Mounties, Alumni, and Friends show their support for EOU

“Maya and I support the EOU foundation because we know how important the success of the university and its students are to our local communities. As alumni, EOU has had a huge impact on both of our lives and we feel an obligation to pay it forward to help current and future students develop and […]

A day to remember

The class of 2021 celebrated their Commencement like none before.

‘Go for it’: Discovering the Eastern Edge

First-generation college student uses choir as a focusing mechanism for her science-based degree.

Economic research promises better data for rural counties

EOU partners with Wallowa Resources to create the REV Center, giving economic professors the opportunity to start the Socioeconomic Community Profiles Project.

Growing up, Growing better

Soil Science professor utilizes the OSU Experiment Station to conduct experiments with sustainable plants for local livestock.

Willard Carey: Founder, Mentor, Leader

The first EOU Foundation president went business to business building the foundation we know today. His legacy now lives on through the military scholarship dedicated to him that creates college opportunity for military men and women.

Meet the Executive Director: Emily Adams

Meet the new Executive Director and learn more about the EOU Foundation.

Return to the diamond

Mountaineer baseball resumes and EOU Foundation is offering scholarship opportunities to the student-athletes.

Student-athletes speak out

Four EOU student-athletes share their ideas about how the university can contribute to conversations about race and equity.

Teaching amid trauma

EOU’s new trauma-invested teaching courses opened just in time for educators facing a slew of students in need.

Developing responsible global citizens

Diversity, equity and inclusion language is new to many EOU students. Learn more about how this important aspect of higher education is integrated on campus.

Voices of the pandemic

Students, employees and alumni responded to the COVID-19 pandemic, alongside communities around the world.

Creating community

EOU’s Native American Program, led by alumna Katie Harris-Murphy, ’16, connects Native students with one another while providing cultural opportunities for all members of the campus community.

Real communities, real solutions

The new Sustainable Rural Systems degree debuts this fall, and employers are already looking forward to graduates with hands-on experience as project leaders and community builders.

Get on board

Abel Mendoza, ’72, and Cheryl Martin, ’76, serve together on EOU’s Board of Trustees. Their backgrounds in research, education, ranching and business keep affordability and access anchored in the university’s mission.

A mammoth undertaking

Students answered questions about their experience excavating giant mammoth fossils last fall. The remains were discovered in a gravel quarry owned by alumnus Craig Woodward, ’69, who donated them to his alma mater shortly before he passed away.

Dancing in a new language

From traditional Pacific Island dance to the stomping moves of cheerleading, junior Brittney Hamilton has translated movement into a new context.

Baseball: Back at EOU

Nearly 50 years after he set a record for home runs, Steve Carter, ’60 is leading his teammates once again. This time, he’s scoring scholarships for a new generation of Mountaineers student-athletes.

Lacrosse: The first recruit

Sydney Shaughnessy of Meridian became EOU’s first-ever lacrosse recruit this spring. The team enters its first season in 2020-21.

Good to the bone

About one in 430 registered donors get matched with a recipient and successfully donate bone marrow. EOU Women’s Soccer Coach Jake Plocher became one of them last May. Plocher joined the registry of donors with a cheek swab in 2012 to support a soccer player who helped coordinate the drive on campus. Six years later, […]

Bringing healthcare home

Freshman year got off to a rough start for Andrea Camacho, now a junior studying Health and Human Performance at Eastern Oregon University. The first year away from her island home in Saipan was full of difficult transitions. “I had never been away from island life, and the transition to American living was overwhelming,” Camacho […]

Comfort in crisis

EOU Foundation funds keep students enrolled through life’s challenges Last year alone, 27 students benefited from EOU Foundation Crisis Awards. The funds support online and on-campus students who find themselves in difficult situations, where medical expenses, car trouble or childcare costs could threaten their progress toward earning a degree. These private funds close the gap to […]

Finding her way

Adjunct vocal instructor Jamie Jacobson walked 500 miles over 40 days this summer, following the ancient Camino de Santiago through northern Spain. She said the physical, mental and spiritual challenges and triumphs of the camino equipped her to better guide aspiring musicians. Learn more about her experience @theWAYtoJamie2019 on Facebook.     5 things I’m […]

Social butterfly

EOU outpaces all other regional and technical universities in Oregon with the fastest growing fanbase on Facebook and Instagram. A significant part of this growth comes from the work of art and anthropology student Berenice Chavez, who served as social media intern for admissions throughout 2018-19.

Finding their voices

Seven hours earlier they wouldn’t have taken the risk, but by 3 p.m. on the second Saturday of March, dozens of youngsters lined up to read their freshly written work. Poems, skits, short stories and essays resounded through EOU’s McKenzie Theatre as teachers and peers listened to the many new works crafted at the 2019 […]

One step at a time

The iconic Grand Staircase at EOU has touched generations of students and community members as a link between campus and downtown La Grande. Anne (Hanford) Olson remembers when graduation and Evensong took place on the steps. As the ceremony concluded, graduates carried their lit candles (the light of knowledge) out into the community. Today, the […]

Closing the gap

New advocate gives sexual assault survivors options Privilege means more than special treatment for Tyana Musrasrik, ’18. In her new role as Privileged Campus Advocate at EOU, it signifies her ability to provide resources and services while keeping information confidential. Musrasrik, who earned her degree in social welfare, has an on-campus office, but technically works […]

Writing off the page

When Sandra (Ellston) Mason’s husband passed away in 2008, she decided to commemorate him with a gift to the EOU Foundation that would bear his name in perpetuity. The Carl and Sandra Ellston Ars Poetica Literary Lecture Series invites professional writers to visit campus in La Grande each term, where they read from published work, […]

A winning team

Anji Weissenfluh, ’94, hates to lose. But it’s all right because the long-time women’s basketball coach and athletic director rarely does it. EOU’s all-time winningest coach and the CCC’s 2017-18 Athletic Director of the Year said she’s driven by a fear of failure more than a love for trophies. That humility grounds Weissenfluh, who said […]

Crossing the finish line

For the first time in seven years, the Mountaineer track and field student-athletes competed at home in La Grande on March 16. The team’s home-opener christened EOU’s brand-new track surface and facilities, which were installed last fall with funding from the EOU Foundations’ Building Champions campaign. Head coach of track and cross-country Ben Welch cut […]