Eastern Oregon University to Host Onstage Conversation with Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist Eli Saslow

Posted on March 25, 2024

Eastern Oregon University to Host Onstage Conversation with Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist Eli Saslow LA GRANDE, Ore. – On April 3, Oregon Humanities will host an onstage conversation addressing the crisis of poverty, addiction, and homelessness in communities across America. Renowned journalist Eli Saslow, from the New York Times, will lead the discussion. While the event […]


Breaking Barriers and Bridging Gaps: Rodeo Cowgirls and the Making of Rural Feminism

Posted on February 16, 2024

Breaking Barriers and Bridging Gaps: Rodeo Cowgirls and the Making  of Rural Feminism LA GRANDE, Ore. – “Branding Their Own: Cowgirls, Rodeo, and Rural Feminism, 1890 – 1935” is a project that explores feminism in the rural American West with special attention to ranch women and rodeo cowgirls.  Dr. Tracey Hanshew, Assistant Professor of History […]


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EOU receives innovation award, credited for impacting students’ ability to attend college

Posted on May 1, 2023

EOU receives innovation award, credited for impacting students’ ability to attend college La GRANDE, Ore. – Eastern Oregon University (EOU) has received the Colleagues’ Choice Innovation Award, from the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, for its program that focuses on training culturally responsive teachers who work with students from diverse backgrounds. The Oregon Teacher […]


EOU’s GO STEM Hub gets help from EOU football team

Posted on April 17, 2023

EOU’s GO STEM Hub gets help from EOU football team LA GRANDE, Ore. – A pandemic-era STEM curriculum will serve 2,200 4th graders when STEM week kicks off May 8. The Eastern Oregon University football team was on hand to pack the thousands of boxes that needed to be sent to area schools. On Saturday […]


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Diversity conference on-campus explores equity, inclusion, self-awareness for marginalized communities

Posted on April 12, 2023

Diversity conference on-campus explores equity, inclusion, self-awareness for marginalized communities LA GRANDE, Ore. –  In its 12th year, the Celebrate, Educate, Appreciate Diversity (CEAD) Conference has become a signature event at Eastern Oregon University. This half-day conference will be held on Saturday, May 6, in Quinn Coliseum.  It is an opportunity for students, faculty, staff, […]


Nightingale Gallery presents ‘Perceptions & Illusions’ exhibit

Posted on April 4, 2023

Nightingale Gallery presents ‘Perceptions & Illusions‘ exhibit LA GRANDE, Ore. – The Nightingale Gallery of Eastern Oregon University presents the first of two art capstone exhibitions of 2023, Perceptions & Illusions. This exhibit will include works from senior art majors, Koedi Birmingham, Jessica Hitzman, and Corrina Stadler. The work explores the artists’ varied experiences of […]


EOU Chemistry Club gets quite the reaction on national stage

Posted on April 3, 2023

EOU Chemistry Club gets quite the reaction on national stage LA GRANDE, Ore. – The Eastern Oregon University Chemistry Club recently traveled to the American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting in Indianapolis to present seven research papers and got quite the reaction on the national stage. On March 26, the team attended the awards ceremony […]


Affordability comes first at EOU, education program goes hybrid in fall of 2023

Posted on March 30, 2023

Affordability comes first at EOU, special education program goes hybrid in fall of 2023 LA GRANDE, Ore. – The special education initial teacher licensure (SEITL) undergraduate program designed by Eastern Oregon University faculty member Jerred Jolin has just been made more accessible. EOU has announced that the program will go hybrid in the fall of […]


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From La Grande to Portland, students act as rural ambassadors

Posted on March 20, 2023

From La Grande to Portland, students act as rural ambassadors LA GRANDE, Ore. – Students from La Grande to Portland will be offered a unique opportunity to learn about the rich diversity in Oregon when they participate in the 2023 Urban-Rural Ambassador program being offered in May. Urban-Rural Ambassadors Institute is an immersive, three-credit, field-based […]


Summer Institutes at EOU provide more than opportunity, they provide credit hours

