report, local television station focuses on the Domino Project, housed here at EWU.

KXLY.com

Swine Flu Preps

2009-09-22T14:11:00.001-07:00

Overview on how region, including Eastern Washignton University, is preparing for potential outbreak.

Spokesman-Review

Hargreaves

2009-09-17T12:00:00.000-07:00

Nice story on the grand re-opening of Hargreaves Hall, one of the most historic buildings on campus.

Spokesman-Review

Update on Injured Student

2009-08-28T12:02:00.000-07:00

Robert Yamada was badly hurt while diving into Lake Roosevelt in August.

KREM.com

Dream Act

2009-08-25T09:15:00.000-07:00

More on the so-called Dream Act that would impact many migrant students.

Tacoma News Tribune

New Recruiting Tool?

2009-08-25T09:09:00.000-07:00

This from an outdoor column in the Spokesman Review:

Todd Reis of Tacoma was almost giddy that his daughter was enrolling at Eastern Washington University.

“This is sweet,” he said, casting a monster-size lure into Silver Lake. “She’s picked a school that’s within bicycling distance of one of the state’s seven tiger musky lakes.”

The Reis family was in the Cheney area recently for freshman orientation, but it looks as though this dad won’t need much persuasion to drive cross state for visits throughout the year.

“From Spokane, you’re just a short drive to good tiger musky fishing at Silver, Newman and some lakes in Idaho,” he said.

Economy..Global Warming...

2009-08-10T11:14:00.000-07:00

Just a few of the topics Eastern faculty experts have been asked to weigh in on in recent days...here are the articles.

Spokesman

Spokesman

Cops and Kids

2009-07-31T10:19:00.000-07:00

Nice community story, from the Cheney Free Press.

CFP

EWU Loses a Great One

2009-07-24T10:06:00.000-07:00

Spokesman Review

Thanks

2009-07-17T10:26:00.000-07:00

To the person who made this nice contribution.

Cheney Free Press

Open Wide!

2009-07-17T10:25:00.000-07:00

Nice story on our annual summer dental camp in downtown Spokane.

Cheney Free Press

Food for Thought

2009-07-07T15:09:00.000-07:00

Interesting reading on budget situation from Seattle Times.

Seattle Times

Final Budget Breakdown

2009-07-06T16:23:00.000-07:00

From the Cheney Free Press.

CFP

Survivor's Story

2009-06-29T09:39:00.000-07:00

One of the many great stories coming out of this past weekend's annual Hoopfest in Spokane involves an Eastern alum.

KXLY.com

More Budget Concerns

2009-06-18T12:42:00.001-07:00

Far from out of the woods yet on this budget thing. This from the Spokesman's Olympia bureau.

Eye On Olympia

Trailblazer

2009-06-18T12:33:00.000-07:00

EWU student is Cheney's first female firefighter.

Spokesman

About College Presses

2009-06-16T09:09:00.000-07:00

Story fronm AP on how budget crunch is impacting presses that bring notoriety to many colleges, including Eastern.

Associated Press

Making sense of Tragedy

2009-06-12T10:31:00.000-07:00

One of our professors died a week ago whitewater rafting in Idaho.

Here's a nice article by the Spokesman's outdoor editor as those on the trip try and come to terms with what happened.

Spokesman

Then & Now

2009-06-09T09:46:00.000-07:00

Feature in Spokesman Review profiles one player who led the Division I turnaround at Eastern. (Link is from a California publication that picked up story.)

American Chronicle

Graduation Saturday

2009-06-08T11:11:00.001-07:00

Nice feature on one of our students in this morning's paper.

Spokesman Review

Our Economist is Sharp

2009-06-01T11:40:00.000-07:00

Director of Eastern's Institute for Public Policy and Economic Analysis weighs in on this story.

Spokesman Review

Losing One of Our Own

2009-06-01T11:36:00.000-07:00

Tragic death of EWU faculty member over weekend.

KXLY.com

Symposium Success

2009-05-28T11:17:00.000-07:00

Annual Creative Works & Research Symposium receives nice write-up in paper.

