Philosophy – TRIO Ronald E. McNair

EWU McNair Scholar Irie Browning Receives the Frances B. Huston Medallion Award

05/30/202405/09/2024 by Jaeger, Corinne

Congratulations to EWU McNair Scholar Irie Browning! Irie has been selected to receive a 2024 Frances B. Huston Medallion Award. Recipients of the Frances B. Huston medallion award must have established themselves as exceptionally capable individuals in both academic and extracurricular activities. The faculty and the administration of Eastern Washington University acknowledge their great pride … Read more

EWU McNair Scholar Irie Browning Accepted to Oregon State University Master’s Program in Applied Ethics

03/20/2024 by Ssebanakitta, Bakima

Congratulations to EWU McNair Scholar Irie Browning! Irie has been accepted to Oregon State University’s Master of Arts program in Applied Ethics. Their overview states: OSU’s Masters in Applied Ethics program is designed to develop your moral reasoning and critical thinking skills in service of an engaged life. […] Engaged ethics at OSU begins with transforming our discipline. … Read more

EWU McNair Scholar Irie Browning Accepted to University of Oregon PhD Program in Philosophy

03/05/2024 by Ssebanakitta, Bakima

Congratulations to EWU McNair Scholar Irie Browning! Irie has been accepted to the University of Oregon’s PhD program in Philosophy with full funding. University of Oregon’s Department of Philosophy encourages focus fields and notes their “Our commitment to integrated pluralism involves engagement with the major traditions of contemporary Western philosophy”. Their overview notes: Our program is known … Read more

EWU McNair Scholar Irie Browning Accepted to University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Masters in Philosophy

01/30/2024 by Ssebanakitta, Bakima

Congratulations to EWU McNair Scholar Irie Browning! Irie has been accepted to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Masters in Philosophy with funding. UWM has a demonstrated track record for graduating scholars from their Philosophy MA towards doctoral and continuing studies. Their overview states: The general purpose of this program is to provide students with the background and … Read more

EWU McNair Scholar Irie Browning Completes Summer Research Internship

11/02/2023 by Ssebanakitta, Bakima

Congratulations to EWU McNair Scholar Irie Browning for completing her McNair Summer Research Internship! She worked with mentor Dr. Christopher C. Kirby on her summer 2023 research,”Friendships and Virtue Ethics”. Irie’s research was presented August 16, 2023 at the McNair Summer Research Symposium. Irie’s summer research investigated virtue ethics as it applies to friendship. … Read more

EWU McNair Scholars Receive Grants, Awards, Honors

06/20/2023 by Liina Koivula

Congratulations to EWU McNair Scholars Kelly Parke, tommyboiZ, and Richard Murphy! All three have been awarded grants, scholarships, and other honors. Kelly Parke received the Jeffers Chertok Memorial Scholarship for academic year 2023-2024 from the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. Kelly was nominated by Dr. Michael Zukosky in Anthropology. The Jeffers Chertok Memorial … Read more