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EWU McNair Alumna Marixza Torres Awarded National Science Foundation Fellowship

06/14/202204/08/2021 by Jaeger, Corinne

Congratulations to EWU McNair Alumna Marixza Torres! Marixza has been awarded a highly competitive and prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (NSF GRF). The NSF GRF program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported STEM disciplines pursuing research-based masters and doctoral degrees at accredited US institutions. The five-year fellowship includes three years of … Read more

EWU McNair Scholar Alexandria Coronado Accepted by Saint Louis University Masters Program

04/06/2021 by Jaeger, Corinne

Congratulations to EWU McNair Scholar Alexandria Coronado! Alexandria has been accepted by the the Political Science Masters Program at Saint Louis University with full funding. This is Alexandria’s third acceptance, her first was a fully funded Political Science PhD program at the University of Alabama. Her second acceptance was from the Texas A&M Bush School … Read more

EWU McNair Scholar Malachi Chukwu Accepted to Third PhD Program

04/01/2021 by Jaeger, Corinne

Congratulations to EWU McNair Scholar Malachi Chukwu! Malachi has been accepted by the International Relations PhD program at Florida International University with funding. This is in addition to acceptances by the Political Science PhD Program at the University of Oregon and the Political Science PhD program at Washington State University with full funding. Malachi Chukwu … Read more

EWU McNair Scholar Alexandria Coronado Accepted by Texas A&M Masters Program

03/30/202103/19/2021 by Jaeger, Corinne

Congratulations to EWU McNair Scholar Alexandria Coronado! Alexandria has been accepted by the the Texas A&M Bush School Masters of Public Service and Administration Program. This is Alexandria’s second acceptance, her first was a fully funded Political Science PhD at the University of Alabama. Alexandria is majoring in Political Science with an emphasis in Pre-Law … Read more

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 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