Spokesman Review

Equal Pay Champion Visits EWU

2009-05-28T11:16:00.000-07:00

Spokesman Review

You Might Dig This Story

2009-05-27T09:07:00.000-07:00

Wenatchee World

Rec Center Recognized

2009-05-26T11:05:00.000-07:00

Recreation Management Magazine

Sharing the Pain

2009-05-26T11:03:00.000-07:00

From the Cheney Free Press

Budget Numbers

2009-05-13T15:55:00.000-07:00

Story on what EWU is looking at for budget cuts and how publc comments will be taken well into June.
A clarification, even with a 14 percent tuition increase, there will likely be more reductions in phase two.

Spokesman Review

Community Indicators

2009-05-08T15:10:00.001-07:00

Eastern's Community Indicators lands federal grant.

Journal of Business.

What's it all mean?

2009-04-29T08:56:00.000-07:00

We're all still trying to sort out the impacts of the legislative budget cuts. This article tries to put it into perspective. Yes, it could be worse, but it's still not good and there are a lot of things to figure out still.
Solid numnbers won't be known for several weeks still.

Seattle Times

The Debate

2009-04-27T09:30:00.000-07:00

Ever since the budget imploded and our neighbors way west(ern) decided to drop football, this issue has surfaced again.

Spokesman

Good Budget News

2009-04-27T09:12:00.000-07:00

Meanwhile, the state's construction, or capital, budget is out - and includes money for renovation of our main academic building, Patterson Hall.

Spokesman

Details Details

2009-04-27T09:10:00.000-07:00

Regarding the budget.

Spokesman

Budget by the Numbers

2009-04-24T15:10:00.001-07:00

Budget details. Impacts to higher ed are pretty severe, but tuition will help soften the blow.

Spokesman Review

Budget Update

2009-04-23T15:27:00.001-07:00

They have a budget deal in Olympia, we just don't know the details.

Spokesman Review

Saving Money

2009-04-23T15:22:00.000-07:00

How some college kids are beating the rising cost of tuition.

Tacoma News Tribune

EWU Spokane and the Economy

2009-04-20T11:23:00.000-07:00

How the University District will play a role in the turnaround.

Spokesman

Relay hits 25

2009-04-20T11:22:00.000-07:00

Great cause.

CFP

Engineering Update

2009-04-16T09:38:00.000-07:00

Regarding a legislative bill to allow more such programs at Eastern.

Columbia Basin Herald

Signs of Spring

2009-04-16T09:36:00.000-07:00

Spring football update.

Seattle Times

Add thisto the Tuition Debate

2009-04-13T16:30:00.001-07:00

From the Eye on Olympia blog in the Spokesman.

The Tuition Debate

2009-04-08T14:47:00.000-07:00

One university president's opinion on why state colleges should be allowed to increase tuition by as much as 14 percent each of the next two years.

Seattle Times

Higher Tuition?

2009-04-08T14:44:00.000-07:00

From the Spokesman, article about latest tuition increase proposal as a way to offset major cuts to higher ed in the state of Washington.

Spokesman

How it looked on TV

2009-04-02T10:08:00.000-07:00

KREM television's story about the student rally on campus wednesday.

KREM TV

Students React

2009-04-02T09:55:00.001-07:00

This story on how students are reacting to state budget woes was picked up by the Seattle PI (online), but appeared on the front page in today's Spokesman Review.

Seattle PI

Now What?

2009-04-01T14:45:00.001-07:00

This piece from the Seattle Times sort of spells out what happens next, after the house and senate have unleashed their massive budget cut proposals.

Seattle Times

Tuition Issues

2009-04-01T10:55:00.000-07:00

With both senate and house unveiling their budgets this week, the news is not great for higher ed - or for those who want to send their kids to college.
This editorial from Seattle Times explains.

Seattle Times

Black Monday

2009-03-30T16:01:00.000-07:00

The state senate is revealed it's budget proposal, with the house version expected Tuesday. This is a pretty good indication of what the final numbers will look like. For Eastern, it's 'roughly' a 20 percent cut in what the University typically gets from the state to pay faculty and staff.

Seattle Times

World Baseball Classic

2009-03-25T11:56:00.001-07:00

Why does the just completed World Baseball Classic and Cheney have a small connection? Read on (and oh yeh, another reason we miss the Seahawks).

Seattle Times

End For Reid?

2009-03-19T16:16:00.000-07:00

From the Spokesman:

March 19, 2009

School days to end for Reid
EWU, Cheney district to close elementary at end of the year
Lisa Leinberger / Staff Writer

An aging building and hard economic times have helped Eastern Washington University and Cheney Public Schools decide to close Robert Reid Elementary School on campus at the end of the school year.

