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Congratulations to Eastern McNair alum, Dr. Frank King, promoted to Associate Professor in Ethnic Studies at UW-Platteville, and also appointed to Executive Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Special Assistant to the Chief Diversity Office

06/01/202203/18/2021 by Dukich, Cynthia

Dr. Frank King graduated from Eastern with a BA in Secondary Social Studies Education/History, and earned his PhD from Washington State University in American Studies. As an EWU McNair scholar, he conducted his McNair research internship with faculty mentor, Dr. Scott Finnie, completing a paper titled “The Battle of Adowa and Its Connection to … Read more

EWU McNair Scholar Darlene Gilroy Accepted by Geology Masters Program at PSU

03/16/2021 by Jaeger, Corinne

Congratulations EWU McNair Scholar Darlene Gilroy! Darlene was accepted by Portland State University’s Geology Masters program. Darlene has completed two summer internships with EWU McNair. Her research focuses on the chemical weathering of volcanic sediments under the mentorship of Dr. Carmen Nezat. Darlene has presented on her research at the 2019 Murdock College Science Research … Read more

EWU McNair Scholars Staying Strong Despite a Year Online, Acceptances Abound!

06/01/202203/11/2021 by Jaeger, Corinne

Working Hard Online It’s been a year of online learning and virtual support from McNair for our EWU McNair Scholars. Many of our current McNair scholars had just one quarter in person with McNair before going online. Still, McNair was able to provide critical research and writing skills training with our virtual spring research methods … Read more

EWU McNair Scholar Malachi Chukwu Accepted to University of Oregon PhD Program

03/09/2021 by Jaeger, Corinne

Congratulations to EWU McNair Scholar Malachi Chukwu! Malachi has been accepted by the Political Science PhD Program at the University of Oregon. This is in addition to Malachi’s acceptance to the Political Science PhD program at Washington State University with full funding. Malachi Chukwu is an International Affairs and Political Science major at Eastern Washington … Read more

EWU McNair Scholar Alexandria Coronado Accepted to University of Alabama PhD Program

03/09/2021 by Jaeger, Corinne

Congratulations to EWU McNair Scholar Alexandria Coronado! Alexandria has been accepted by the Political Science PhD Program at the University of Alabama. Alexandria is majoring in Political Science with an emphasis in Pre-Law and minoring in Anthropology. At Eastern, she is involved in the Honors Program as well as the International Affairs Community. Her research … Read more

EWU McNair Scholar Malachi Chukwu Accepted to Washington State University PhD Program

03/05/202102/23/2021 by Jaeger, Corinne

Congratulations to EWU McNair Scholar Malachi Chukwu! Malachi has been accepted by the Political Science PhD Program at Washington State University with full funding. Malachi Chukwu is an International Affairs and Political Science major at Eastern Washington University with an emphasis on global security. He is interested in researching the effects of development on Sub-Saharan … Read more