Eastern Magazine | Spring 2017

Laughing OUt Loud with comedian

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Dear Alumni and Friends: By the time you read this, I hope that our winter temperatures and white landscape have shifted to more benign, springlike weather.

However, the extreme weather we experienced this winter should help us appreciate deeply the many EWU staff who keep our campuses operating year-round. Even on those extreme-weather days when we cancel classes, staff are working 24/7 to plow and shovel, check heating systems, ensure roofs aren’t leaking, confirm high-tech systems are functional, and keep hallways and classroom floors dry and safe.

If you come to events such as Commencement and Homecoming, large numbers of EWU employees have been working for weeks to make your experience positive and comfortable.

Do you come to campus for basketball games? Before every game, people are working in Reese Court from early morning to get ready for you: catering, concessions, janitors, ticket takers, camera technicians, Athletics staff. And often, in winter, the folks clearing the parking lots and walkways of snow and ice are working hard in freezing conditions.

Our campuses are complex communities with infrastructure and staffing much like a city’s. Our beautiful, efficient and highly functional campuses in Cheney and Spokane are supported by an army of folks who are invisible to us much of the time. Without them, we wouldn’t be able to function.

As we look toward spring, putting away the snow plows and getting out the lawn-mowing equipment, let’s remember to thank the staff who do so much for EWU. They are a crucial part of our success as a university.

And you are vitally important as well. THANK YOU for all you do to support this wonderful university and our students’ success.

Mary Cullinan President, Eastern Washington University

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Honor Flight

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An Eastern spin on “Giving Tuesday.”

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Nate Jackson earns his spot in the limelight.

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Skyler Oberst celebrates the interfaith community.

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Classes of ’66 and ’67 return to campus.

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Independent spirit powers entrepreneurial journey.

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EWU Community Indicators Initiative Turns 10

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Veterans visit military monuments in Washington, D.C.

Giving Joy Day

From Lacey to L.A.

Prays Well With Others

50-Year Reunion Highlights

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A. Curt Barclay ’89, on top of Kalapathar at over 18,000 ft. The Mount Everest base camp is below.

Barclay lives in Arizona and recently celebrated his 25th anniversary as a programmer in the manufacturing IT department with Qualcomm (formerly Motorola/Freescale/NXP).

B. Melanie (Irons) Hisaw ’88, with her children

and likely future Eagles, in Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico, in December. She works at the Washington State Board of Health in Olympia.

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C. Maj. Gen. Scott West (Ret.) ’76, and wife, Patti, celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary in Trondheim, Norway, in September.

D. Carlos Oseguera ’02 is in his fourth year

working for the Cleveland Browns. Previously, he worked for the Seattle Seahawks for 10 years, as well as two years at Ohio State.

F. Lee Hirschel ’79, and his wife, Connie,

spent their 28th wedding anniversary on a cruise in October. He’s pictured at Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala. Hirschel retired from Triumph Composite Systems and Boeing.

G. Bill Fortune ’82, at the Colosseum in Rome.

He and his wife, Judy, traveled there in October.

E. Rick Lionello ’03 visited the Maiden H. Stephen R. Muench ’65, and his wife, Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square) in the heart of Kiev, Ukraine.

Lynn, toured India, where they confirmed there’s more to do than visit the Taj Mahal. They thought the food was outstanding.

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I. Al Watson ’68 and Jean Boddy Watson ’69 L. Ancil “J.R.” Humphrey ’06, and his wife, O. Rick ’79 and Carolyn Wika ’80 and Aleta attended a reunion with 51 men who served under Al’s command in Vietnam. The reunion was held in September in Philadelphia. Al is the 2014 recipient of the Alumni of the Year for Military Excellence.

J. Michael Hemken ’72, on the Danube River in Germany in September.

K. A European holiday took the Stiles family

to many historic places, including the Prague Castle in Czech Republic. L-R: Sebit, Stu, Sam and Natalie Stiles. Stu is a wide receiver on Eastern’s football team.

Rachelle, hiked to a viewpoint of Chimney Rock, near Priest Lake, Idaho, in September.

and Randy Wells ’86 took Eastern magazine to a Los Angeles Rams game in November.

M. Linda Betancourt ’09, at the Eiffel Tower P. Linda ’82 and Don Garves ’83 building in Paris. She married Jorge Torres Oct. 22.

N. Robert Gaffney ’78 and Jenny Propst

Gaffney ’78, with James Joyce on O’Connell Street in Dublin, celebrating their 30th wedding anniversary. They live in Vancouver, Washington, where they own Gaffney Counseling and Consulting.

homes in Phu Tho Providence, Vietnam, with Habitat for Humanity. While at EWU, Linda played volleyball and Don played basketball.

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We’re No. 1!

Eastern Washington University tied for first place with Ohio University in the 2016 GameDay Recycling Challenge, a nationwide competition among universities to reduce and recycle the waste generated at home football games. EWU won with a diversion rate of 95.6 percent.

During each competition cycle, participating schools report recycling, compost and attendance data for at least one home football game.

The home game EWU reported on was the Montana game Oct. 29, when a whopping 0.57 pounds per person was recycled.

In 2016, more than 2,667,845 pounds of materials were recycled, composted or donated throughout the season – a 4.8 percent increase over the amount recycled in 2015.

The GameDay Recycling Challenge is administered by the College and University Recycling Coalition, RecycleMania, Keep America Beautiful and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s WasteWise.

Interdisciplinary Science Center Under Consideration Nearing the end of the design phase, EWU’s new Interdisciplinary Science Center (ISC) is currently under consideration for funding by the Washington state legislature. The ISC will serve as an extension to the more than 45-year-old Science Building and will accommodate the growth seen in STEM fields over the past decade.

“The governor’s budget has come out, and the ISC construction funding is in the governor’s budget at our full amount we requested at $67 million,” said Shawn King, associate vice president of Facilities and Planning. The final budget from the house and senate will be approved between March and April.

If approved, the ISC could begin construction as early as September 2017. Construction would take roughly 22 months to complete, which would place the building to finish around summer 2019.

Design funding for the renovation of the current Science Building is not in the governor’s budget, which is estimated at $7.5 million.

On a list of academic building projects, the renovation of the Science Building scored as the No. 2 priority in Washington state.

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“Although we hope to receive redesign funding for the existing Science Building in the current budget cycle, our top priority must be completion of the ISC. It would be very difficult to begin a renovation of the Science Building until the ISC is complete,” said David Bowman, PhD, and dean of the College of Science.

The ISC will fill the gap between the PUB and the existing Science Building with the main goal of connecting the campus mall through the site of the new building.

The design shows four levels containing designated study spaces as well as teaching labs for chemistry, biology, physics and geology.

Bridges will connect the existing Science Building and the ISC. sites.ewu.edu/governmentrelations/blog

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Student Newspaper Turns 100 In October 1916, students produced their first weekly newspaper, The State Normal School Journal, shortened to The Journal in 1926.

In 1951, The Journal was finished, and The Easterner was born.

The newspaper, recently revised to its new tabloid format, continues to be produced weekly during the school year and is distributed throughout the Cheney campus and business district as well as to the EWU Spokane campus and various Spokane businesses. There’s also content on the newspaper’s website.

While the name and format have evolved the past 100 years, the paper’s mission has remained pretty much the same: “to inform the students, faculty, staff and nearby residents of the university of the governance, activities and views of the campus, while providing a learning environment for students interested in journalism and related fields.”

Numerous journalism graduates and former Easterner staff members have gone to work at large daily newspapers and small-to-medium size community newspapers. They’ve also found success as freelance writers, novelists, magazine editors,

Easterner staff (1961 Kinnikinick): Janet Williams, Charles Plumb, Bob Stevens, Wayne Gardner, Sharon Williams, Shan Eggers

photographers, videographers and web content producers and as employees for international news services, public relations firms and advertising agencies – there’s a long list of successful graduates who got their start at The Easterner.

National Recognition for EWU’s RIDE Program A unique collaborative program between Eastern and the University of Washington’s School of Dentistry has won the most prestigious award that can be presented to a U.S. or Canadian dental school.

The Regional Initiatives in Dental Education, or RIDE program, has won the 2017 American Dental Education Association (ADEA) GIES Award for vision, innovation and achievement. This is the dental education equivalent of winning the Academy Award for

Best Motion Picture. All U.S. and Canadian dental schools are members of ADEA. RIDE was created in 2008 to address critical oral health needs in rural Washington.

The goal of the program is to help graduate more dentists to serve in these smaller communities. The program director in Spokane is Art DiMarco, DMD, who is also an associate professor in Eastern’s Dental Hygiene department.

The RIDE program’s honor will be recognized at the 10th anniversary GIES Awards in March in Long Beach, California.

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Prestigious NSF Grant for EWU Eastern is part of a statewide $3 million collaboration grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to help improve the next generation of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) teacher-preparation programs in Washington.

