Eastern Washington University News

Steve Simmons, left, an Eastern Washington University professor since 1969, helped found the schoola s computer science program.

Eastern Washington University is seeking $27.3 million to accelerate construction of the second phase of Patterson Hall, illustrated here, on its campus in Cheney.

Monday, November 23, 2009 Former Emporian Alice M. Emerson is working at Eastern Washington University at Cheney, Wash., in an administrative position in counseling and psychological services, as reported by Mary Winstead Bonner of Emporia, professor emerita at Emporia State University.

Men's basketball: Geoffrey Allen, the son of former UCLA and NBA star Lucius Allen, is among three high school recruits who have signed early letters of intent to play at Eastern Washington University next season.

Elsa Fredenberg and Conrad Martin, both of Cheney, Wash., were married May 16, 2009, at the Church of the Nazarene in Cheney, Wash.

Eastern Washington University students have to opportunity to receive a free swine flu vaccine this Saturday.

Elizabeth Kissling, president of the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research, says she's used to people saying: "You study what?" Since the 1980s she's researched the social and commercial treatment of menstruation and has written one book and numerous articles on the topic.

The Mat-Su Borough recently hired two new departmental directors, Shaune O'Neil in public works and Christine Nelson in planning, to replace directors Keith Rountree and Mark Mayo, both of whom retired this fall.

The Northwest job market will stay sluggish for the next year. That prediction comes from at least one economist.

Chief Warrant Officer Niall Lyons will be buried in Spokane Monday morning. The 40-year-old was killed in Afghanistan last month when the helicopter he was in crashed.

When autumn's in the air, the aroma of harvest breads baking and rich with pumpkin or other fruit fresh from the fields often wafts from the kitchen of Jessica Rauth of Poulsbo.

The military hasn't released the names of the 13 victims killed at Fort Hood. The following list of 11 of the victims was compiled from various news agencies, including the San Antonio Express-News, and based on interviews with their families.

Contacts Second Harvest Food Bank, www.2-harvest.org , 534-6678 Rotary Club of Spokane-West, Bob Slyter, 599-6808 The signs said "closed" at most Green Bluff farms, but the parking lots were filled with cars and buses as almost 400 volunteers descended for the final pick of the season.

Former Eastern basketball coach Steve Aggers won Big Sky coach of the year honors twice with the Eagles.danp@spokesman.com There were times during his 32 years as a college basketball coach - including a few during his five-year stay at Eastern Washington University - when Steve Aggers felt a bit like the guy pushing a mop bucket at your local ...

Seventeen public and private colleges and universities from across the state will attend a college fair at Olympic College's Bremer Student Center on Tuesday and Wednesday.

A Chief Warrant Officer from Spokane was in killed action in Afghanistan. The helicopter that went down in Afghanistan October 29, 2009 claimed seven lives one was from Spokane.

Professors and fellow students are remembering a Spokane area soldier and Eastern Washington University grad who died earlier this week when the helicopter he was flying crashed in Afghanistan.

The Department of Defense confirmed the identities of seven American soldiers who died of wounds from a helicopter crash in Darreh-ye Bum, Afghanistan on October 26.

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Students Kristin Nelson, kneeling, and J.B. Lange of Gar-Pal High School check out programs at the Spokane National College Fair at the Convention Center on Thursday, Oct.