{"id":2692,"date":"2025-07-30T15:42:52","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T15:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/mountaineer-magazine\/?page_id=2692"},"modified":"2026-02-18T22:06:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T22:06:29","slug":"summer-2025","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/mountaineer-magazine\/summer-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"834\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/mountaineer-magazine\/files\/2025\/07\/Mountaineer-Magazine-Summer-2025-834x1080.jpg\" alt=\"A young Native American girl dances gracefully in full regalia during a cultural event held at À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ. She wears a vibrant blue and purple traditional dress adorned with fringe, beadwork, and embroidered patches featuring floral and star designs. Her arms are extended outward, showcasing the flowing fringe of her outfit. The background is softly blurred, highlighting the child as the central focus, with spectators watching in the distance. The top of the image features the text &quot;The Mountaineer, À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ&quot; and the bottom reads &quot;Summer 2025.&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-2623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/mountaineer-magazine\/files\/2025\/07\/Mountaineer-Magazine-Summer-2025-834x1080.jpg 834w, https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/mountaineer-magazine\/files\/2025\/07\/Mountaineer-Magazine-Summer-2025-618x800.jpg 618w, https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/mountaineer-magazine\/files\/2025\/07\/Mountaineer-Magazine-Summer-2025-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/mountaineer-magazine\/files\/2025\/07\/Mountaineer-Magazine-Summer-2025-1187x1536.jpg 1187w, https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/mountaineer-magazine\/files\/2025\/07\/Mountaineer-Magazine-Summer-2025.jpg 1545w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 834px) 100vw, 834px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In this issue:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This issue of the Mountaineer Magazine showcases the success stories of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ students, alumni, and community partnerships, emphasizing transformative experiences and lifelong connections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Teamwork Targets Confidence<\/strong>: EOU\u2019s Shotgun Sports team rises to victory at the West Coast Championship in Las Vegas, capturing team titles and showcasing leadership, focus, and peer mentorship on and off the range.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>50th Annual Powwow Marks a Triumphant Return<\/strong>: After a six-year hiatus, the EOU Spring Powwow returns in vibrant celebration, honoring Indigenous traditions, student leadership, and cultural resilience with dance, regalia, and ceremony.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Sound of Success<\/strong>: Alumni Holly Sorenson, Luke Basile, and Gregory Rawlins share how faculty mentorship at EOU shaped their creative and professional journeys in music, education, and public service.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>New and Old Memories on the Grand Staircase<\/strong>: The iconic Grand Staircase, newly restored after decades of advocacy, reconnects campus and community\u2014bridging generations of stories, traditions, and performances<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Alumni Engagement and Philanthropy<\/strong>: Evelyn and Richard Huston\u2019s legacy endures through a new endowed scholarship supporting first-generation EOU education students, inspired by their own journey of perseverance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button btn-block\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-eastern-navy-background-color has-text-color has-background no-border-radius wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flipsnack.com\/easternoregonuniversity\/mountaineer-magazine-summer-2025\/full-view.html\">View This Issue (Flipbook)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<section class=\"widget widget_flex-posts-list\"><h2 class=\"widget-title\">Stories<\/h2><div class=\"fp-row fp-list-2 fp-flex\">\n\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"fp-col fp-post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fp-media\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"fp-thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/mountaineer-magazine\/honoring-the-challenge\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/mountaineer-magazine\/files\/2025\/07\/magazine-MKD_7990-400x250.jpg\" class=\"attachment-400x250-crop size-400x250-crop wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fp-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fp-title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/mountaineer-magazine\/honoring-the-challenge\/\">Honoring the Challenge<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fp-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"fp-col fp-post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fp-media\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"fp-thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/mountaineer-magazine\/teamwork-targets-confidence-for-shotgun-sports-atheletes\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/mountaineer-magazine\/files\/2025\/07\/IMG_7763-400x250.jpg\" class=\"attachment-400x250-crop size-400x250-crop wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fp-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fp-title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/mountaineer-magazine\/teamwork-targets-confidence-for-shotgun-sports-atheletes\/\">Teamwork Targets Confidence for Shotgun Sports Atheletes<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fp-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"fp-col fp-post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fp-media\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"fp-thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/mountaineer-magazine\/new-and-old-memories-on-the-grand-staircase\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/mountaineer-magazine\/files\/2025\/07\/400x300-_staircase-MKD_0017-400x250.jpg\" class=\"attachment-400x250-crop size-400x250-crop wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fp-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fp-title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/mountaineer-magazine\/new-and-old-memories-on-the-grand-staircase\/\">New and Old Memories on the Grand Staircase<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fp-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"fp-col fp-post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fp-media\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"fp-thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/mountaineer-magazine\/the-sound-of-success\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/mountaineer-magazine\/files\/2025\/07\/EOU-lo-res-DSC_6572-400x250.jpg\" class=\"attachment-400x250-crop size-400x250-crop wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fp-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fp-title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/mountaineer-magazine\/the-sound-of-success\/\">The Sound of Success<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fp-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"fp-col fp-post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fp-media\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"fp-thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/mountaineer-magazine\/eastern-oregon-universitys-50th-annual-powwow-marks-triumphant-return\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/mountaineer-magazine\/files\/2025\/07\/400x300-_powwow-MKD_0993-400x250.jpg\" class=\"attachment-400x250-crop size-400x250-crop wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fp-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fp-title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/mountaineer-magazine\/eastern-oregon-universitys-50th-annual-powwow-marks-triumphant-return\/\">À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ\u2019s 50th Annual Powwow Marks Triumphant Return<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fp-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"fp-col\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fp-col\"><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this issue: This issue of the Mountaineer Magazine showcases the success stories of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ students, alumni, and community partnerships, emphasizing transformative 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