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A busy fall and winter for the Admissions team has them recruiting throughout Washington, western states, as well as the mid-west and abroad (South Korea, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Nepal, India, China, Mongolia, Puerto Rico, and Canada). The team has also been executing email, postcard and social media campaigns (with several hundred thousand contacts), as … Read more

Student Services With the help of numerous donors and the EWU Foundation, the VRC created six scholarships or endowments which are awarded to veterans or military service members. For the 2016-17 academic year, eight students who proudly served, or continue to serve their country, will be awarded $15,850 in scholarship support to help them continue … Read more

Enrollment Services Fall 2015 saw the largest entering new class in Eastern Washington University’s history with the largest ever freshman class and the third largest transfer class. 1,711 new freshman (up by 113 students, or 7.1%, from fall 2014) and 1,296 transfer students joined the Eagle family this fall. When adding in former students returning, … Read more

The numbers will not be final until the second week in October, but we are expecting to have our largest freshmen class in EWU history with over 1,700 first year students! The previous record was 1,610. Transfer numbers are expected to be slightly lower than last year, based on lower CC enrollments. Graduate enrollments grew, … Read more

Housing and Residential Life kicked off a pilot mentoring program for first generation students with 12 faculty/staff mentors and 19 students.  With leadership from Graduate Assistant Elena Calderon, the department held the first “Day of Dreams” event on April 7 to highlight the needs and opportunities for our 1079 students.  The start of spring also … Read more

Fall enrollment numbers peaked to record headcount and FTE numbers. EWU exceeded its 2% enrollment growth goal for the fall 2014 term. Overall student headcount reached 13,453, a 4.7% increase from fall 2013. In terms of new student enrollment, our freshman class grew by 7% (112) students to a near record 1,585 students. The new … Read more