Amy Nuñez featured on local news
Amy Nuñez’s discusses her struggles as a first generation college student and her journey to graduate school on the local news, way to go Amy! Check out the video clip below!
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Ariel McMillan – Diversity Week
Meet Ariel McMillan, a new McNair scholar for the 2015-2016 year, who was recently a student speaker during EWU’s Diversity Week in May. Below is an interview with Ariel her involvement in Diversity Week. Tell us about how you got involved in Diversity Week: I was introduced to presenting at Diversity Week because of … Read more
Moses Ssemakula – Carper Foundation Scholarship
Congratulations to Moses Ssemakula who received The Daniel and Margaret Carper Foundation Scholarship full-tuition scholarship for 2014-15! The Daniel and Margaret Carper Foundation Scholarship is a one-year scholarship available to senior undergraduate students studying Social & Behavioral Sciences and Social Work at Eastern Washington University. This scholarship is awarded to a student who has expressed the … Read more
Alumni Spotlight – Michelle Keller-Pearson
Michelle Keller-Pearson, an EWU McNair Alumni has recently received a 2015 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Fellowship!
January News
Scholar Presentation: On Tuesday January 13, Amy Núñez presented her research experiment The Clark Doll Experiment: How Race/Ethnicity and Gender Influence the Perceptions of Pursuing College in Washington State. This study gathered data over two years from elementary schools around Washington State to emulate the Kenneth Clark Doll Experiment. Amy Núñez, McNair Scholar, used focus groups of parents, surveys of … Read more