“The unique collaborative nature of this project will allow us to share our expertise so we can impact future STEM teachers, and their students, across the state,” says Kathryn Baldwin, an assistant professor of science education at EWU and one of the principal investigators.

The NSF grant is distributed among seven state partners: EWU, Western Washington University, Central Washington University, Seattle Pacific University, WSU-Vancouver, UW-Tacoma and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland. EWU faculty in the education department and in multiple STEM content areas are involved in the project.

“The project and EWU faculty will look at many different aspects of pre-K-12 teacher preparation,” says Baldwin. “One of the areas of focus for EWU research is education for sustainability in teacher preparation programs.”

The NSF grant will be funded over a four-year period.

Students Explore Health Careers Nearly 180 fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-grade students from rural eastern Washington counties participated in Super Science Saturday in October, a day spent learning about science and health care fields on the EWU Spokane campus.

Previously named Sleepover for Science, Super Science Saturday is now an all-day program, packed with more students and more fun-filled science activities.

Participants took part in 15 sessions, ranging from feeling, touching and learning about a sheep brain to taking blood pressure on a simulation man – a simulated patient that can speak, breathe, sweat and bleed.

Programs also included sessions on nutrition and exercise physiology, as well as a visit from United Healthcare’s mascot, Health E. Hound. Students put on gowns, masks and gloves and rebuilt a tooth working with Bunsen burners, mimicking the same technique used by students in the EWU dental hygiene program.

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“I love seeing all these kids get excited about health care and excited to be on a college campus,” EWAHEC Director Krista Loney said. “This event gives them an inside view into the possibility of going to college and what college might look like. They’re having fun, they’re excited, and they’re loud and boisterous. It’s completely wonderful.”

Student and staff volunteers from health profession programs, including EWU, WSU and UW, help present the sessions.

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EWUPD Gets New Member Sporting a calm demeanor, a canine vest and an EWU leash, Hilani, a two-year-old golden retriever and Labrador mix, has joined the EWU Police Department to help comfort victims in need, specifically those who have been victims of sexual assault.

“About three years ago, I started a sexual assault prevention program where I go into dorms, fraternities and sororities, and I talk about consent. Typically, after the class, I get disclosures,” Officer Tiffinni Archie said. “Having a dog will help us when we have victims too nervous or uncomfortable to disclose and need that extra help, so that’s what Hilani is here for.”

Archie was matched with Hilani through Canine Companions for Independence, a nonprofit organization that provides highly trained service and facility dogs. Hilani and Archie completed a two-week training course in Santa Rosa, California, where Archie learned commands and the trainers ensured that the match was the right fit.

Hilani lives with Archie, along with Archie’s three other dogs and two ferrets. While at work, Hilani is relaxed and even a little sleepy, but once her vest is off, Archie said Hilani’s personality is the complete opposite – she’s hyper.

“She likes to play; she likes to run, play hide-and-seek, fetch,” Archie said. “She’s a typical dog, but at work she’s really chill.”

Hilani serves as a bridge between campus and police. Dogs don’t ask uncomfortable questions; they just comfort.

Planting Roots with Outdoor Education Partnership EWU education students teamed up with 150 seventh-graders from Cheney Middle School to plant more than 560 trees at Marshall Creek in October as part of a service project to increase outdoor and environmental education.

Seven Eastern students each worked with a seventhgrader to plant trees and learn about earth science, the water cycle and water filtration and how the trees will filter out pollutants, reduce soil erosion and prevent heavy flows in the spring. The service activity is part of a capstone project for EWU pre-service teachers.

The project has been beneficial because EWU students have received resources to use in their future classrooms and are able to implement their strategies in an outdoor environment.

In the spring, the seventh-graders will make a trip back to Marshall Creek with a different group of Eastern preservice teachers to see which trees survived the winter.

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Baldwin Moves to Cal

After nine highly successful seasons as Eastern Washington University’s head coach, Beau Baldwin announced Jan. 16 that he accepted the offensive coordinator position at the University of California at Berkeley.

Baldwin was 85-32 overall and 58-14 in the Big Sky Conference as Eastern’s head coach. He has been a collegiate coach for 23 seasons, including nine as Eastern’s head coach and four as an EWU assistant.

He spent 10 years at his alma mater, Central Washington – one year as a head coach and nine as an assistant.

The 2016 season was the sixth time Baldwin has taken the Eagles to the playoffs as head coach (2009-10-12-13-14-16), plus two more as offensive coordinator (2004-05). Eastern finished its final season

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12-2 overall after a perfect 8-0 league campaign, winning the school’s seventh title with Baldwin as a coach (2004-05-10-12-13-14-16).

Included in Baldwin’s victories as head coach were a pair of wins over Pac 12 Conference opponents – Oregon State 49-46 in 2013 and Washington State 45-42 to open EWU’s 2016 campaign.

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Best Named EWU Head Football Coach It’s always started up front for the Eastern Washington University football team, and Aaron Best has been front and center for 20 years.

The longtime offensive line coach and former All-America center for the Eagles was introduced as Eastern’s 21st head football coach Jan. 23, with a long line of support past and present – particularly from the legacy of outstanding offensive linemen Eastern has created.

“I appreciate the opportunity from the bottom of my heart,” said Best, who is just the second Eastern graduate (’01 BA social studies education) to become EWU’s head football coach in more than 50 years. “I have a lot of different Eagle caps I wear, and I am proud – very privileged and proud – for this opportunity.”

“Searches are about the right fit at the right time,” said Eastern athletic director Bill Chaves of replacing nine-year head coach Beau Baldwin. “You always try to look at some degree internally, and we’re just so excited that the right fit was within our four walls at this stage of the game. Coach Best knows the DNA of our program after two decades.

He knows it as a recruited student-athlete here at Eastern and as an assistant coach who has done a number of things during his time here.

There is no question Coach Best is the right person at the right time to build upon what Coach Baldwin did here for the past nine years.”

Best is among the 19 offensive linemen who have earned All-America honors since 1996 when he first arrived on the Cheney campus. He and four teammates were All-Americans and then he had a hand in coaching the next 14. Those 19 players combined for 21 first-team AllBig Sky Conference honors in 20 years.

Best knows it will take more than linemen to continue to make the Eagle offense tick and the entire team to continue the tradition of success Eastern has had through the years. In his 20 seasons associated with the Eagle program, Best has been a part of teams who have won eight Big Sky Conference titles with a collective record of 99-48, have made nine NCAA Football Championship Subdivision Playoff appearances and have an overall record of 147-83. But he vows to put his stamp on the offense.

“It’s not going to change, but what I will say is that we need to be more balanced,” he explained. “We are still going to be pass first, and I took notes about how to throw the ball forward and maybe what routes to run, so we’re not going to become a wishbone, triple-option veer

Best and his wife Kim, who is also an EWU alum, have three children: Texis, 3, Tenli, 6, and Tank, 8.

team. So Eagle Nation, rest assured, we are still going to be explosive and fun to watch."

All-America skill players have captured the most headlines in recent years, as Eastern’s offense has a long history of being one of the best in the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision. In the past 13 seasons (2004-16) – 12 with Best on the coaching staff – EWU has ranked in the top 10 in passing 11 times, in total offense on nine occasions and in scoring five times.

All the while, Best was learning from Baldwin, who is now offensive coordinator at Cal. Baldwin graduated in 1990 from Curtis High School in Tacoma, and Best graduated from the same school six years later.

“Baldwin has done wonders for this university and football program.

I’ve taken physical notes and mental notes – I couldn’t take enough and burned through a lot of paper because of all the things you can grasp from that man,” Best said. “I knew one day this would occur and Coach Baldwin would go a different direction, and I’m forever grateful for all he taught me and the time I spent with him. He’s not only a great football coach, but he’s a great family man, a great mentor, and even better, he’s a great friend.”

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The Hoodie Project

The EWU Foundation, in conjunction with the Associate Students of Eastern Washington University and an anonymous donor launched a campaign in 2016 inspiring the youth of today to become the scholars of tomorrow.

The EWU Hoodie Project encourages fifth-grade students in low-income Title 1 schools to start thinking about college.

“The inspiration came two years ago when I was mentoring a fifth-grade boy at Grant Elementary. I gave him an EWU hoody for Christmas. The next three months, he wore the sweatshirt every day.

Then it dawned on me- he didn’t have a warm jacket. For the next several months, he stayed warm, and everyone in the school got to see an Eastern Washington University message in bright red.” ~ Anonymous donor Eastern students have been able to present sweatshirts to grateful fifth-graders, while sharing their personal stories about

their journeys to EWU. Each sweatshirt costs about $20. The Foundation’s goal is to raise $5,000, which will be matched by an anonymous donor, providing hoodies and inspiration to 500 fifth-graders in the greater Spokane-Cheney area. Together we will inspire tomorrow’s college students, one red hoodie at a time.

For more information on how you can get involved with this project, contact EWU Philanthropy Director Melanie Miller at 509.359.6833.

