Dr. Ia Xiong (Psychology), 2019 Bush Fellow and EWU McNair Scholars’ Program alum, shares her story.

“My parents are Hmong refugees, and I am the first person in my family to be born in the United States…As the first generation to grow up in the U.S., I saw firsthand the struggles of my community adjusting to such jarring circumstances. I felt a strong sense of need to be able to bring … Read more

Michelle Abunaja, EWU McNair Scholar (class of 2018), awarded American Public Transportation Foundation Richard J Bouchard AECOM Scholarship

Congratulations to Michelle Abunaja, EWU McNair Scholars’ Program alum, for receiving the prestigious American Public Transportation Foundation Richard J Bouchard AECOM Scholarship at the APTA conference in NYC! Michelle is pursuing her master’s degree University of Washington in the department of Urban Design and Planning. She was nominated for the award by Susan Meyer, the … Read more

McNair Scholar, Rosa Espinosa Zuniga, presents at Baylor University in Texas

Rosa Espinosa Zuniga presented her McNair research at the Baylor McNair Conference and Graduate School Fair on September 26 and 27 in Waco, TX. In addition to facilitating an engaging academic dialogue following her oral presentation, she met with potential graduate faculty in psychology as well as had the opportunity to network with McNair alumni … Read more

Traveling the world with Gilman

EWU McNair Scholars are traveling the world with Gilman Congratulations to Wendolyn Martinez and Malichi Chukwu, two EWU McNair Scholars and Political Science majors, for receiving the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship from the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Our Eagles were selected among the nearly 3000 Gilman core awards from … Read more

McNair Scholar, Lily Ann Long, Awarded the Len Stern Endowed Research Award

We are extremely pleased to announce that Lily Ann Long, Psychology Major and McNair Scholar (2018), has been awarded the Len Stern Endowed Research Award for her research in shame as a function of academic distress in a population of first-generation, low-income minority students. The Leonard D. Stern Research Award Endowment was established by Dr. … Read more