From College Sweethearts to Blue & Gold Legacies

In a cozy corner of the Library on EOU’s campus, longtime alumni Mary Jo Lemon, ’66, and her husband Terry Lemon, ’69, reminisced about their memories as adults, students, and children.  “I remember my mother bringing my sister and me to her office and just playing in the halls of Inlow,” Mary Jo said smiling. […]

Scott Fairley’s Legacy

Connecting communities and building bridges Embarking on a journey with her classmates through the bustling heart of Portland, EOU student and Pendleton, Oregon native Addison Bonzani experienced the rush of city life for the first time. But getting here was not a simple process. Two powerful forces conspired to make her adventure possible: the Urban-Rural […]

EOU Brings Mental Health Training to Rural Oregon and Beyond

In the wide open landscapes of Oregon, where rural communities grapple with an ongoing scarcity of mental health providers, Eastern Oregon University (EOU) has emerged as a new and innovative partner. With a mission to address the pressing need for mental health professionals, especially in remote areas, EOU launched its Clinical Mental Health Counseling (CMHC) […]

Discovering History, From Wallowa to Croatia

Bright lights and pristine workstations line the room, ready for action. Deep in the basement of EOU’s Ackerman Hall, the former elementary school, is the brand-new anthropology classroom and lab. A space designed for students to really own, while they explore the worlds, techniques, and processes of anthropology and archaeology. In the corner, stacked nearly […]

The Value of Education

7,000 miles to EOU For Eastern Oregon University freshman Mohtarama “Mary” Qazizada, education is a birthright. Mary is passionate about a woman’s right to education, but more importantly she believes learning is the key to changing the world for the better. Mary was born and raised in Afghanistan and is deeply saddened as she watches […]

Building New Memories

From snow to sunburn, the EOU Men’s Baseball season plays through any and all weather conditions.  From early mornings to late evenings for both practice and games, the team sees it all.  Except the backdrop of the EOU campus.  “I love being part of a baseball program being built from the ground up.  It’s taken […]

Getting your hands dirty

Experience at your fingertips Her face lit up as she talked about the projects and possibilities this new school year brings, as a member of the inaugural cohort of the Agriculture-Entrepreneurship program.  Eva Martin, a sophomore from Ione, Oregon, expressed her passion for community outreach.  “I grew up in FFA [Future Farmers of America]; I […]

A Legacy: Past, Present, and Future

Sunshine radiates through the massive windows into the new Health & Human Performance (HHP) offices overlooking the Track & Field Complex.  In the past, sharing only one lab between classes, research, and testing, coupled with program faculty spread between offices across campus, the thought of a state-of-the-art lab and teaching facility wasn’t even a concept.   […]

Life Lessons on and off The Court.

Ryan Looney’s, ’98, skill at building teams has proven successful—and those successes culminated into an opportunity to be the head coach of an NCAA Division 1 basketball team. There were a lot of stops along the road to the Division 1 job, but that was never the plan. “Each time we moved, there was an […]

A student’s teacher, and a teacher’s student

Jose de Jesus Melendez went to college at the age of 27 in order to expand his career opportunities. By the time he graduated, education was both the journey and the destination. Born and raised in a remote village in Mexico with no electricity or services of any kind, Melendez said he  was barely literate […]

Students, scholarships and one very special staircase: State funding makes an impact on campus

Following Oregon’s 2022 legislative session, EOU will see several important investments in student support services, scholarships and its iconic Grand Staircase.  “We are happy to announce that Eastern Oregon University had a very successful February session with several significant investments from the state,” EOU President Tom Insko said. “I greatly appreciate the hard work and […]