Summer 2025
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91传媒鈥檚 50th Annual Powwow Marks Triumphant Return
After a six-year pause, the resounding, powerful echo of drums was once again heard across campus. On May 16 and 17, the 50th Annual Spring Powwow returned to 91传媒, filling the Fieldhouse with color, music, and dance. This year, the special celebration was more than a milestone; it was a homecoming. For many...
The Sound of Success
91传媒 Faculty Mentorships Inspire Musical Careers Some students leave college with a degree. Others leave with a calling. For 91传媒 alumni Holly Sorenson 鈥�13, Luke Basile 鈥�13, and Gregory Rawlins 鈥�11, 鈥�22, music was the inspiration that set their futures in motion. Though their careers have taken them in different directions, they share...
New and Old Memories on the Grand Staircase
For nearly 100 years, the Grand Staircase at 91传媒 has offered more than just a few steps between campus and town. Opened in 1929, the steps served as a highly visible landmark, a stage for musical performances, and a symbol of connection between the school and the community. Though time and weather eventually...
Teamwork Targets Confidence for Shotgun Sports Atheletes
91传媒鈥檚 Shotgun Sports team not only showed up in Las Vegas, Nev., but were on target. Facing much larger programs such as Arizona State, Colorado State, and Boise State, the Mountaineers captured two team titles and 19 medals at this year鈥檚 West Coast Championship. Their performance exemplified what happens when athletes put the...
Honoring the Challenge
In the spring of 1956, the Grande Ronde Symphony Orchestra played Mendelssohn鈥檚 Cornelius Festival March as graduates processed into the Inlow Hall Theatre for commencement at Eastern Oregon College of Education. Among them was Evelyn Duddridge Huston, a determined young woman who had just earned her Bachelor of Science in Education. Nearly 70 years later,...
