EWU begins process to sell Higher Education Center Building

By NEIL PIERSON

Staff Reporter

Eastern Washington University moved another step closer to selling its Spokane Higher Education Center (SHEC), something that will impact about 3,500 students each quarter.

Last Friday, the university's board of trustees authorized president Rodolfo Arévalo to proceed with efforts to sell the building in downtown Spokane, which EWU has inhabited since 1983.

EWU has recently increased discussions about the mission and objectives of its Riverpoint campus in Spokane, which it shares with Washington State University's branch campus.

Arévalo told the board he sees Riv...