Presenting the New TRIO McNair Scholars 2025-2026!
Congratulations to our new scholars 2025-2026! For more information about our new scholars visit: https://inside.ewu.edu/mcnair/cohorts-2/
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EWU McNair Scholar Brendan Roof Presents Research at the National Association of African American Studies & Affiliates Conference
In February, EWU McNair Scholar Brendan Roof presented his McNair Summer Research, The Other: Truth, Morality, and Bulosan’s Heart at the National Association of African American Studies & Affiliates Conference in Austin, Texas. Under the mentorship of Dr. Paul Lindholdt, Brendan explored how Carlos Bulosan, and his seminal work, America Is In The Heart, are an … Read more
EWU McNair Scholar Mary Belton Accepted to San Diego State University Master of Arts Degree in English
Congratulations to EWU McNair Scholar Mary Belton! Mary has been accepted to San Diego State University’s Master of Arts Degree in English. San Diego State University notes this program: […]offers a wide range of courses and approaches to studying literature and writing. Faculty publications are similarly diverse. They include major literary biographies, historical studies, critical analysis … Read more
EWU McNair Scholar Irie Browning Completes Summer Research Internship
Congratulations to EWU McNair Scholar Irie Browning for completing her McNair Summer Research Internship! She worked with mentor Dr. Christopher C. Kirby on her summer 2023 research,”Friendships and Virtue Ethics“. Irie’s research was presented August 16, 2023 at the McNair Summer Research Symposium. Irie’s summer research investigated virtue ethics as it applies to friendship. She … Read more
EWU McNair Scholar Brendan Roof Honored with Nick Begich Scholarship
Congratulations to EWU McNair Scholar Brendan Roof! Brendan has been awarded the Nick Begich Scholarship. This scholarship was created to carry on the ideals of the late Congressman Nicholas J. Begich from Alaska, who came to the state in 1956 as a teacher and believed that education was both a right and a privilege, one that must … Read more
EWU McNair Scholar Brendan Roof Honored with Carol Kabat Baumann Scholarship
Congratulations to EWU McNair Scholar Brendan Roof! Brendan has been awarded the Carol Kabat Baumann Scholarship. This scholarship is for juniors or seniors majoring in education, with a public school emphasis and GPA’s at or above a 3.0. Brendan is a first-generation student majoring in Secondary English Education. He was raised in Ketchikan, Alaska and Memphis, Tennessee. … Read more
