EWU McNair Scholar Malek Chreiki Awarded Schwalm Scholarship

Malek Chreiki Receives 2022 Schwalm Scholarship

Congratulations to new EWU McNair Scholar Malek Chreiki! Malek has been selected to receive the 2022 Schwalm Scholarship through the EWU Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Physics. The committee was impressed with Malek’s academic achievements, dedication to interdisciplinary research and community service work. This upcoming summer, Malek will be researching Design and delivery of Gamma-Retroviral … Read more

EWU McNair Scholar Lucia Roussa Accepted to NC State PhD Program

Lucia Roussa Accepted to the Doctoral program

Congratulations to EWU McNair Scholar Lucia Roussa! Lucia accepted an offer with a competitive support package from North Carolina State University’s Doctoral program in Marine, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences. Lucia is double majoring in Environmental Science and Biology at EWU. Her research interests include Phycology, marine microbiology, and conservation science in coastal marine ecosystems. In … Read more

EWU McNair Scholar Seth McCullough Accepted to Master of Science Program at James Madison University

EWU McNair Scholar Seth McCullough Accepted to Master of Science Program at James Madison University

Congratulations to EWU McNair Scholar Seth McCullough! Seth has been accepted with funding and a teaching assistantship to the Master of Science in Biology program at James Madison University College of Science and Mathematics. In this two year program, students are provided a rigorous experience in research and thesis writing. Seth is double majoring in … Read more

19 EWU Students Recruited for McNair’s 2021-2022 Cohort

19 Students Recruited for 2021-2022 Cohort

On February 18, EWU’s McNair Scholar Program selection committee met to review student application packets. The federally-funded TRIO Ronald E. McNair Post-baccalaureate Achievement Program at EWU selects motivated and talented juniors and seniors who are first-generation and low-income college students, and/or from groups underrepresented at the doctoral level to introduce them to academic research and … Read more

EWU McNair Scholar Seth McCullough Presents at Murdock College Science Research Conference

Seth McCullough Presents at Murdock Conference

  In 2021, EWU McNair Scholar Seth McCullough presented at the Murdock College Science Research Conference. The conference focuses on sharing and advancing new knowledge in the natural sciences created or discovered through collaborative faculty-student research, and attendance is by invitation.   We asked Seth a few questions about his experience at the Murdock Conference to … Read more

EWU McNair Scholar Lucia Roussa Accepted to Masters Program at University of Miami

Lucia Roussa Accepted to Masters Program at University of Miami

  Congratulations to EWU McNair Scholar Lucia Roussa! Lucia has been accepted with funding by the Master of Professional Science program at the University of Miami in the Marine Conservation track at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science. Lucia is double majoring in Environmental Science and Biology. Her research interests include Phycology, marine microbiology, and conservation science in … Read more