Creating Songs for Science As a distinguished composer, Jonathan Middleton can create almost any kind of musical score – from orchestral to electronic. So, when presented with an intriguing research project to turn scientific symbols into sounds, he was up for the challenge. What followed for the EWU music professor was a lesson in perseverance and personal achievement.

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recently published in Heliyon, an online journal. They believe this technique could help scientists identify anomalies in proteins more easily.

“We are confident that people will eventually listen to data and draw important information from the experiences,” said Middleton. “The ears might detect more than the eyes, and if the ears are doing some

of the work, then the eyes will be free to look at other things.”

Using a technique called sonification, the researchers can now transform data about proteins into musical sounds or melodies.

They wanted to use this approach to ask three related questions: What can protein data sound like? Are there analytical benefits? And can we hear particular elements or anomalies in the data?

Middleton and Robert Bywater, PhD, say their molecular melodies can be used almost immediately in teaching protein science, and after some practice, scientists will be able to use them to discriminate between different protein structures and spot irregularities like mutations.

This initial study is the first of at least three or four, and Middleton and Bywater will begin phase two in March 2017.

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BY JERRY MELLICK ’67

IN OCTOBER 2016, REAR ADMIRAL (RET.) GEORGE LOTZENHISER ’47 AND LT. COL. (RET.) JERRY MELLICK ’67, EASTERN ALUMNI FROM DIFFERENT GENERATIONS, TRAVELED TOGETHER ON THE INLAND NORTHWEST HONOR FLIGHT TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY. MELLICK SERVED AS THE GUARDIAN FOR "THE ADMIRAL,” WHOM HE AFFECTIONATELY CALLS LOTZENHISER. The following are excerpts from Mellick’s AAR (after action review) about this trip to Washington, D.C.: We are home now after another great honor flight trip. This was my fifth trip. I was selected as an honoree on this Inland Northwest Honor Flight, but when I found out that a friend of mine, a World War II and Korean War Navy admiral, was also on the flight, I arranged to be his guardian. We managed to keep this a secret from him – this, and several other things.

I met him Monday morning at 6 o’clock and just walked up and told him that I was going to be his guardian. Before that, I had been interviewed by our local NBC station, and I talked to them about the 93-year16

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old admiral, and they, along with our CBS station, joined us on the flight.

In addition, Eastern Washington University’s Marketing and Communications Department sent a photographer/video guy, Eric Galey ’80, to document the trip. The admiral has been associated with the university as a student, professor and administrator since the 1940s. He retired from Eastern in 1983.

It was late in the afternoon by the time we got to the World War II Memorial, and I’ve never seen it at that time of day before. It was pretty cool with the setting sun.

The next stop was the Air Force Memorial, which is a pretty impressive sight. Unfortunately, it was dark by the time

we got there, but we had been able to see it as we were coming up, and it’s well-lit, kind of like the St. Louis arch is at night. It has three spires arching up into the sky. The fourth one is missing as a remembrance of the plane that crashed into the Pentagon on 9/11 (the missing man concept). The memorial was built after 9/11 and sits up on a hill right on the flight path of the airliner that went into the Pentagon.

Then it was on to our hotel, Crystal City Hyatt. After freshening up a bit, we enjoyed a big banquet sit-down dinner. It was really great. The gentleman who’s in charge of this, and is a Spokane city police detective, spoke.

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IN MY PREVIOUS YEARS, I HAD VETERANS IN WHEELCHAIRS SO I COULD JUST PARK THEM, AND THEY WOULD BE THERE WHEN I RETURNED. NOT SO MUCH WITH THE ADMIRAL. HE IS A VERY SPRY 93+ YEAR OLD AND IT TOOK SOME EFFORT TO KEEP UP WITH HIM.

The following day, we ate breakfast at 6 a.m., which was 3 a.m. Pacific time. We were back on the buses by 8:15 a.m. to start a very long day.

The trip back to D.C. was with police escorts. I’m talking about lights and sirens the whole way. I will tell you that even though I’ve done it multiple times, it’s still pretty impressive to see what the police do to everybody else as they let us and our three buses go through red lights and go where we want to go. Just ask Lt. Col. Jason Pape (former EWU ROTC professor of military science) who was trying to meet up with us at Arlington.

He got stopped a couple of times because the police wouldn’t let him go where he and others wanted to go.

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Our first stop was at Arlington National Cemetery. We got there about 30 minutes before the changing of the first guard mount. I’ve seen it probably a dozen times, but it’s still very impressive. Back in the ’80s, I knew the men who were these young soldiers’ predecessors. I knew them, and I know how much work they do to live that life. They are out there silently walking their posts carrying shiny M-14s as well as a glistening bayonet. They have a changing of the guard every half-hour or so, and then they have usually two or three memorial presentations where the bugler from the Army band plays taps. For anybody who is seeing it for the first time, it’s got to be just chilling. I know it was for me.

Lt. Col. Pape met up with us there and surprised the admiral. We had

some time before our next stop, as it takes a while to load the buses. Loading 90-someodd older folks (plus guardians), many of whom were in wheelchairs, on and off buses takes a bit of time.

Next stop was the Lincoln Memorial, which is at the head of the reflecting pool with the Vietnam Wall on one side and the Korean War memorial on the other.

I’ve been to the Vietnam Wall many times, as had Pape, and because I think the Korean War Memorial is probably one of the most chillingly haunting memorials, we all decided to go to that one because of the admiral’s connection with that war. It is impressive. It’s a squad of soldiers trucking through the weeds, wearing their ponchos carrying their M-1s, PRC-10 radios or mortar base plates

Inland Northwest Honor Flight sendoff, Spokane International Airport, October 2016 Videographer Eric Galey and George Lotzenheizer, Washington, D.C. Korean War Memorial, Washington, D.C. Iwo Jima Memorial, Washington, D.C.

and tubes. They are gray statues, and if you see it when it’s raining or snowing, or at night, it’s just unbelievable.

Later we drove on the north side of the Mall on Constitution Avenue, parallel with the Mall.

We turned further north and back over to the Navy Museum.

The Navy Museum is a pretty impressive place in its own right but it’s not on the Mall like all the rest of the buildings. It was at this location that I managed to lose my admiral. He had headed for the gift shop to buy his granddaughter something, and I had headed for the restroom. When I came out, I couldn’t find him. It took me about 15 minutes to try to catch up with him. He had wandered into the theater and then found somebody to talk to in there, and that was the one place I didn’t look.

In my previous years, I had veterans in wheelchairs so I could just park them and they would be there when I returned. Not so much with the admiral. He is a very spry 93+ year old

and it took some effort to keep up with him.

We boarded the buses again and, with our police escort, headed for the Iwo Jima Memorial. The memorial was, as always, very special to the Marines, and they had an impromptu formation and were interviewed by one of our TV crews. It was funny to watch as the cameraman put down his huge complicated TV camera and videoed the entire interview on his cellphone and immediately sent it to his TV station and posted it on the station's Facebook page.

We prepared to board the planes for our return trip. It is so nice to fly on a charter airline. TSA just opens up their area, stands back and thanks each veteran for his or her service. No taking off your shoes or anything. It is TSA pre-check on steroids.

This year, about an hour out, the veterans had a mail call. The Honor Flight organization goes out to family members and asks them to send cards and letters to the veterans. If a veteran doesn’t have any remaining family members, several of the local grade schools are always happy to send in letters to the veterans. One ninth-grader in

Sandpoint, Idaho, wrote a poem and asked for it to be read over the plane’s loudspeaker. It was very good and very emotional for us all.

The crowd welcoming us home was huge, as it usually is. I had asked the professor of military science at EWU if it would be possible to bring a handful of ROTC cadets out to the group’s arrival since the admiral is such a great supporter of the ROTC program. I couldn’t believe it, but there were probably at least a dozen cadets, although through my misty eyes, it looked like about half of the Corps of Cadets, plus the master sergeant and the major and his children. The most impressive thing was the support of this effort.

I had several members of my family there to greet me, and I knew others who come to all of these events just to welcome folks home. The events are such an emotional thing. If you haven’t had the opportunity to volunteer to be a guardian for your local Honor Flight organization, please do so. You won’t regret it. If you are a veteran, or know of one, get an application filled out to go visit the memorials. You won’t regret that decision either. E

More About Honor Flight Inland Northwest Honor Flight, a regional hub of the national organization, has brought more than 1,300 military veterans to Washington, D.C., since November 2009.

Honor Flight relies on the tax-deductible donations from individuals and local businesses to cover the cost for these trips. Veterans do not pay any part of the costs themselves.

Volunteers act as guardians on the trips to Washington, D.C., and ensure that the veterans have a safe and enjoyable trip. Top priority is

given to survivors of WWII and Korean War veterans, as their numbers are dwindling, as well as to veterans with a terminal illness who wish to visit their memorials, regardless of the war/conflict they served in. Honor Flight is also accepting applications from our Vietnam veterans. Honor Flights are a way to say thank you for the service and sacrifice our veterans deserve. For more information, visit www.honorflight.org.

