EWU enrollment numbers continue to roll upward

Note: This story was partially run in the EWU Back to School special section. Due to a publishing error it is being pprinted in its entirety.

The upward trend with record enrollment numbers continues as Eastern Washington University welcomes its largest freshman class ever for the start of the 2015-2016 school year.

“We’re going to have our biggest freshman class ever,” Neil Woolf, associate vice president for enrollment management said. “Right now we’re tracking 6.5-7-percent up,” and by the 10th day of the fall term the numbers will become official.

The school has surpassed the 1,700 mark, t...