Eastern celebrates grads

SPOKANE – Eastern Washington University hosted the 131st class commencement during three separate occasions last Saturday at the newly built Podium building in the Spokane SportsPlex.

This was the first time that Eastern Eagles hosted the commencement at this facility. Last year, it was at the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena in two separate times.

The first one was at 9 a.m. for master and doctoral degree recipients. The second one was at 1:30 p.m. for bachelor degrees from Colleges of Health, Science and Public Health and Colleges of Professional Programs. The 5 p.m. one was for bachelor degr...