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EWU McNair Scholar Alexander Dodson Awarded the Frances B. Huston Medallion Award

06/11/2024 by Jaeger, Corinne

Congratulations to EWU McNair Scholar Alexander Dodson. Alexander has been selected to receive a 2024 Frances B. Huston Medallion Award. Recipients of the Frances B. Huston medallion award must have established themselves as exceptionally capable individuals in both academic and extracurricular activities. The faculty and the administration of Eastern Washington University acknowledge their great pride in … Read more

EWU McNair Scholar Alexander Dodson Publishes with Dr. Watkins!

07/16/202406/07/2024 by Jaeger, Corinne

Congratulations to EWU McNair Scholar Alexander Dodson! Alexander is a contributing author for “Gratitude and Happiness: The Causes and Consequences of Gratitude,” with Dr. Philip Watkins and former EWU graduate student Michael Frederick. This is a chapter in the book Happiness and Wellness – Biopsychosocial and Anthropological Perspectives edited by Floriana Irtellli and Fabio Gabrielli. Alexander continued his … Read more

EWU McNair Alum Mori Staar Accepted by PhD Program at UNLV!

06/13/202406/05/2024 by Jaeger, Corinne

Congratulations to EWU McNair Alum Mori Staar! Mori was recently accepted by the Water Resources PhD program at the University of Nevada Las Vegas. In 2021, Mori graduated from Eastern Washington University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Science with an emphasis in Chemistry and a minor in Japanese. Mori completed their Master’s … Read more

EWU McNair Scholar Richard Murphy Awarded Jeffers Chertok Dean’s Honor

05/30/202405/24/2024 by Jaeger, Corinne

Congratulations to EWU McNair Scholar Richard Murphy who’s is a recipient of the Jeffers Chertok Dean’s Honor Award. This award recognizes exceptional graduates who have demonstrated a commitment to their education through outstanding academic achievement with a minimum of a 3.75 GPA in their previous 4 quarters and through leadership and service to the community. … Read more

EWU McNair Scholar Terreca DeFehr Presents Research at the Rocky Mountain Pyschological Association

05/31/202405/20/2024 by Jaeger, Corinne

EWU McNair Scholar Terreca DeFehr presented her McNair research at the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association gathering in April, 2024. Terreca’s research, under the mentorship of Dr. Jillene Seiver, analyzed an existing data set and was titled: “Work-Family And Family-Work Conflict As A Function Of Role Commitment And Core Self-Evaluation.” Presenting research is a critical part … Read more

Claudio Escalante Accepted into Three Master’s Programs

05/20/2024 by Jaeger, Corinne

Congratulations to EWU McNair Scholar Claudio Escalante! Claudio has been accepted by three Master’s programs: University of Illinois, Chicago, University of Colorado, Denver, and Northwestern University. This is on top of two prior PhD acceptances to the University of Nebraska and the University of Kansas. Claudio will attend the University of Kansas’s MS/PhD program in Bioengineering … Read more