up front
Dear Alumni and Friends, The start of a new school year always brings something new, and there are many visible changes around the Eastern Washington University campus this fall as one major project takes shape and another just begins. It has now been two years since we broke ground on the renovation of Patterson Hall, the main academic building where you likely spent much of your time while on campus. After being completely gutted, the structure is starting to resemble the state-of-the-art academic building we envisioned. There is still work to do though, as construction should be completed by winter 2014. Just last spring, we also broke ground on the first new campus residence hall in nearly 40 years. The facility is being built on the northwest side of campus, across from the University Recreation Center at 10th and Cedar. The 109,000 square-foot building will house up to 354 students and will serve as the hub of the residential district. When it opens next fall, the hall will have top-notch amenities, including a great room with a gas fireplace, full kitchens on every floor, study areas with natural lighting, wireless access throughout and even hi-tech laundry machines that communicate with students’ cell phones. Throw in the new video scoreboard at Roos Field and some of the new directional signage around campus, and little old Eastern is looking pretty strong after 130 years – all while maintaining our historic, yet charming campus feel. These infrastructure upgrades are vital if EWU wants to maintain its standard of excellence in education. With a record freshman class on campus and our 12,000 students overall, updated facilities are critical to our success. If you get the chance, drop by campus for a visit and see some of these changes for yourself. I’m sure you’ll be pleased to see how far your alma mater has come. Sincerely, Dr. Rodolfo Arévalo President
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THE MAGAZINE for Eastern Washington University Alumni and Friends
EASTERN
EDITOR KANDI CARPER ‘05 ART DIRECTOR RYAN GAARD ‘02
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS BRIAN LYNN ’98, KANDI CARPER ‘05, DAVE COOK, DAVE MEANY GRAPHIC DESIGN RYAN GAARD ‘02, SAM BUZBY ‘07, STEVE BATEMAN, HEIDI JANTZ, COURTNEY HAMMOND ‘13 COPY EDITORS BRIAN LYNN ’98, KATIE SIMPSON ’12, JUDY CRABB
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