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iving Joy Day is EWU's version of the international Giving Tuesday, a day dedicated to encouraging generosity and goodwill at the beginning of the holiday season.

The event, which will happen again next year on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, has two purposes – to help raise funds for EWU scholarships and to spread joy and perform acts of kindness throughout the community.

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Thanks to the generosity of many, EWU exceeded its goal of $100,000 in scholarship support during Giving Joy Day. Alumni, friends, faculty and staff joined together to make this inaugural event a smashing success.

It was all hands on deck for the Advancement team in the weeks leading up to the campaign. We are grateful for the partnership and creativity of the university community in support of this effort.

Scholarship Facts (2015-16 Foundation numbers) While many made scholarship gifts, we appreciate the others • Total scholarship recipients: 469 who have given gifts in the past. Please know how much this means to EWU students. For those who have not done so yet, please visit • Percent of all EWU students on scholarships: 3.6% the EWU Foundation website to make your scholarship gift.

• Total number of scholarships awarded: 188 different With appreciation, scholarship funds (excluding nursing) • Total scholarship dollars awarded: $814,198 (excluding nursing) • Average scholarship award: $1,500 Michael Westfall • Total number of scholarships available: 492 Vice President, University Advancement • Students who applied for scholarships: 3,300 Executive Director, EWU Foundation 20

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I just finished reading my students' discussion board post on the acts of kindness they did on behalf of #GivingJoyDay at EWU. From helping bake and distribute dog biscuits at an animal shelter, to handing out food for homeless people and their pets, to helping create overnight bags for foster kids so they wouldn't have to shuffle their stuff around in garbage bags, to helping decorate an elderly person's house for the holidays, to helping just give a little time to make a loved

one's stressful day a bit brighter, I'm really impressed with the thought and creativity that my students put into this day.

Many of my students also said that the day inspired them to want to help others more often after seeing how much of a difference a small gesture could make in their day and someone else's. Feeling good!

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From Lacey to LA

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BY CHRISTINE ROACH

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ate Jackson '06 is a comedian on the rise. His comedy, talent and determination have landed him more than 10 TV credits, a national Jeep commercial and more than 60,000 followers on his social media channels. Jackson’s loud, energetic and goofy personality on stage even led him to be a competitor on a season of Nick Cannon Presents: Wild ’n Out on MTV.

done television standing in the room somewhere.

Once I got to LA, I found out very fast that I was a tadpole in the ocean.”

Jackson went to Hollywood Improv on one of his first nights in LA with the hope of showing some of his material on stage.

“I went to meet Big Spike [the club promoter] and gave him a DVD, and said ‘Hey, here’s my DVD, I want to see if I can get on stage,’” Jackson But breaking through to Hollywood wasn’t smack, and I got dared one day to do stand-up said. “And he’s like, ‘You want to get on my stage?’ easy. Jackson has been performing as a comedian by John Fowler, who had been doing stand-up in He took my DVD and said, ‘I’m never going to on stage for more than 12 years since his time at Seattle at comedy clubs,” he said. “I didn’t know watch this. Unless somebody tells me you’re good, Eastern Washington University, with a hefty set of that at the time.” you might as well hang out because you’re not challenges and roadblocks on his way to success.

Though Jackson lost to Fowler, the competition going up until I say so.’”

One of those challenges: a series of unfortunate sparked an interest in comedy that Jackson Jackson leaned against the wall with other events while attempting to get on Wild ’n Out for continued throughout his college career. He began comics, particularly ones that he recognized. four years, including no callbacks, missed auditions to perform at comedy clubs in Spokane, and Jackson stuck with it, coming to the comedy club and a missed opportunity with Cannon himself. started to be booked in other cities, such as Yakima. every Monday night. Roughly nine months later, Jackson performed before Cannon’s show in “[Comedy] came to me at a time in my life Jackson finally had his chance on stage.

Seattle, and Cannon liked what he saw.

“I go up on stage, and he gives me – after all where I was like, ‘What in the hell am I about to be?

“Nick said, ‘I’m going to put you on the show,’ What am I going to do? Is there something I love? I that time I spent coming down – three minutes,” and gave me his business card,” Jackson Jackson said. “Mind you, I’ve already said. “Another year went by and none got 45 minutes in Washington, but I’m of the numbers on Nick’s business card thankful because the level of funny and worked.”

LA was a wakeup call. In Washington, professionalism of the LA comics was such Even though it seemed like a missed that I felt out of 45 minutes of material, there might be one comic who’s done opportunity, Jackson finally had his chance about 8-12 minutes of mine was worthy of to audition in 2016 after years of trying television standing in the room somewhere. saying in LA.” to get on the show, despite not making Jackson kept trying to make a name for Once I got to LA, I found out very fast contact with Cannon. himself. After nearly 10 years in comedy, he “They said we would get a call at that I was a tadpole in the ocean. started to catch a break. midnight to see if we made it,” Jackson In 2010, he won the Bay Area Black said. “Midnight came and went, and I was Comedy Competition and was first runner like, ‘Holy s­-, I didn’t make it.’ At about up at the 2008 Seattle International 12:15, my phone rang and it was Nile [the producer] don’t know if there’s something that I love,’” he said. Comedy Competition. In 2012, he received his first and he said, ‘We’ll see you tomorrow morning.’ I With two years of comedy under his belt and TV credit, and after that the flood gates opened. was like, ‘Wait, wait, wait, I need you to say it so I graduation looming, Jackson decided to reach out He became recognized as a talent in LA. can play it back in my head. I need you to say it.’ to a professional comedian for advice, who would In addition to Wild ’n Out, Jackson is currently He’s like, ‘You’re on the show,’ and I just lost it.” later become his friend – Rodney Perry. Jackson sent traveling the country performing comedy shows Jackson’s work was far from over. Wild ’n Out is him footage of his skits, asking if he should move at colleges and clubs, including some near his a televised comedy competition, in which teams of to Los Angeles to pursue comedy. hometown of Lacey, Washington. His Super Funny comedians compete in improv games.

“I don’t know if he watched the clip or not, but Comedy Show has been running for more than “I showed up every day, before everyone else he said, ‘If you think stand-up is something you five years, bringing different comedic lineups to got there, and I busted my ass and I worked at night can actually pursue, then you need to move to Tacoma. on the games, so I would be prepared,” he said.

LA,’” Jackson said.

Jackson stays determined with the hope of His preparation paid off. Jackson was featured After walking across the stage at graduation being relevant in different entertainment fields, in five episodes of Wild ’n Out and taped a stand-up in 2006, Jackson headed straight for California to including stand-up, movies, television, radio and special for MTV 2. follow his dream. But his dream didn’t come easy. the Internet.

Jackson’s passion for comedy wasn’t discovered LA was cutthroat compared to the comedy clubs “I’ll know I’ve made it when I can’t walk through until 2005 when he was dared by his friend to in Spokane and Tacoma. the airport,” he said. “For that to happen, that participate in the EWU comedy competition.

“LA was a wakeup call,” he said. “In means I will have been in several genres and a “Every day we used to sit in the PUB and talk Washington, there might be one comic who’s couple of different markets.” E

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By Scott Eubanks ’10,‘08

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kyler Oberst is easy to pick out of a crowd of young professionals. It isn’t his fashionable eyeglasses, his watch and matching leather shoes, or the geometry of creases on his shirt and slacks that could only come from an ironing board.

It’s something else – an unmistakable sense of purpose multiplied by passion.

Trim and bright eyed, he looks young for a late 20-something. When asked to define his work, Oberst grinned and said, “I remind people to love their neighbor.”

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Everybody thinks they can change

the world from New York, Los Angeles or Seattle, but I think I can change the world from my neighborhood. community,” he said, “we should try to live into that.”

The truth is, he’s been a catalyst for renewed interfaith awareness and cooperation in the Spokane community.

As an EWU alumnus, Oberst has published articles on interfaith issues in the Huffington Post, interned with the Pluralism Project at Harvard University and delivered an address on pluralism at the White House.

He has also been a part of the Millennial Values project at the Berkeley Center at Georgetown University.

Currently, he is the legislative aide to Spokane City Councilwoman Karen Stratton. He serves as the president of the Spokane Interfaith Council (SIFC), the oldest ecumenical/interfaith organization in the Inland Northwest. It is the mission of SIFC to foster greater understanding and respect among people of different faiths in Spokane. Under his leadership, SIFC pioneered the Meet the Neighbors project, a tour of Spokane’s religious landscape.

“If we don’t know about our neighbors, we don’t know about our community,” Oberst said.

Each month, a place of worship hosts an open house for members of the public to attend and experience a different religion and culture.

“We’re exploring faith in the Inland Northwest,” he said. “And everybody has good food.”

Prior to visiting, guests were encouraged to review a YouTube video prepared by the Spokane Interfaith Council that provides guests with information on what to expect. Hosted by Oberst, each video covers how to dress, brief interviews, an explanation of services and basic translations.