Construction on the school began in 1958 and the school became a place for children in the district to learn, and future teachers as well. Two towers overlook the classrooms where college students or parents can observe, unnoticed by the children in class.

Teachers are available to talk to college students studying not only education, but psychology, social work or any other subject dealing with children.

It’s the last of its kind in the state, and one of only a handful in the entire country.

“It is a unique school,” said Larry Keller, superintendent of Cheney schools.

It is also the only choice school in the district. The 115 students attending Reid come from all over the district. Many parents of the students are either attending EWU or are employed there, and the students attending Reid are chosen on a first-come-first-served basis. Keller said there will be a place for the children in the other district schools.

Reid has been a collaborative effort between the district and university. The district provided the teachers, curriculum, textbooks and computers, while the university provides the building, maintenance and janitors.

But the building’s HVAC system is failing – it would cost around $3.5 million to replace – and the building is aging. Two years ago, the district and the university signed a two-year memorandum of understanding which will expire this year. To renew the contract, the university recently asked the school district for $150,000 a year to keep the building open for another two years. The district has decided that the cost was too high.

David Rey, special assistant to President Rodolfo Arévalo, said the university did a study as to how many of its own students actually use the school as part of their education. They found that only 12 students were using it. He said that the university is not teaching education in a way that uses the school – the university’s students spread out throughout the area to learn to teach.

“There is no special reason why that needs to be done at Reid,” Rey said.

The university is also on the list for receiving state funds for capital projects, with a high need for renovating Patterson Hall, which serves about 1,500 to 2,000 students a day. It’s a $45 million project that will be done in two parts. Since Eastern would be in line for receiving funds for one or two projects, officials wanted to make sure the Patterson project was on the list.

“It’s a very, very high need for us,” Rey said. “We can’t not do Patterson.”

Rey added that the cost of operating the building, including the cost of lights, heating, air conditioning, other utilities and the custodial services was much higher than $150,000.

He also said that it will be sad when Reid closes.

“I’ve seen how motivated people are there,” Rey said.

Shannon Lawson is the administrative coordinator/principal of Reid.

She said the school employs about 25 teachers, custodians, cafeteria workers and other staff members. It’s a small school where every teacher knows every student’s name.

“Reid really is a special place,” Lawson said. She said that when she considering becoming a student at EWU, the idea of the lab school was part of her decision.

She said she understands that there are parent groups looking for grant money to keep the school open.

“I still have hope,” she said. She has enjoyed the collaborative effort between Reid and the university. The banner across the playground’s fence announces, “Something big starts here,” a play on EWU’s Start Something Big campaign.

Get more news and information at Spokesman.com

Going National

2009-03-12T15:04:00.000-07:00

The SaveOurScholarships campaign has gone national. Stories this week by CBS Radio, Westwood One Radio and now the Associated Press have used EWU to tell the story of how college endowments are suffering - and many student scholarships will be in trouble.

Here's the AP story, as picked up by the LA Times.

SaveOurScholarships

2009-03-09T09:41:00.001-07:00

Recent article from the Spokesman Review:

By Kevin Graman
Staff Writer

Jessica Hay has no illusions about where she would be were it not for the scholarships she receives while attending Eastern Washington University.

“I would be working dead-end job after dead-end job while struggling toward a degree, maybe in 10 or 12 years,” Hay said.

Raised on a ranch in Springdale, Wash., the 19-year-old sophomore aspires to broaden her horizons – perhaps with a career in international business, marketing or advertising.

But now, Hay’s future is in doubt.

The economic downturn that is forcing cuts in every state budget will almost certainly result in an increase in tuition at Washington’s public universities. Even before the recession, tuition has gone up 5 percent each of the past two years.

Worse for students like Hay, university endowments nationwide lost an average of 28 percent of their value in the past six months of 2008.

From July 1 to Dec. 31, the University of Washington endowment dropped about 26 percent, from $2.2 billion to $1.6 billion; Washington State University’s endowment lost 22 percent, from $324.2 million to $252.6 million; and EWU’s dropped about 22 percent, from $12.3 million to $9.6 million.

The losses, which followed smaller declines, will result in less money and fewer scholarships for students next year.

While UW and WSU officials said their scholarships come from various sources and it’s too early to say how they will be affected, EWU officials know exactly how bad it will be for some students.