Posted on March 10, 2023

Summer Institutes at EOU provide more than opportunity, they provide credit hours LA GRANDE, Ore. – The Summer Institutes at Eastern Oregon University (EOU) are a great way for high school students to keep learning through the summer as well as earn college credit. The institutes are designed to allow high school students to experience […]


‘Passion for Eastern’ brings school districts to job fair at EOU in search of teachers

Posted on March 6, 2023

‘Passion for Eastern’ brings school districts to job fair at EOU in search of teachers LA GRANDE, Ore. – “The best year yet,” that’s how one school district representative on hand for the Eastern Oregon University (EOU) Career Seminar and Job Fair described Friday afternoon’s meeting of Oregon and Washington State educators looking to attract […]


Career Expo brings employers to EOU campus on April 5

Posted on March 6, 2023

Career Expo brings employers to EOU campus on April 5 La GRANDE, Ore. – The Eastern Oregon Career Expo is on for April 5 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The regionally focused event, managed by the Eastern Oregon Workforce Board provides a venue for local and regional employers to gain access to students and […]


EOU collaboration confronts difficult topics in ‘Next to Normal’ theater production

Posted on March 2, 2023

EOU collaboration confronts difficult topics in ‘Next to Normal’ theater production LA GRANDE, Ore. – A collaboration between Eastern Oregon University alumni and current students guarantees the show will go on. Opening on March 3, the play “Next to Normal” will take the stage with parts divided between current students and alumni. “Next to Normal” […]


EOU students ‘Smash It’, 2023 Food Drive a huge success

Posted on March 1, 2023

EOU students ‘Smash It’, 2023 Food Drive a huge success LA GRANDE, Ore. – “Incredibly Proud.” That’s how Co-Director of the 2023 Eastern Oregon University Food Drive and Retention Coordinator, Kate Gekeler described how she felt about the students and employees who raised money for the Union County Food Bank and collected hundreds of cans […]


Film shines spotlight on La Grande, EOU

Posted on February 28, 2023

Film shines spotlight on La Grande, EOU: Photos ‘Walking Dead’ actor to star in Oregon drama LA GRANDE, Ore. – If you saw the cameras and crews around La Grande you know something big was happening in the valley. Principal photography for a motion picture, set in La Grande, began in February for a dramatic […]


EOU hosts documentary; ‘The Right to Read’ fights to help youngest generation

Posted on February 27, 2023

EOU hosts documentary, ‘The Right to Read’ fights to help youngest generation LA GRANDE, Ore. – It is said that reading is the most foundational indicator of life-long success. That is why in celebration of National Reading Month Eastern Oregon University (EOU) in conjunction with the EOU Reading Clinic will host a showing of the […]


Ars Poetica returns to the EOU Library

Posted on February 24, 2023

LA GRANDE, Ore. – LA GRANDE, Ore. – After several years of only online events due to the pandemic, EOU’s visiting writers series, Ars Poetica, is set to return in person to the EOU Library with a visit by essayist Adrian Shirk on Thursday, March 2., at 6 p.m. Community members are warmly invited. The […]


Eastern Oregon Regional High School Art ExhibitionAward Winners and Participating Schools

Posted on February 24, 2023

La GRANDE, Ore. – The Eastern Oregon Regional High School Art Exhibition featuring well over 300 works by students from 12 regional high schools opened Friday, Feb. 24. Nathan Lowe, Dean of EOU’s College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences gave a brief welcome to visitors and awards were presented by Nightingale Gallery Director Cory […]


EOU brings Louisiana rhythms to downtown La Grande, live music is back

Posted on February 24, 2023

EOU brings Louisiana rhythms to downtown La Grande, live music is back La Grande, Ore. – If you missed the Depot St. Syncopators on Fat Tuesday, you not only missed a show influenced by Louisiana rhythms, but you will have to wait another 360 days to see them again. That is because the band, made […]


FFA Convention held at Eastern Oregon University Thursday

Posted on February 23, 2023

Future Farmers of America Convention held at Eastern Oregon University Thursday LA GRANDE, Ore. – LA GRANDE, Ore. – A winter weather front did not chill the enthusiasm for the Future Farmers of America (FFA) Thursday, Feb 23 as more than 140 high school students from the tri-county region made their way to the Eastern […]