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EWU McNair Scholar Seth McCullough Awarded Cheney Environmental Association Scholarship

06/14/202210/06/2021 by Liina Koivula

Congratulations to EWU McNair Scholar Seth McCullough! Seth has been awarded the Cheney Environmental Association Scholarship. The scholarship benefits Environmental Studies majors, with selection based on a combination of scholarship, merit, and financial need. Seth is pursuing a double major in Environmental Science and Biology. He is a research assistant in Dr. Justin Bastow’s lab … Read more

EWU McNair Scholar Christina Hudson Awarded Robert and Joan Morgan Nelson Scholarship

06/14/202210/06/2021 by Liina Koivula

Congratulations to EWU McNair Scholar Christina Hudson! Christina has been awarded the Robert and Joan Morgan Nelson Scholarship. The scholarship benefits a History or Humanities Major at EWU. Christina is double majoring in English Studies and Africana Studies, with a minor in Religious Studies. Christina researched The Characterization of African Religion with Dr. Okera Nsombi for her summer … Read more

EWU McNair Scholar Ashley Destin Awarded Marjorie Benedict-Holman Scholarship

06/14/202209/29/2021 by Liina Koivula

Congratulations to EWU McNair Scholar Ashley Destin! Ashley has been awarded the Marjorie Benedict-Holman Scholarship. The scholarship benefits undergraduate single parents. Currently, Ashley is finishing a Biology major at Eastern Washington University. She recently completed research on Size Scaling in the Skull of North American Felids as Adaptations for Prey Acquisition with Dr. Judd A. Case. … Read more

EWU McNair Scholar Shawn Dufrene Completes Summer Research Internship

02/17/202209/27/2021 by Jaeger, Corinne

Congratulations Eastern Washington University student Shawn Dufrene! Shawn has completed her summer research internship. Shawn is a senior majoring in Interdisciplinary Studies focusing on Africana Studies with a minor in History. She is studying African American History as well as what it means to be white in America. Her goal is to become a professor of … Read more

EWU McNair Scholar Hope Sands Accepted by Wichita State University Masters Program

09/24/2021 by Jaeger, Corinne

Congratulations to EWU McNair Scholar Hope Sands! Hope was accepted by Wichita State University’s Anthropology Masters program with full funding. Hope graduated in the Spring of 2020 from Eastern Washington University with a major in Anthropology with a focus in Archaeology and Artifact Conservation, as well as a major in Philosophy. For her EWU McNair … Read more

The Ongoing Legacy of EWU McNair Director Doctora Christina Torres García

10/21/202408/12/2021 by Jaeger, Corinne

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