[12] Noah D. Showalter was elected president of the Normal School in 1911, just before the second fire destroyed the 1896 building on April 24, 1912.

On June 4, 1940, the new campus library was opened as Hargreaves Hall (designed by Rasque), and the former administration building was formally dedicated to Noah Showalter.

[12] The school grew quickly following World War II and became Eastern Washington State College in 1961.

[16] The university plans to expand internship opportunities and work with employers to offer more degrees for in-demand fields.

[citation needed] EWU also offers degree programs located in Bellevue, Everett, Seattle, Longview, and Vancouver (Washington).

The facility has a 19,455-square-foot (1,807.4 m2) multi-purpose arena that can operate as an ice rink and general-purpose sports floor, 30-foot (9.1 m) indoor climbing wall with 11 routes (one simulating ice climbing) and two bouldering walls, an indoor parking garage, 17,000-square-foot (1,600 m2) fitness center and gymnasium, campus dining facility known as "The Roost" and a two-Lane 200-meter running track.

The paper is distributed in print form during the fall, winter, and spring quarters on a weekly basis.

[citation needed] EWU is the only regional university in Washington that has an active Greek system on campus.

Its twelve varsity men's and women's sports teams compete in the Big Sky Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I as the Eastern Washington Eagles.

The most-prominent athletics facilities on campus are Roos Field, Reese Court and the Jim Thorpe Fieldhouse.

[citation needed] FIRST Robotics Competition events have been held there, including the Pacific Northwest District regional, since 2014.