So far, the Spokane Interfaith Council has facilitated a Meet the Neighbors event at Temple Beth Shalom, the Spokane Islamic Center, the Spokane Tribe, the Sikh Temple of Spokane, Saint John’s Cathedral, the Buddhist Sravasti Abbey and a Baha’i gathering.

“I would love to live in a town where the mosque isn’t surrounded by barbed wire,” Oberst said. “My big, hairy, audacious goal is to make Spokane a better place, not only for members of faith, but for everybody.”

Oberst grew up in Vancouver, Washington. His dad was a popular basketball coach for at-risk youth, the kind of community figure where former players would eagerly introduce their kids to him in restaurants.

His mother worked at a homeless shelter for 25 years.

“I grew up having my parents as these great examples of how you

Skyler Oberst visits the Sikh Temple in Spokane

can give back to the community,” he said.

He moved to Spokane to attend EWU. “Once I was plugged into the community,” he said, “I helped put together Diversity Week.”

He was part of the ASEWU, served on the President’s Committee on Diversity and worked as the special projects coordinator at the Office of Global Initiatives for the Japanese and Colombian delegation. He also founded a place for students to learn from one another and learn about themselves, the EWU Compassionate Interfaith Society.

When he first started at EWU, Oberst intended on majoring in government, but after a few quarters – being exposed to so many different ideas – he changed his mind. With the help of Dana Elder, PhD, Terry MacMullan, PhD, and Julia Smith, PhD, he created a double major in philosophy and anthropology.

“They helped me become who I am,” Oberst said. “They got together and said, ‘Let’s see how we can help you explore this more.’”

When asked about Oberst’s time at EWU, Elder said, “He shared his gift for helping others join together to do the right thing. His openness and inclusiveness drew people together, and that experience of community gave people the will and energy to act. His impact is still present in our learning community.”

Rather than dwell on his accomplishments, Oberst is busy pursuing his interfaith work: writing, speaking and traveling to places like Bosnia and Jerusalem.

“Everybody thinks they can change the world from New York, Los Angeles or Seattle, but I think I can change the world from my neighborhood. I see a renaissance coming in Spokane,” he said.

Reflecting on the work ahead, Oberst said, “The challenges in Spokane could easily be addressed if we were willing to work together.

Just imagine if we all got together on homelessness or poverty.”

For such a simple message, Oberst has a lot to talk about. But it’s worth considering what he doesn’t talk about as well. Not once does he mention his own faith. He doesn’t have to. He shows it, not as a particular denomination, but as a faith in people. E

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Year Reunion Highlights

On Oct. 7-8, alumni from the classes of 1966 and 1967 returned to campus for their 50th reunion. The event was planned by EWU’s Office of Alumni.

Notes to the Office of Alumni: Thank you for the fabulous 50th reunion. We had such a great time and it was wonderful to see the many positive changes happening on the Eastern campus. Your staff was gracious, warm and fun. Go Eagles!!

I want to thank you all for the wonderful weekend that you had a part in arranging for and executing for us. It was so great to see friends of those years that wouldn’t happen without the work you all did. I really did enjoy myself.

~Steve ’66 and Sandy ’66 Hecker

I want you to know how much I liked the reunion. It was very well planned and had excellent execution. It brought me to re-bond with my alma mater. Can you tell me who I should contact about a concern over the campus kissing rock? My wife and I are of the opinion that it may have been remounted upside down. We are hoping our initials are still engraved on it and have survived the weathering.

~Jerry Mellick ’67

I want to thank all of you for a super weekend. I really enjoyed the pep rally and band at lunch in Hargreaves Hall. The young lady who gave us our tour of campus was very informative and polished.

In fact, the entire weekend was really an enjoyment for my wife and me.

~Joe ’66 and Judy Mosebar

~ Orin Humphries ’67

A note to EWU President Mary Cullinan: I must express my admiration and profound thanks for the Alumni Association staff who made the reunion happen.

They did a remarkable job of organizing, planning and creating a weekend that I will long remember. We were made to feel so very welcome, special and right at home even though I had not been back to the campus for some 35 years. You have some great people on staff! I will treasure my medallion, which now hangs in our living room. I especially enjoyed the campus tour – so much has changed, but then, so much is still the same! Sitting next to you at the lunch in Hargreaves Hall was very special. We both enjoyed talking with you and hearing you talk about your vision for access, affordable education and outreach. It was inspiring and made me even more proud to be a grad and to support EWU. Our thanks to you and to all who made the reunion possible. I appreciate everything and plan to stay in touch with happenings at Eastern.

~ Georgeanne Wedergren ’66

Next up – the classes of 1968 and 1969 will be invited back to campus to celebrate their 50-year reunion in 2018! Stay tuned!

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Brush and Powder

By Christine Roach

Independent spirit powers entrepreneurial journey With Crystal (Balcom) Ju’s fear came a sense of longing.

She longed for adventure, for travel, for fulfilling work.

Her ambition and bravery led her down a path she never imagined – owning a successful international business in South Korea with her husband.

Fresh from EWU graduation in 2010 with a car packed full of clothes, college furniture and mementos, Ju drove home to Seattle. On the way, she talked to her father on the phone. Through tears, she explained her nervousness: how was she going to find a job? What was she doing with her life?

Fewer than two months after graduating, Ju found a job, though she didn’t find it fulfilling. She worked for a major shoe company in customer service, proofreading and matching shoe orders for other companies.

“When I was in university, I wanted to see the world,” she said. “I wanted to go and do something and have an opportunity to just do more. I started looking at different opportunities to pursue that while working at Steve Madden – at the time I wasn’t married, I didn’t own a house, I didn’t have children, so it was the best time to go and see the world.”

With encouragement from her sorority sisters who were teaching English in South Korea, Ju gave in to her wanderlust and left her comfortable life in Seattle for a life of adventure in South Korea.

“I felt like at the end of the day when I’m 50 years old, and I look back at my time, what’s going to be more meaningful – this shoe company getting their correct shoes or me helping children learn English? For me, that was a big deciding factor,” she said.

In February 2012, Ju packed her bags and moved to the rural countryside of South Korea to teach English to children ranging in age from five to 14. From there, Ju’s life seemed to fall into place.

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and they married September 2015. Together, they started an international Korean beauty business called Brush and Powder that has been highly successful since its inception.

Korean beauty products have grown immensely popular in the beauty industry.

It’s estimated to be about 12 years ahead of the global beauty industry due to its revolutionary products and practices. Ju was first introduced to Korean beauty by her coworkers at school.

“Beauty is much different in Korea than in the U.S. My Korean co-teachers would add face mist throughout the day. I was like, ‘What are you doing?’” she said, laughing.

“I wash my face with cleanser and maybe put on a cream. What is this face mist?”

Ju received her first beauty box on her birthday, complete with a five-step kit.

Beauty boxes are popular among the Korean beauty market, containing several samplers of products.

“I just thought, ‘What am I going to do with all of this?’” Ju said. “My friend showed me the steps in which to use them, and I just saw my skin become more clear and a little bit brighter.”

Ju was hooked. The regimen became part of her daily routine. She was able to unwind for the day and take time for herself; it was therapeutic.

Introducing Korean products to her friends in the U.S., the idea for Brush and Powder was sparked by a friend’s request for snail cream. Ju brought her home some samples, since some Korean beauty products aren’t available or affordable in the U.S. “My friend went to a skin care party, and she said that the woman who was running it pulled out a black light and ran it over everyone’s face to show them how dry their skin was,” Ju said. “When the woman put the black light over my friend’s face, the woman told her she’s never seen someone with such supple skin.”

This inspired Ju to find a way to provide affordable Korean skincare products on the market.

“When I heard her story, I knew this is it,” she said. “I know about Korean beauty, I know people love it, and now is the time to get started.”

Brush and Powder began by selling beauty boxes and retail items to customers globally online. Within a few months of starting their business, Ju and her husband were selected by the Korean government to receive special training for new entrepreneurs.

Ju’s husband attended classes to learn about how to sell products on eBay, and the program supplied Brush and Powder with an office to work from and helped pay shipping costs for the first six months.

The program helped Brush and Powder get on its feet, with Crystal and Drake as an unstoppable team. As a native English speaker, Crystal, and, as a native Korean speaker, Drake, are able to easily conduct business in Korea, which also allows them to see the trends first and contact companies quickly to receive the latest, trendiest products.

Initially starting out selling beauty boxes and retail items, Brush and Powder has grown to selling items for wholesale distributors. Ju wanted to make Korean beauty easily available to other people who want to start a business and earn extra income, too.

Since selling wholesale, Brush and Powder has had businesses from all over the world – U.S., U.K., Australia and Spain – contacting them to receive a supply of products.

“We want our business to be a little bit different. The whole reason we grew our business into wholesale is the idea of other people; it wasn’t just about growing our business. The first thought was how can we help others?” Ju said. “That’s what’s different about us – we don’t want to just grow our business so that we can benefit, we legitimately want to be able to help others.”

Ju plans to continue to grow her business, and possibly branch out to the U.S. with plans of moving back with her husband in the next few years.

