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

Congrats to Richard Murphy

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

Claudio Escalante Accepted into Three Master’s Programs

Congratulations to Claudio Escalante

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

McNair Scholars Present at EWU’s 2024 Student Research & Creative Works Symposium

Article for EWU Symposium 2024

EWU McNair is proud of our 6 scholars who presented at this year’s symposium. Since the beginning of the symposium at EWU in 1997, McNair has encouraged scholars to participate, either to present a prospectus of the their upcoming summer research, or to present research done in the last year. Presenting research is an excellent … Read more

EWU McNair Scholar Irie Browning Receives the Frances B. Huston Medallion Award

Article for Irie Browning

Congratulations to EWU McNair Scholar Irie Browning! Irie 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 … Read more

EWU McNair Scholars Present & Volunteer at Phi Alpha Theta Conference

EWU McNair commends our scholars for outstanding academic community engagement and we look forward to seeing many other scholars present their research at the upcoming EWU Research Symposium, May 7th and 8th!

EWU Scholar Claudio Escalante Accepted to University of Nebraska PhD in Biomedical Engineering

Congrats to Claudio Escalante

Congratulations to EWU McNair Scholar Claudio Escalante! Claudio has been accepted to University of Nebraska’s PhD program in Biomedical Engineering. University of Nebraska designed their program to be interdisciplinary, including student research design and collaboration.  From their Biomedical Engineering overview: Nebraska biomedical engineering faculty and students work closely with area hospitals […] Major emphasis is on … Read more