Without help from donors, scholarships will be cut 80 percent next school year, from about 500 scholarships valued at $500,000 to about 100 valued at $100,000, said Mike Westfall, vice president for advancement and executive director of the EWU Foundation.

“How many dreams will be delayed?” he asked. “How many dreams will be short-circuited completely because of lack of funding?”

Most EWU students represent the first generation of their families to go to college, Westfall said. The No. 1 deterrent to pursuing an academic degree is a lack of money. When students take time off from school to earn wages, they often don’t go back.

So Westfall sat down with other EWU officials to plan a strategy. “We had two choices,” he said, “do nothing or shine a light on this issue and seek much-needed support from alumni and the community.”

The result is an unusual Web-based fundraising drive at www.saveourscholarships.net. All donations will go directly to scholarships, Westfall said. EWU officials hope to raise as much money as possible toward eliminating the $400,000 gap by April 15.

“Without a scholarship, I would not be in college,” said Hay, who receives the Lawrence and Vera Laughbon Scholarship from Eastern. She also gets an academic competitiveness grant from EWU, as well as a Washington Award for Vocational Excellence and an American Legion oratorical award.

She works part time in the university recreation center and is captain of the women’s rugby team. She maintains a 3.7 grade point average. “I want people to realize that kids searching for scholarships are the ones that really need them,” Hay said. “It’s going to kids who really appreciate it.”

A Soldier's Story

2009-03-03T16:11:00.000-08:00

From Sunday's editorial. The victim was an alum of the EWU MBA program. Sad story.

Spokesman

Honest Abe, EWU and the Symphony

2009-02-26T13:15:00.001-08:00

EWU grad and Opera star Thomas Hampson returns for a show with the Spokane Symphony as part of the bicentennial celebration of Lincoln's birthday.

Seattle PI

Fundraising Update

2009-02-26T13:12:00.000-08:00

From the Puget Sound Business Journal. Keep in mind, this is through June of 2008. Things have changed, but we can't stop trying.

PSBJ

Eastern Student Raps With Mayor

2009-02-26T08:55:00.001-08:00

You've likely heard about Spokane Mayor Mary Verner's recent rap performance. What you might not know is the person she was performing with is an Eastern freshman who's overcome his own struggles.

Spokesman Review

Devastating Loss

2009-02-20T12:17:00.000-08:00

The tragic death of a cross country coach at Spokane Community College touches Eastern as well, where the young man earned his masters.

Spokesman Review

Another Perspective

2009-02-20T12:15:00.000-08:00

Editorial in Seattle Times regarding yet another way the state might save money during this budget crisis. The author uses a study from an EWU professor to back up his case.

Seattle Times

Eagle Wire

Eagles Honored

Quarters to Semesters

Spokane Economy Inches Along

Gift Helps EWU Students

Everyone Loves a Parade

Red Carpet

Eagle Nation

New Online Program

We're Here to Help

Big Band

Champions

Remembering Reid

Red-letter day for Eastern

Student Memoirs

Helping Haiti

Artists Leaves Mark

President Profile

Still Running

Remembering Ruben

EWU in Cyprus?

Get Lit!

Economic Forecast

Hockey Success

Getting There

Go Red, Not Green

EWU Press

Big turnout for student rally

Roll out the Red Turf

Dental Clinic Recognition

Who should set tuition?

Legislative Session Begins

Figure Skating

In Defense of Higher Ed

A Sporting Event for the Mind at EWU

Happy Anniversary

Economic Forecast

Economic Outlook

Happy Halloween

The cost of education

Upon Further Review

Enrollment Record

A First: Eastern to Play UW in Football

Autism Study

Swine Flu Preps

Hargreaves

Update on Injured Student

Dream Act

New Recruiting Tool?

Economy..Global Warming...

Cops and Kids

EWU Loses a Great One

Thanks

Open Wide!

Food for Thought

Final Budget Breakdown

Survivor's Story

More Budget Concerns

Trailblazer

About College Presses

Making sense of Tragedy

Then & Now

Graduation Saturday

Our Economist is Sharp

Losing One of Our Own

Symposium Success

Equal Pay Champion Visits EWU

You Might Dig This Story

Rec Center Recognized

Sharing the Pain

Budget Numbers

Community Indicators

What's it all mean?

The Debate

Good Budget News

Details Details

Budget by the Numbers

Budget Update

Saving Money

EWU Spokane and the Economy