Ju’s cheery, can-do and fearless attitude have made her, and Brush and Powder, an international success. Saying yes to opportunities has led Ju to live a life she never imagined.

“Graduating and seeking something different, something out of my comfort zone that would possibly bring a lot of wonderful life experience has led to all these different things for me,” Ju said. “Just saying yes, trying something new and taking advantage of opportunities that come my way has led me to owning an international business with my husband, which is something I never thought would happen. It’s really incredible.” E

just saying yes, trying something new and taking advantage of opportunities that come my way has led me to owning an international business with my husband, which is something i never thought would happen. it ’s really incredible.

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EWU v. UC Davis, Oct. 1

EWU v. Northern Iowa, Sept. 17

EWU v. Montana, Oct. 29

EWU v. Richmond, Dec. 10

EWU v. Northern Colorado, Oct. 8

EWU v. Idaho State, Nov. 12

EAGLE FOOTBALL (CHENEY) From early September through a frigid December, Eastern football didn’t disappoint.

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EWU v. Central Arkansas, Dec. 3

EWU v. Youngstown State University, Dec. 17

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TOGETHER! PARTNERSHIP, INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY EVENT RICHLAND | SEPT. 22 The Alumni Association in partnership with FUSSE and the Tri-Cities Research District host cyber security event

YOUNG PROFESSIONALS NETWORK HOLIDAY SOCIAL SPOKANE | NOV. 17

BUILDING REAL RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH NETWORKING SPOKANE | OCT. 6

SPOKANE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (SPIFF) SPOKANE | JAN. 27 - FEB. 5 EWU was a presenting sponsor for the event.

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CHENEY | SEPT. 23 EWU Alumni Association during Welcome Week on campus

CHENEY | FEB. 4 EWU beats Portland State, Feb. 4, in triple overtime!

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Community Indicators Initiative Turns

BY DAVE MEANY

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ou might say Eastern Washington University’s Community Indicators Initiative is always trending. Co-developed with several community organizations and now managed by the university’s Institute for Public Policy and Economic Analysis, the initiative serves a variety of public and private interests that rely on the data from specific trends websites to make key planning decisions.

The community indicators initiative turned 10 years old in October. For Patrick Jones, the executive director of the Institute who also helps create each trends website, the anniversary is a proud milestone. He’s co-developed eight indicators projects, from Spokane to Fresno, California.

“I enjoy them all, in part because all the communities in which we work have committed, talented people whom I’ve gotten to know,” says Jones.

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Jones has been with the EWU Institute since its inception, and he knew from the beginning EWU was equipped to team up with various community organizations to get the indicators project off the ground.

“The Institute had the capacity and the mandate to operationalize the indicators site,” says Jones. He says a large grant in 2006 from the Inland NW Community Foundation enhanced startup efforts.

The vision for each project is first to inform and second to help create a healthy, vibrant community by making local data available in several key areas, including culture and recreation, demographics, economic vitality, education, the environment, health, housing and transportation and public safety.

The first initiative was the Spokane Community Indicators project, which Jones’s staff still oversees today. They also manage trends websites in Kootenai County, Walla Walla, Tri-Cities, Grant County, Northeast Washington and Chelan-Douglas counties.

“The Spokane project is the one that has gone the farthest from measurement to moving the needle, via Priority Spokane,” adds Jones. “I’m very proud of how Priority Spokane has catalyzed a huge jump in the high school graduation rate, by our funding and by our collaboration with Spokane Public Schools and committed community-based organizations. I’m hoping that our other communities will use their indicators project to move the needle in the areas of their greatest concerns.”

Jones says the Spokane site has served a variety of sectors over the years – including local and federal governments, private

banking and real estate as well as many nonprofit organizations.

The press and grant writers consistently rely on the Institute’s trends websites for information. Jones also frequently gives talks to various groups who rely on his websites.

“We have been involved with Dr. Jones and EWU’s Community Indicators program for over a decade,” says Mark Hurtubise, president and CEO, Inland Northwest Community Foundation. “To have an outstanding third party, like EWU, objectively inform us as to the health of a region and whether our collaborative grantmaking initiatives are effective is indispensable to our efforts with other regional leaders to improve our communities.”

In November, the Institute launched a new trends website in northwest Washington, Skagit County – the first such indicators project on the west side of the state. The project was unveiled in Mount Vernon during a gathering between EWU administrators and leaders from Skagit County.

Categories include agriculture, economic vitality, education, health, housing, public safety, recreation/tourism and transportation. This comprehensive set of facts will help decisionmaking in both private and public settings around Skagit County.

“Since we work for a public institution in the state of Washington, I would very much like to see us bring the tool of community indicators to other counties and regions in the state,” says Jones.

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To have EWU objectively inform us whether our initiatives are effective is indispensable to our efforts to improve our communities.

For more information about the project, contact Patrick Jones, Institute director, at 509.358.2266, or visit ewu.edu/policyinstitute or www.communityindicators.ewu.edu.

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’16 Deanna Carroll, BA accounting, has joined Dingus, Zarecor & Associates PLLC as a staff accountant. She has six years working in health care. ’16 Nadia Korovina, BA finance, has joined Dingus, Zarecor & Associates PLLC as a staff accountant. ’16 Sydney Russell, BA accounting, has joined Moss Adams LLP as a staff accountant.

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’15, ’07 Kimberlee L. Davis, MS communications, BA human resource management, will serve as the new director of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action at Eastern Washington University. She has more than 25 years of human resources experience in both the private and public sectors, including 17 years at EWU. ’15 Taylor Elizondo, MS physical education, has joined Shriners Hospital for Children-Spokane as a kinesiologist in the movement analysis laboratory. ’15, ’04 Jeremy Valdez, BA accounting, BA mathematics education, has joined Dingus, Zarecor & Associates PLLC as a staff accountant.

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’14 Rachael A. Carlisle, BA professional accounting, has been promoted to staff accountant at Nicholas Knapton PS in Spokane.

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’14 Dakota Felland, BA professional accounting, has been promoted to senior accountant at Nicholas Knapton PS in Spokane. ’14 David Flood, MBA, has been promoted to chief lending officer at STCU. He joined the region’s largest credit union in 2000 and previously served as vice president of lending. ’14 Konlan Grigsby, BA management, married ’15 Mallory Tye, BA education, summer 2016 in Moses Lake, Washington, where the couple lives and works. ’14 Cody Hanson, BA marketing, has been promoted to marketing manager for JEBCommerce. ’14 Kate Peterson, MFA, an English instructor at EWU, has been appointed as the interim director of Get Lit! Her book, Grist, won the 2016 Floating Bridge Chapbook Prize after being published in October. ’14 Kyra Phelps, BA visual communications design, works on social media with the EWU Marketing & Communication’s Digital Team.

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’13 Nicholas J. Edwards, BA recreation management, has joined the Cal (Berkeley) Bears football coaching staff as a wide receivers coach. Edwards has

been in this role for the past three seasons (2014-2016) at EWU. He’s originally from Tacoma and, as a former wide receiver at Eastern, played in all 38 games his first three seasons until a knee injury sidelined him for part of his senior year. He finished his career ranked among EWU’s all-time leaders in touchdown receptions (2nd, 33), receptions (4th, 215), receiving yards (5th, 2,634) and points scored (6th, 202). After graduating, he was on offseason NFL rosters with Arizona and Seattle and turned down an opportunity to play for Edmonton in the CFL before moving into coaching full­ time in 2014. Edwards and his wife, Macca, have two sons, Kashmir and Kyrie. ’13 Nicholas Messing, BS mechanical engineering, has passed his licensing exam and has earned his professional engineer’s license. He has worked for Coffman Engineers’ industrial mechanical department for three years.

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’12 Susan Ashe, BA experiential learning, has been elected to the board of Life Science Washington, the state’s life science trade association. She is the executive director of Health Sciences & Services Authority of Spokane County.

class notes ’12 Steven Jarvis, MBA, has been promoted to assurance manager at BDO USA LLP in Spokane. He has been with the firm for more than three years and has more than five years of public accounting experience.

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’11 Margaret (Maggie) Dority, BA film, BA visual communication design, has joined the Eastern Washington University Marketing & Communication’s Digital Team as a designer. She’ll be working to revamp the university's website. ’11 Spencer Tuttle, BS electrical engineering, has joined JEBCommerce as an assistant affiliate manager. ’11 Lukas Witkowski, BA management, of Inland Northwest Associated General Contractors has been elected membership co-chair of Marketing Associates of Spokane.

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’10 Andrew Arbini, BS technology, married Christiann Sanders Aug. 6, 2016, at Mount Spokane. He is utilities project manager with the city of Post Falls, Idaho. ’10, ’08 Scott Eubanks, MFA creative writing, BA English, has joined Eastern Washington University’s Marketing & Communication’s Digital Team as a content specialist.

