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EWU McNair Scholar Darlene Gilroy Accepted by Geology Masters Program at San Jose State University

04/29/2021 by Jaeger, Corinne Leave a Comment

Darlene Gilroy Graduate School Acceptances 2021 SJSU

Congratulations EWU McNair Scholar Darlene Gilroy! Darlene was accepted by San Jose State University's Geology Masters program with funding. She was also accepted by Portland State University. 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 Conference in Tacoma WA, the 2020 WE-STEM conference at EWU, and the EWU Virtual Symposium. More recently she presented Chemical Weathering of Deposits from the 1980 Mount St. Helens Eruption and its Effect on Stream Water Chemistry at the virtual Baylor McNair Research Conference and to EWU's own Geology Department. Many thanks to Dr. Nezat for her outstanding mentorship.

In addition to being awarded two McNair Summer Research Internships here at Eastern. Darlene has also been recognized for her excellence with grants and scholarships. Last spring Darlene was awarded the Penelope A. Jones Scholarship and the HOME Program Scholarship. This fall, Eastern's Geology Department awarded Darlene the Fall 2020 Alumni-Funded Undergraduate Research Grant, to assist with her McNair research.

 

Keep up the amazing work Darlene! EWU McNair is confident that you will succeed in graduate school and have a great impact on our world. Read more about Darlene's research on her EWU McNair webpage!

Filed Under: 2018-2019 Cohort, 2020-21 Grad School Acceptances, Darlene Gilroy, Geology, Scholars Tagged With: Acceptances, Darlene Gilroy, Dr. Carmen Nezat, EWU McNair Program, EWU McNair Scholar, Geology, Mt. St. Helens, San Jose State University

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

03/16/2021 by Jaeger, Corinne Leave a Comment

Darlene Gilroy Graduate School Acceptances 2021 PSU

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 Conference in Tacoma WA, the 2020 WE-STEM conference at EWU, and the EWU Virtual Symposium. More recently she presented Chemical Weathering of Deposits from the 1980 Mount St. Helens Eruption and its Effect on Stream Water Chemistry at the virtual Baylor McNair Research Conference and to EWU's own Geology Department. Many thanks to Dr. Nezat for her outstanding mentorship.

 

In addition to being awarded two McNair Summer Research Internships here at Eastern. Darlene has also been recognized for her excellence with grants and scholarships. Last spring Darlene was awarded the Penelope A. Jones Scholarship and the HOME Program Scholarship. This fall, Eastern's Geology Department awarded Darlene the Fall 2020 Alumni-Funded Undergraduate Research Grant, to assist with her McNair research.

 

Keep up the amazing work Darlene! EWU McNair is confident that you will succeed in graduate school and have a great impact on our world. Read more about Darlene's research on her EWU McNair webpage!

Filed Under: 2018-2019 Cohort, 2020-21 Grad School Acceptances, Darlene Gilroy, Geology, Scholars Tagged With: Acceptances, Darlene Gilroy, Dr. Carmen Nezat, EWU McNair Program, EWU McNair Scholar, Geology, Mt. St. Helens, Portland State University

EWU McNair Scholars Present their STEM Research and Experiences

02/02/2021 by Jaeger, Corinne Leave a Comment

Darlene Geology Presentation 2021

Despite COVID-19, EWU McNair Scholars have persisted through their virtual research internships during the summer of 2020 and now are presenting their research throughout the year. In addition to Ashley Destin and Rachael Pentico presenting at the Murdock College Science Research Conference in the Fall of 2020, three McNair Scholars have presented within their departments at EWU so far in 2021.

 

Darlene Gilroy, a second year EWU McNair Scholar, presented her research on, “Chemical Weathering of Deposits from the 1980 Mount St. Helens Eruption and its Effect on Stream Water Chemistry," to the Geology Department in early January. Darlene has been mentored by EWU McNair Faculty Mentor Dr. Carmen Nezat for two summers of research. Darlene is currently finishing her senior year at EWU as well as applying to multiple graduate schools across the country.

 

 

EWU McNair Scholar Mori Williams was recently featured in a video on the EWU Biology Department's website where he discusses his EWU McNair Summer research in detail. With the support of his EWU McNair Faculty Mentor, Dr. Camille McNeely, Mori took samples at the Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge to determine concentrations of microcystins from cyanobacteria in wetlands. He is still compiling data and will present his findings this spring at the EWU Symposium. In the video, Mori also discusses his long term goals to become an environmental scientist with an emphasis in toxicology so he can focus on ways to reduce and remove toxins from our waters. Mori has applied to 7 PhD programs and 3 Masters programs and is currently applying for a fellowship.

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Rachael was also featured in a video on the EWU Biology Department's website and shares great research opportunities where she shares examples of research within the department, including her EWU McNair research project under the mentorship of Dr. Rebecca Brown: Differences in Plant Soil Feedbacks with Respect to Slope Aspect. Rachael's findings in this project suggest that slope aspect influences plant-soil feedback. This insight can help with invasive species management in endangered ecosystems such as the Palouse Prairie Ecoregion. Rachael is now hard at work completing her graduate school applications to schools across the country!

We're so proud of all of our EWU McNair Scholars. It's been amazing to see how hard they've worked given all the challenges of the last year. We're excited to see where each of them goes next. Keep your eyes on the EWU McNair website and facebook page in the coming months to see as these fantastic scholars get accepted into graduate programs!

Filed Under: 2018-2019 Cohort, 2019-2020 Cohort, 2020-21 Presentations, Biology, Chemistry, Darlene Gilroy, Environmental Science, Geology, McNair Mentors, Mentor, Mori Williams, Rachael Pentico, Research, Scholars Tagged With: Conferences, Dr. Camille McNeely, Dr. Judd A. Case, Dr. Rebecca Brown, EWU McNair Program, EWU McNair Scholar, Mt. St. Helens, Palouse Prairie, Research, STEM, Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge

EWU McNair Scholar Darlene Gilroy Completes Second Summer of Research

11/06/2020 by Jaeger, Corinne Leave a Comment

1 Darlene Gilroy Research 2020

Congratulations EWU McNair Scholar Darlene Gilroy for completing her second EWU McNair Summer Research Internship! Darlene’s EWU McNair research has focused on the chemical weathering of volcanic sediments under the mentorship of Dr. Carmen Nezat. Darlene has presented on this project at the 2019 Murdock College Science Research Conference in Tacoma WA, the 2020 WE-STEM conference at EWU, and the EWU Virtual Symposium. More recently she presented Chemical Weathering of Deposits from the 1980 Mount St. Helens Eruption and its Effect on Stream Water Chemistry at the virtual Baylor McNair Research Conference. Many thanks to Dr. Nezat for her outstanding mentorship. Read more about Darlene’s research on her EWU McNair webpage!

 

Darlene is now hard at work applying to graduate schools across the country. Keep up the amazing work Darlene! EWU McNair is confident that you will succeed in graduate school and have a great impact on our world.

Filed Under: 2018-2019 Cohort, 2020 Summer McNair Research Internships, Darlene Gilroy, Geology, Scholars Tagged With: Darlene Gilroy, Dr. Carmen Nezat, EWU McNair Program, EWU McNair Scholar, Geology, Mt. St. Helens

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