EWU McNair Scholar Edith Melendez Accepted to Northern Arizona University PhD Program

Edith Melendez accepted by Northern Arizona University Doctoral Program in Combined Counseling, School Psychology

Congratulations to EWU McNair Scholar Edith Melendez! Edith has been accepted as a doctoral student at Northern Arizona University in the Combined School/Counseling Psychology program. Edith graduated from EWU in 2018 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Developmental Psychology with minors in Psychology and Spanish. As a McNair Scholar, Edith worked with Dr. … Read more

The Ongoing Legacy of EWU McNair Director Doctora Christina Torres García

Congratulations and Good-bye to EWU McNair Director Dra. Christina Torres Garcia

After 12 years of dedicated service as EWU’s McNair Director Doctora (Dra.) Christina Torres García has been selected by Central Washington University (CWU) through a national search process to be the Assistant Professor in the Communications Department and Director of their Latino & Latin American Studies Program (LLAS) called El Centro Latinx. Dra. Torres García … Read more

18 EWU McNair Scholars Present at EWU Virtual Symposium

EWU McNair is proud to announce that 18 EWU McNair Scholars presented at this year’s Virtual Symposium. In the midst of regular reminders of the suffering from COVID-19, in particular its disproportionate effect on communities of color, as well as recent police murders, we hope that lifting up our scholars will continue to support their … Read more

EWU McNair Alumna Veronica Albrecht Accepted into Michigan State University PhD Program

Congratulations to EWU McNair Alumna Veronica Albrecht! Veronica has been accepted into the BioMolecular Science (BMS) Gateway at the Michigan State University with full funding! Veronica graduated from Eastern Washington University in 2018 with a major in Biology. As an undergrad she worked with mentor Dr. Andrea Castillo on the fecal coliform levels in the … Read more

Ricardo Ely, McNair Scholar, and Judd A. Case Publish New Findings!

Phylogeny of a new gigantic paravian (Theropoda; Coelurosauria; Maniraptora) from the Upper Cretaceous of James Ross Island, Antarctica Ricardo Ely, McNair Scholar (read more about Ricardo)   Mentor: Dr. Judd A Case, Dept. of Biology at Eastern Washington University   Abstract: A description with phylogenetic analyses is provided for Imperobator antarcticus, gen. et sp. nov., an early … Read more