Higher education

It’s been five years since Cooper Kupp walked off the turf at Roos Field for the last time, yet in many ways he’s still in Cheney.

A week after officially taking the reins as Whitworth University’s president, Scott McQuilkin has announced who will serve in his former job.

The search for Eastern Washington University’s next president appears to be coming to a close.

From staff reports

The public showcase of Eastern Washington University’s presidential candidates continued Thursday with Dr. John Tomkowiak, founding dean of the WSU Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine in Spokane.

The second day of campus visits for candidates vying for the job of Eastern Washington University president centered on a familiar face.

The public vetting process began Tuesday for the four finalists vying to become the next president of Eastern Washington University.

Three prominent health care associations closed out 2021 with a call for more blood donors in response to historically low levels seen by blood bank inventories nationwide.

Whitworth University’s Presidential Search Committee spent almost a year looking for the university’s new president.

Scott McQuilkin didn’t apply to be Whitworth University’s 19th president.

Eastern Washington University has narrowed the search for the university’s 27th president down to four.

Dona Re’ Shute and Lorraine Charvet didn’t realize their family needed closure until they got the call.

On Aug. 24, 2020, 68% of the western United States experienced extreme levels of air pollution caused by wildfire smoke and rising heat, according to a newly published study from Washington State University researchers that sheds light on the broad health impacts of fires and heat.

On any night, John Stockton’s name and No. 12 jersey can be seen hanging from a banner in the south-facing rafters at McCarthey Athletic Center. But Gonzaga and its most prominent alumnus are at odds over the school’s mask mandate, leading Gonzaga to suspend Stockton’s season tickets at home basketball games.

Evaluators assigned by the agency that accredits North Idaho College met virtually Tuesday with college officials and members of the campus community in the latest phase of an investigation into NIC’s accreditation eligibility.

Starting Monday, North Idaho College will move temporarily to virtual learning for most classroom instruction amid surging COVID-19 case counts in Kootenai County and increasing staff quarantines.

A three-week program at Heritage University in Toppenish is intended to give students, particularly those coming from underrepresented communities in the legal profession in Washington, a taste of law school. 

Three years ago, Phil Labrie became the assistant director of military and veterans outreach at Whitworth University.