’10 Greg Hager, BS exercise science, has joined Central Chiropractic and Massage in Spokane. ’10, ‘04 Lance D. Kissler, MS communications, BA graphic communications, was selected as one of Catalyst Magazine’s 20 Under 40 young professionals in the Spokane region. He is the marketing manager for STCU and an adjunct instructor at EWU and Whitworth University.

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’09 Jason N. Gonwick, BS technology, has joined Wilbert Precast Inc. as manager of product sales and estimates.

He previously worked as a project manager and estimator for MDM Construction Inc. ’09 Lindsay Myrick, BS biology, and Channa My are planning a June wedding in Spain. The couple lives in Seattle, where she is a marketing manager for Amazon. ’09 Cathrene Nichols, BA English, has been named administrator of the Regional Veterans Services Office in Spokane County. She is an Army veteran and was honored as Washington State’s Disabled Veterans Outreach Specialist of the Year in 2010 for implementing the Rural Veterans Outreach pilot program.

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systems, has joined the EWU Digital Team as a developer. He has served as a web developer in both EWU’s IT department and the Marketing & Communications department since 2008. ’08 Maggie Rowe, MSW, worked with a team to create the Rypien Foundation Hospital-based School at Sacred Heart Children’s Hospital in Spokane, which opened in September. She will serve as the hospital-school liaison, ensuring that school-age patients with chronic illness or devastating injury have access to tutoring, special education support and advocacy inside and out of the hospital or community-based classrooms.

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’07 Donald L. Cutler, MFA creative writing, retired from a career in banking and finance, is an independent historian of the Columbia Plateau and Pacific Northwest. His book Hang Them All, George Wright and the Plateau Indian War was published by the University of Oklahoma Press in July 2016. ’07 Rusty Madsen, BA management, has been promoted to vice president, commercial banking officer at Columbia Bank.

He has nearly 15 years of experience in the industry.

’08 Kit Frantzich, BS computer information

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class notes Alumnus Wins National Teaching Award Known for his dedication to his school and broader community, Paul Campbell ’10, BA elementary education, received pay back in a big way when he was surprised with a $25,000 Milken Educator Award during an all-school assembly at Chester Valley Elementary in Anchorage, Alaska, Nov. 22.

The 30-year-old Campbell teaches a first- and second-grade “looped” classroom, which means that first-graders remain with him in the second grade.

This season marks the 30th year of the Milken Educator Awards, hailed by Teacher magazine as the “Oscars of Teaching.” Campbell is among up to 35 educators who will receive the honor for the 2016-17 season. He is the only recipient from Alaska.

Walk by Campbell’s classroom and you are likely to hear both teacher and students singing. Campbell, whose calm, positive demeanor keeps his students engaged, uses music to smooth classroom transitions like lining up or changing activities. His young readers also use songbooks to practice literacy skills, belting out favorites like Disney’s Let It Go with their teacher while reading the lyrics.

Campbell is from a family of educators and is a product of Anchorage ’07, ‘04 Jen Mock, MOT, BS exercise science, has been promoted to clinical manager at Spokane Occupational & Hand Therapy’s North Spokane location. She has been a staff therapist with the practice at its downtown clinic for more than 13 years.

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’06 Katie Fitzpatrick, BS communication studies, of Garco Construction, has been elected president of Marketing Associates of Spokane. ’06 Francis Sijohn, BA urban and regional planning, has been chosen as the new CEO of the Coeur d’Alene Casino Resort Hotel. He has worked at the resort hotel for nearly

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School District, having graduated from West Anchorage High School.

His commitment to the community is reflected in his participation in local events and connecting with his students’ families.

Milken Educators are selected in early to midcareer for what they have achieved and for the promise of what they will accomplish. In addition to the $25,000 prize and public recognition, Campbell’s honor includes membership in the National Milken Educator Network, a group of more than 2,700 top principals, teachers and specialists dedicated to strengthening education.

a decade, most recently as guest service coordinator at the Coeur d’Alene Casino. ’06 Jared Webley, BA government, has joined Spokane County as public policy and communications manager. Previously, he specialized in state and local government relations at Gallatin Public Affairs’ office in Spokane.

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’05 Aaron Garrett, BA management, is president of Contract Hardware Inc. with offices in the greater Seattle area. ’05 Chad Gerlitz, BA marketing, married Megan Larson in October. He is a vendor

commitment analyst for Costco in Issaquah, Washington. ’05 Gina Lanza, BA interdisciplinary studies, has received the annual Sir Lancelot award from the YWCA Spokane.

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’04 Matthew R. Allen, BA business administration, has been selected as the assistant director for communications for the Bureau of Land Management, a key leadership position based in its Washington, D.C. headquarters.

Previously, Allen served as a spokesman for the Office of the Secretary of Defense.

class notes Alumnae Make Mark on Spokane Arts Scene After a nationwide search, Spokane Arts selected Melissa Huggins ’11, MFA, as it new leader. As executive director, Huggins oversees all aspects of Spokane Arts, including programming, facilitating events, day-to-day operations and more.

Spokane Arts is a citywide nonprofit organization with a mission to support the arts community through grant funding, programming, public art projects and many other areas.

Huggins has spent the past five years as the director of Eastern Washington University’s Get Lit! Programs, which includes the annual Get Lit! Festival as well as Writers in the Schools programs for K-12 students.

As part of the Get Lit! Festival, she helped facilitate many collaborations between writers and other artists, including stage productions, art exhibits, concerts and more.

“Get Lit! will always be near and dear to my heart, but I’m delighted to be at the helm of Spokane Arts,” said Huggins. “It’s been invigorating to take on a new challenge, and a pleasure working with artists across a range of disciplines. I get to remain close with our fantastic writing community, cheering on their successes, while at the same time continually meeting new artists and organizations doing incredible work.” ’04 Quinn C. Donlon, BEd, has been hired as principal of the NaselleGrays River Valley K-12 school, located in Naselle, Washington, 30 miles east of the Pacific Ocean in southwest Washington. ’04 Tara Pendleton, BA accounting, has been promoted to West region audit quality director for BDO USA LLP in Spokane. She has been with the firm for more than 12 years. She previously worked as an assurance senior manager. ’04 Chris Simchuk, BA finance, has joined Numerica in Spokane, as assistant vice president for retail lending. Previously, he worked at Global Credit Union.

Remelisa Cullitan ’16, Melissa Huggins ’11, Jennifer Knickerbocker and Ellen Picken ’16, ’03

While not everyone at Spokane Arts is affiliated with Eastern, there are several Eastern folks represented there: Ellen Picken ’16, ’03, BA visual communication design, art, serves as Spokane Arts’ program manager, Remelisa Cullitan ’16, BA art history and studio art, is the program and communications intern and Jennifer Knickerbocker, in EWU’s master’s in public administration program, is the organization’s graduate student.

Kate Peterson ’14, MFA creative writing, an English instructor at EWU, has been appointed as the interim Get Lit! director.

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’03 Karen Babine, MFA creative writing, is the author of Water and What We Know (University of Minnesota, 2015), winner of the Minnesota Book Award, finalist for the Midwest Book Award and the Northeastern Minnesota Book Award. She also edits Assay: A Journal of Nonfiction Studies. Her work has most recently appeared in Slag Glass City, Quarter After Eight, Sweet, North American Review, Passages North and others.

She lives and writes in Minneapolis.

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’01 Pete Broschet, BA human resource management, has joined Empire Airlines Inc. as director of human resources. Previously, he served

as director of human resources for International Aerospace Coating’s U.S. operations in Spokane. ’01 Aaron D. Brown, BA psychology, is the new assistant dean for undergraduate advising at Central Washington University.

Previously, he served as the director of academic advising at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

He also served as director of the Academic Support Center at EWU 2004-2012. ’01, ‘96 Kristina Ploeger, MA, BA music, has been named the music director of the Spokane Symphony Chorale. She has been working as an associate professor, serving as

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Alumni Events

Stay Connected to Your Eagle Community!

EWU alumni events help you continue to build Eagle memories long after you graduate.

Whether it’s a family fun day at Silverwood Theme Park, discounted tickets for cultural events, networking and mentoring opportunities, athletic fans’ gatherings – there’s a lot to do when you’re an Eagle4Life!

Mark your calendars and register for upcoming events at alumni.ewu.edu/events. Contact us at 888.EWU.ALUM. director of choral activities at EWU. Previously, she worked as artistic director of the Spokane Area Youth Choir.

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’98 Douglas Wilks, BS developmental psychology, has joined Clark Fork Valley Press as a reporter and photographer in Plains, Montana.

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’97 Deanna Hildenbrand, BA communication studies, has joined Numerica Credit Union as assistant vice president for marketing and communication.

She has more than 21 years of experience and was most recently at Chapter and Verse Advertising.

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’97 Beth Thew, BA liberal studies, has been named chairwoman of the Community Colleges of Spokane Board of Trustees. She was appointed to the board in fall 2013 by the governor. ’97 Tina Paras, MBA, has joined Integrus Architecture as a higher education business development and marketing specialist in Spokane.

