Eastern's president to take month-long medical leave

By JOHN McCALLUM

Editor

Eastern Washington University president Dr. Rodolfo Arevalo announced in a campus-wide email that he would be taking a one-month leave of absence to assist his recuperation from surgery last summer.

Provost and vice president of academic affairs, Dr. John Mason, will be filling in while Arevalo is on leave, Eastern media specialist Dave Meany said Tuesday.

Arevalo had surgery this past summer, during which a cancerous tumor was removed. He had been undergoing chemotherapy during the fall. Meany said Arevalo's health is fine, but he has simply not returned to full streng...