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EWU McNair Scholar Hope Sands Completes Summer Research Internship

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Hope Sands Summer res 2020

Congratulations to EWU McNair Scholar Hope Sands for completing her 2020 EWU McNair Summer Research Internship! For her EWU McNair Summer Research Internship, Hope studied Fort Spokane under the mentorship of Dr. Brian Buchanan. Hope's project looked at the historical past of Fort Spokane in an attempt to understand the archaeological and geographical significance of the Fort's construction. Previous archaeological projects at this location have focused more so on the Fort itself, rather than the Fort and its surrounding environs. Hope graduated in the Spring of 2020 from Eastern Washington University with a major in Anthropology with a focus in Archaeology and Artifact Conservation, as well as a major in Philosophy. Hope was an Honors student and a member of Phi Eta Sigma and Phi Kappa Phi, honor societies at EWU.

 

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Hope is taking a year off from school to explore field work in anthropology and plans to submit applications to graduate school starting Fall 2022. EWU McNair is so excited for Hope. We're confident that she will succeed in graduate school and have a great impact on our communities.

Christina Hudson Selected as an EWU McNair Scholar and Awarded Summer Research Internship

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Christina Hudson McNair Scholar Announcements 2021

Congratulations Eastern Washington University student Christina Hudson! Christina has been selected as an EWU McNair Scholar and awarded a summer research internship. McNair Scholars must have a GPA of 3.0 or higher, are first generation college students and low-income and/or underrepresented students, and are selected for their promise as scholars and commitment to attaining a PhD. Christina is double majoring in English studies and Africana studies, and minoring in religious studies. Prior to attending EWU, she graduated from Spokane Falls Community College with an Associate of Art degree. Christina is interested in decolonizing religious studies with a focus on ancient African religious texts. For her EWU McNair Summer Research Internship, Christina intends to shift the way we view the contributions of people of color to the development of civilization throughout history, while under the mentorship of Dr. Okera Nsombi.

 

We're so excited to have Christina join us as a McNair Scholar!

Hope Sands Selected as an EWU McNair Scholar and Awarded Summer Research Internship

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Congratulations Eastern Washington University student Hope Sands! Hope has been selected as an EWU McNair Scholar and awarded a summer research internship. McNair Scholars must have a GPA of 3.0 or higher, are first generation college students and low-income and/or underrepresented students. They are selected for their promise as scholars and commitment towards attaining a PhD.

 

Hope is a junior majoring in Anthropology with a focus in Archaeology and Artifact Conservation, as well as majoring in Philosophy. Hope is an Honors student and a member of Phi Eta Sigma and Phi Kappa Phi, honor societies at EWU. She was selected to present at the Western Regional Honors Conference on "Exploring the Physical Realm of History Through the Holocaust." In the Summer of 2019, Hope traveled abroad for a two-and-a-half week program, the Summer Institute on Diversity, Inclusion and the Holocaust, hosted by Hanze Honors College in the Netherlands. Hope said the institute taught her how to critically think in tough situations and how to act not as a bystander but as an active participant in the fight for social justice.

 

She has already completed fall and winter courses preparing to be a McNair Scholar and is currently enrolled in EWU McNair's Research Methods and Analytic Writing courses, on top of her regular classes. This will not only strengthen her skills for graduate school, but also set the groundwork for her summer research internship to study Fort Spokane under the mentorship of Dr. Brian Buchanan. Hope will head artifact cataloging, researching, and interpreting past uses of the artifacts as they may have been used by the Fort's military inhabitants.

 

We're so excited to have Hope join us as a McNair Scholar!