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’96 Alanna (Borgen) Crouch, MA English, was selected by the Community Colleges of Spokane Foundation and STCU as one of the recipients of the 20152016 Exceptional Faculty Award. ’96 Roger Flint, BA liberal studies, previously the Northwest

geographic manager for transportation at CH2M, has joined Seattle-based engineering company Parametrix Inc. as chief operating officer. He will work out of the Spokane office. Flint is a former assistant city manager and public works and utilities director at the city of Spokane.

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’94 Vincent Miller, MD, BS physical education, has been appointed the interim executive clinical director of the Clinical Simulation Laboratory at the University of Vermont. He is an attending anesthesiologist at the University of Vermont Medical Center.

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’91 David Stanley, BA business administration, has joined Windermere/Manito LLC as a broker. Previously, he worked as a regional sales manager for Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.

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’90 Steven L. Williams, BA government, has been promoted to assistant vice president and associate counsel of Insurance Services Group Legal for Standard Insurance Company (The Standard).

He joined The Standard in 2000 as an attorney and was promoted to senior attorney in 2005. Since 2009, he has served as a managing attorney. In 2014, he was promoted to second vice president and associate counsel.

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’85 Dean Haynes, BA management, owner of Tomato Street restaurants, has opened a third Tomato Street in River Park Square in downtown Spokane. ’85 Lisa Vogt, BS biology, has received certification from Y-USA as an Organizational Leader, the highest level award for YMCA staff.

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’83 Maj. Gen. Gary Volesky, BA military science, has been appointed to the rank of lieutenant general and assignment as the Commanding General, I Corps and Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. He is currently serving as Commanding

General, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) at Fort Campbell, Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

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’82 Roger D. Wallace, BA therapeutic recreation, PGA Director of Golf at Polson (Montana) Bay Golf Course, has been honored as the 53rd member of the Pacific Northwest Section PGA Hall of Fame. He started as PGA Head Professional in 1987, and has been the PGA Director of Golf for the past 10 years. Through the years, Wallace and his staff created a junior golf program. Now more than 400 children participate annually.

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’81 Carol Summers, MBA, has joined The Northwest

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Museum of Arts & Culture as director of marketing and communications.

She previously was employed by Edmonds Community College and North Seattle College.

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’80 Rita Gard Seedorf, MA history, is the co-author of a new novel, Letters from a Wary Watcher: A Moira Edwards Mystery, the sequel to Letters from Brackham Wood, released in 2014. Seedorf, a retired EWU professor, is also the author of One Room Out West: The Story of the Jore School and Its Students and A History of the Campus School at Eastern Washington University.

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’75 Edmond Bruneau, BA journalism, has had his book of poems, New Hues and Past Tales, released and available in both hardbound and paperback. It features 104 poems. He is a retired professional writer and creative director and also writes lyrics for the classic rock band Robot Raven.

as chief lending officer and senior vice president and manager of the bank’s Commercial Banking Division.

In 1997, Shelton joined Frontier Bank, headquartered in Everett, Washington, where he was promoted to senior vice president and manager of the bank’s Western Region. Shelton joined First Sound Bank in January 2012.

’75 Jon C. Shelton, BA management, has been appointed president and chief operating officer of First Sound Bank in the Puget Sound Region. He has more than 46 years in community banking. He began his career in 1969 with First National Bank of Oregon in Portland. He then spent 19 years with Washington Trust Bank in Spokane, while serving

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’69 Denny Fleenor, BA radio/TV, and Mary Emmans Fleenor ‘69, BA history, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary Dec. 15. They married at the end of the first quarter of their sophomore year and continued on to complete their degrees. They currently own and operate Panda Photo Lab in Seattle.

in memoriam '14 Cameron Blank, age 29, died Nov. 3 Jeremy J. Stanton, age 36, died '04 Dec. 21

'76 Donna M. Saager, age 62, died Oct. 22 '51 Jack W. Brophy, age 86, died Aug. 24 '75 Marvin P. Keough, age 69, died Nov. 27 '50 David B. Fluaitt, age 89, died Oct. 19

Christopher G. Schuessler, age 35, died Nov. 25

'74 Ernie Mooney, age 64, died Oct. 18 Lois E. Springer, age 87, died Dec. 25 Donald R. McLaughlin, age 66, '73 '49 Norma J. Pierce, age 88, died Aug. 3 died Oct. 17

Pamela C. Parker, age 57, died Aug. 2

Marion Thompson, age 85, died June 26

Frances M. Kihara, age 78, died Nov. 25

Marvin L. Ray, age 88, died Aug. 13

Rachel L. Fleshman, age 34, died '03 Aug. 24 Ethyl H. VandeBerg, age 102, died Sept. 7 Gary L. Treffry, age 68, died Aug. 31 '96 Shane Smith, age 43, died Aug. 20 Janet Rodeck Heimbigner, age 91, '48 G. Hanson, age 68, died Nov. 7 died Jan. 4, 2016 Karen '72 '95 Scott A. Jones, age 52, died Nov. 10 '92 Marylou Huffman, age 70, died Dec. 5 Colleen L. Mathison, age 66, died July 14 '46 Margret G. Fischer, age 92, died July 29 Sister A. McCluskey, age 93, died June 27 '41 Allen F. Hailey, age 96, died Oct. 27 Richard G. Robinson Jr., age 69, died Nov. 15 Carolyn L. Oliver, age 98, died '71 Joyce E. Chapman, age 70, died Dec. 21 '36 Sandra J. Higman, age 75, died Sept. 1 Jan. 7, 2016 '90 Sandra J. Pratt, age 68, died Aug. 4 '69 Brian D. Bergh, age 72, died Oct. 19

'89 Matt D. Ausland, age 50, died July 6 Rosalie A. Greeno, age 75, died '88 Dec. 22 '87 Cathy E. Staiger, age 66, died Dec. 24 Nancy J. Sweeney, age 77, died '86 Sept. 28 '84 Daniel H. Koszczewski, age 59, died Nov. 19

Steve F. Shagina, age 54, died Nov. 16

'83 '81 Robert L. Schwartz, age 86, died Dec. 9 Margaret A. Shugert, age 76, died '80 Aug. 6 Bruce H. Conley, age 57, died Dec. 23

Richard K. Stripes, age 81, died Nov. 29

'79 John D. Oakley, age 59, died Nov. 10 Gayle L. Gemmill, age 62, died '78 Sept. 27 Phillip R. Medford, age 66, died Oct. 10

'68 Tullia Barbanti, age 88, died Oct. 14 '67 Venice Mohlman, age 97, died July 28 Anabel H. Bainter, age 88, died '66 July 23 '64 John A. Levis, age 82, died Dec. 6 '63 Joan L. Birdsell, age 81, died Aug. 16 Clara M. Koepl, age 82, died Aug. 7 Elva J. La Plante, age 93, died Oct. 23

'62 Alice E. Chapman, age 95, died June 29

G. Louise Fox, age 87, died Dec. 26 Jane Morrow, age 88, died Aug. 12

'60 Jerry J. Maley, age 78, died Dec. 30 '59 Ross R. Byrd, age 78, died Aug. 21 James W. Buckley, age 83, died '58 Aug. 27 Jerry E. Johns, age 92, died Oct. 1

Floyd F. Schloss age 89, died Feb. 9 '77 Harry P. Calhoun, age 85, died Dec. 9 '54 DeeLoris A. Sylvester, age 82, died Aug. 21 '76 Ann C. Hueber, age 71, died Dec. 6

Faculty & Staff

Virginia Asan, age 88, died July 3, 2016. She retired from Eastern Jan. 1, 1986, after 24 years of service as faculty in physical education, health and recreation.

Russ Hubbard, PhD, age 79, died July 27, 2016. He is a retired professor of education, emeritus, from EWU’s Department of Education in 1999, after 20 years of teaching.

Robert Morrow, PhD, age 85, died Jan. 3, 2017. He retired from the Education Department July 1986, after 20 years of service.

Marvin Oliver, 89, died Aug. 28, 2016. He retired from EWU in 1993 with 23 years of service as a professor in the Department of Education.

Nadine (Barrett) Schmelzer, age 74, died July 9, 2016. She retired from EWU in August 2006, after 28 years of service in Student Financial Services.

Horace Simms, age 95, died Dec. 30, 2016. He retired from the Biology Department in January 1983 after 17 years of service.

Lois Woodell, age 93, died Dec. 31, 2016.

Professor Woodell retired in July 1985, after 20 years of service in the Management Information Systems Department. She graduated from Eastern in 1959 with a BA in business education.

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Eastern Washington State College – 1971 • Tuition: $88/quarter $254 academic year • New buildings on campus: PE Classroom Building Radio-TV building Theatre building Art building Phase II of Patterson Hall Kingston Hall PE Activities Building (PHASE) • Richard Nixon was president.

• Gas: 40 cents/gallon • Average monthly rent: $150 • Movie tickets: $1.50 • Led Zeppelin released their untitled fourth album.

• Patton won the Oscar Award for best picture.

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