Cullinan gives State of University address

New Eastern Washington University president Dr. Mary Cullinan has been on a dead run since arriving in Cheney some six weeks ago.

But she slowed down long enough last Friday, Oct. 3 to address a crowd at Showalter Auditorium with her initial State of the University speech.

She described her time on the job so far as being a "whirlwind" of meeting local people in all areas of the community. "I wish everyone would wear nametags," she told a nearly full main auditorium.

Cullinan, the 26th president at EWU, has also been quite visible at a variety of sporting events where she threw out the first p...