As a teacher, principal and now Gonzaga University assistant professor, Dr. Catherine Zeisner has always stayed up to date on the latest games and social media platforms her students are using so she can better relate to them.

The Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 hit just as the university hosted a training program for young cadets. The personal diary of Fr. Paul Sauer tells the tale of how the university community responded to the virus' onslaught.

Whitworth, Gonzaga, Eastern Washington and Washington State universities all have different procedures for returning to campus based on how much work is being done online. 

Most college students are accustomed to letter grades ranging from A to F.

For the Community Colleges of Spokane, fall was a tale of two approaches to learning amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dana and David Dornsife have pledged $10 million toward a campaign to improve Whitworth's undergraduate and graduate offerings as well as improve campus amenities and instruction. Called Whitworth 2021, the project has now raised $151 million with the Dornsifes' contribution, according to a news release from the university.

Local and federal authorities are still investigating how multiple people last month invaded a virtual Gonzaga University Black Student Union meeting with racial and homophobic slurs and imagery.

Washington will begin rolling out the COVID-19 vaccine as early as next week, and Washington State University is set to help with the logistics.

Supporters of President Donald Trump who took part in a scientific while watching Thursday's debate reacted more strongly than others when one candidate attacked the other.

Seattle Public Schools Superintendent Denise Juneau says the district will remain in a remote learning model for the rest of the current semester because of an increase in COVID-19 cases

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Eastern Washington University announced Wednesday that most courses will be online for the winter 2021 quarter.

David May inherited a job with challenges both brought on by the pandemic and predating its effects in higher education. Eastern Washington will have to pare down some of its offerings and become more competitive in the field of higher education to thrive in the future, May said. 

A study of how rhinoceros beetles communicate that includes Gonzaga University biology professor Brook Swanson is also touching on a more unexpected area – modern dance.

After Vice President Mike Pence and Democratic nominee Kamala Harris faced off in the vice presidential debate Wednesday night in Salt Lake City, students in a virtual debate-watch event co-hosted by Gonzaga University called the debate more civil than the clash between the presidential candidates a week earlier but said the meeting did little to change their viewsof either candidate.

This week, the National Guard recognized Pullman as one of Washington’s most dire coronavirus hot spots, moving in to conduct mass testing at rotating sites near the Washington State University campus there.

For Spokane Public Schools and Aryn Ziehnert, the timing couldn’t be better.

Brian Levin-Stankevich, a familiar face at EWU, served in various leadership roles at the university from 1995 to 2006, including a year as interim president and three years as provost.

Gov. Jay Inslee dedicated $44 million in federal coronavirus assistance to Washington’s 34 community and technical colleges, and a state education board distributed it based on a formula that tracked enrollment declines and other factors, according to the Community Colleges of Spokane.