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Apr 01

Eastern University Celebrates Groundbreaking for Gym Expansion

Eastern University broke ground yesterday on the construction of a 50,000 square foot gymnasium expansion.
Apr 23

Eastern University Has Record Breaking Annual Day of Giving

Eastern University’s 2026 Day of Giving was a historic success. On March 19-20, dates that mark the school’s 101st birthday, Eastern raised $104,670 in 1,925 minutes.
Apr 13

Eastern to Host Leadership Transformation Summit Featuring Former Google.org President

The College of Business & Leadership will host the Spring Leadership Transformation Summit on April 23.
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Jul 01, 2019

Eastern Ranked #3 of The Best Online Doctorate in Organizational Leadership Programs

Eastern University was recently ranked #3 in a list of the Best Online Doctorate in Organizational Leadership programs in 2019, and was the highest ra...
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Jul 01, 2019

Eastern Ranked #5 of The Best Online Bachelor's in Organizational Leadership Programs

Eastern University was recently ranked #5 in a list of the Best Online Bachelor’s in Organizational Leadership programs in 2019.
Jun 03, 2019

Professor JoAnn Flett Receives Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program Award

Eastern University is pleased to announce that Professor JoAnn Flett has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award to Trinidad and Tobago to tea...
Campus Purple Flowers
Apr 01, 2019

Eastern University Welcomes 2 New Members to Board of Trustees

Eastern University is proud to welcome two new members to the Board of Trustees.  With strong ties to the Eastern community, both Dr. Stacey Sauchuk a...
Mar 26, 2019

Eastern University Celebrates Inauguration of 10th President, Dr. Ronald A. Matthews

Eastern University celebrated the inauguration of their 10th President, Dr. Ronald A. Matthews, on Friday, March 22, 2019.
Mar 26, 2019

Eastern University Welcomes Guest Students with 50% Off Undergraduate Online Summer Courses

Eastern University is excited to invite guest students to take advantage of our new 50% off tuition for traditional undergraduate online summer course...
Mar 25, 2019

Professor Steven Ford Featured on WHYY’s “Movers and Makers”

Professor Steven Ford, Chair of Eastern’s Music Department and Executive Director of the Fine and Performing Arts Division, was featured on WHYY’s “Mo...
Mar 14, 2019

Rev. Dr. W. Wilson Goode, Sr. Announced as 2019 Commencement Speaker

Eastern University is pleased to welcome Rev. Dr. W. Wilson Goode, Sr. as the May 11, 2019 commencement speaker.
Feb 19, 2019

Tony Campolo and Lyndell D. Backues Invited to Serve as New Co-Pastors of St. John’s Baptist Church

In efforts to resurrect a once-thriving congregation, the historic St. John’s Baptist Church, whose impact has also reached around the world, has turn...
Feb 14, 2019

Eastern Pair Wins Student-Faculty Research Prize from the Center for Public Justice

Abigail Stevens ‘20 was awarded the Shared Justice Student-Faculty Research Prize for her work with Dr. Christa Lee-Chuvala.

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Apr 29

Eastern 's Dr. Kimberlee Johnson Inducted into Collegium of Scholars

Eastern celebrates the induction of Dr. Kimberlee A. Johnson, Dean of Palmer Theological Seminary and Palmer College, into the Martin Luther King Jr. Collegium of Scholars for 2026.
Apr 21

Stress to Stability to Strength

Needless to say, our budget is now healthy, and our student body is flourishing. We’ve managed, by faith and hard work, to move from Stress to Stability to Strength. There is still work to do, but the future is bright.
Apr 21

Eastern Online

Over the past five years, the Eastern community has experienced remarkable growth as we’ve ventured further into the online world. The University now offers more than 70 online programs, including undergraduate and graduate degrees and certificates.
May 24, 2019

A Faith of Their Own

New students arrive each semester with a sense of belonging and connection to their own families, religious denominations, and home communities. Once ...
May 24, 2019

Joy of Teaching

During my fifth year as an elementary school teacher, I had a student— let’s call him Jake—who was considered a “behavior problem.” That year, I start...
May 24, 2019

The Power Of Music

The wonder of music has been the love of my life. Throughout that lifelong relationship, I have come to know that the fulfillment of my love for music...
May 24, 2019

The Math Factor

Mathematics allows us to catch glimpses of the Infinite in ways that nothing else can. Of course, we finite creatures cannot hope to take in all of th...
May 24, 2019

An Abundance of Grace

We knew that our sixteen-year-old daughter’s anxiety and depression were more than we could handle. We knew she would need to leave home, bound for a ...
May 22, 2019

Wonder in the Details

Driving along the California coast, Barbara Burger ’71 watched the city of Santa Barbara race into view. With the world at her fingertips and a fresh ...
May 22, 2019

Creation Station

It's a Saturday afternoon at Esperanza College of Eastern University. Brightly-colored tables speckle the student lounge, mini-lava lamps bubble vibra...
May 22, 2019

Resilience through Unconditional Love

The word "principal" often times conjures up images of stuffy and severe authority figures. As the youngest principal in Denver Street School history,...
May 17, 2019

Wednesday Night Wonder

String lights illuminate the floor and music spills out of Gough Great Room as the doors swing open and students funnel into the sacred space. This is...
May 01, 2019

Voices on Wonder

We surveyed a sampling of our faculty and staff from diverse fields and areas of specialty. We asked them to tell stories about times when they felt w...