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

EWU McNair Scholars Continue Summer Research Despite COVID-19

Soon after the shelter in place began in Washington state, EWU McNair started hearing reports from our colleagues that summer research internships were being cancelled across the country. We cringed knowing that several of our students had received prestigious summer research internships or were still waiting to hear back from those they’d applied to. Fortunately, … Read more

EWU McNair Scholar Leanne Allen Accepted to Masters in History Program at EWU

Leanne Allen Accepted to Masters in History Program at EWU

Congratulations to EWU McNair Scholar Leanne Allen! Leanne has been accepted by Eastern Washington University’s History Masters program. Leanne is a History major at EWU and has been mentored by Dr. Bill Youngs on her research through McNair. Her research interest is on the Nez Perce tribe of the Columbia River Plateau in the Pacific/Inland … Read more

EWU McNair Scholar Abdulrazik Mohamed Accepted to PhD Program at FIU

Abdulrazik Mohamed Accepted to PhD Program at FIU

Congratulations to EWU McNair Scholar Abdulrazik Mohamed! Abdu has been accepted into the PhD Program in International Relations at Florida International University with full funding! Abdu has previously been accepted by 3 prior Masters Programs at San Diego University, American University, and Penn State where he also received funding. Abdu is a senior at Eastern … Read more

EWU McNair Scholar Marcos Monteiro Accepted into Two Additional PhD Programs

Marcos Monteiro Accepted into Two Additional PhD Programs

Congratulations to EWU McNair Scholar Marcos Monteiro! Marcos has been accepted into the Molecular BioSciences PhD Program at Montana State University and the PhD Program in Immunology and Microbiology at Baylor College of Medicine, both with full funding. This is in addition to four other PhD acceptances! Marcos is a senior at Eastern Washington University … Read more

EWU McNair Alumna Raquel DeLeon Accepted into PhD Program at Texas Tech

Congratulations to EWU McNair Alumna Raquel Deleon! Raquel has been accepted into the Technical Communication and Rhetoric program at Texas Tech University. Additionally, she received has received full funding, including a scholarship that waives out of state tuition. Raquel graduated from EWU in 2016 with a BA in Psychology. Through her summer research internship with … Read more