Ereisa Morales, McNair Scholar, has been accepted into the M.A. program of Applied Sociology at the University of Central Florida

Scholar Ereisa Morales was accepted to University of Central Florida in the M.A. program of Applied Sociology with funding. This is her first response she has heard since sending in numerous applications. Congratulations to Ereisa!

Ereisa Morales’s Scholar Story

You might recognize Ereisa Morales from McNair’s website. You also might recognize her from posters around campus. She is holding a book about drug use, and a tape recorder, ready to document, survey, and research. What is she researching? Morales is a McNair Scholar. She is also a part of a sorority on campus, and … Read more

Kianna Baker’s Scholar Story

We all know that college students struggle. They struggle with classes, assignments and tests. One can remember the long hours in the library cramming over books in pools of soft light from the rows of lamps, students half asleep, mindlessly present in the real world, fully involved in the world rendered in their minds. That’s … Read more

Erik Almaguer’s Scholar Story

McNair Scholar, Erik Almaguer, a computer science major in his junior year at Eastern Washington University, has been working since Spring Quarter of 2018 on his project, with the help of his mentor, Dr. Shamima Yasmin. Almaguer grew up in Kennewick, working and going to the community college there. He wasn’t too sure on what … Read more