Preparing Undergraduates for Graduate School since 1999
Mission
The McNair Scholars Program at Washington State University prepares undergraduates from underrepresented backgrounds for their future doctoral studies.
Vision
The McNair Scholars Program at WSU will be recognized as the university’s vanguard in preparing undergraduates for graduate education.
Goals
The McNair Scholars Program at WSU will provide program participants with graduate education preparation activities and services to include faculty-mentored research experiences, coursework focused on the craft of research and the culture of graduate education, and academic and career counseling.
McNair Scholar, Zakora Moore, is a bioengineering major who
conducts cutting-edge research on optimizing the growth of cancer-fighting T cells under the guidance of Bernie Van Wie. Zakora won the Crimson Award for her presentation at SURCA, Showcase for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities.
McNair Highlights
Molecular
Biology
Scholars
Program
Acceptance
Congratulations to our Scholar Geselle Sotelo Mendoza on her acceptance as a 2024 MOL BIO Scholar at Princeton University!
This fully funded visitation program allows Geselle to explore the Princeton campus, learn about graduate admissions, and interact with the Molecular Biology faculty!
This fully funded visitation program allows Geselle to explore the Princeton campus, learn about graduate admissions, and interact with the Molecular Biology faculty!
McNair 2024 Graduate Scholars
Congratulations to McNair Graduating Scholars Jarely Aragon-Ramirez, Zakora Moore, Areli Orozco, Rhea Grace Manzano, Sandy Tlachi-Munoz, and Felicia Adesope!
Prospective PH.D. Preview Program Acceptance
Congratulations to our Scholar Alejandra Prado on her acceptance as a 2024 P3 Scholar at Princeton University!
This fully funded visitation program allows Alejandra to attend professional development workshops, network with Princeton faculty and students, and engage with Princeton programs!
This fully funded visitation program allows Alejandra to attend professional development workshops, network with Princeton faculty and students, and engage with Princeton programs!
McNair Newly Promoted Scholars
Congratulations, McNair Students, Ben McDonald, Geselle Sotelo, Consuelo Munguia, Tyrique Lewis, April Mendoza Magana, Jose Policarpio, Michelle Godfrey, Aneesah Mills-Mayanja, and Brandon Osegueda! đź‘Ź
McNair Alumni Highlight
Zakora Moore, one of our recent McNair alumni shares her experiences of her summer internship with Boston Children’s Hospital where she worked on “studying the growth plate to combat osteoporosis and skeletal fragility in children”.
Read more about Zakora’s Internship experience. https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7232085652186537984/
Read more about Zakora’s Internship experience. https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7232085652186537984/
McNair Scholars 2024 SURCA Award Winners
Our scholars took home 7 of the 49 Awards home this year. Congratulations, Scholars!
Zakora Moore and Areli Orozco received awards in the Research Proposal Category.
Tyrique Lewis, Mya Mackowsi, and Geselle Sotelo won awards in the Molecular, Cellular and Chemical Biology.
Akira Park won award in the Humanities category.
Sandy Tlachi-Munoz received award in the Social Sciences category.
Read more about SURCA and the award categories HERE.
Zakora Moore and Areli Orozco received awards in the Research Proposal Category.
Tyrique Lewis, Mya Mackowsi, and Geselle Sotelo won awards in the Molecular, Cellular and Chemical Biology.
Akira Park won award in the Humanities category.
Sandy Tlachi-Munoz received award in the Social Sciences category.
Read more about SURCA and the award categories HERE.
McNair 2024
T-minus Activity winners
Congratulations to the McNair T-minus Talks winners, Senior Scholars and New Student Felicia Adesope, Tyrique Lewis and Rhea Grace Manzano!!
McNair at the 25th Annual University of Maryland National McNair Conference
McNair Scholars, Consuelo Munguia presented “Expanding education on
mental health disorders
within underrepresented
committees”, Areli Orozco presented “Influences Mental Health has
on Academic Performance
on Students of Color”,
Ben McDonald presented “Primordial Black Holes as
Dark Matter Candidates”, Marcus Foster presented “Mineral Analysis of Biotitic
Host Rock Unit from Lemhi County, Idaho”, Rhea Grace Manzano presented “Relationship between stress
and sleep amongst South
and Southeast Asians”, Geselle Sotelo presented “Investigating deterministic
drivers of mycorrhizal fungal
community assembly in the
northwestern US”,
Tyrique Lewis presented “The Role of CD64/FcyRI in
antibody-mediated activation of
Monocytee against SARS-C0V-2″,
April Mendoza Magana presented “Surveillance for exposure to hantaviruses among the inland northwest”, and
Alejandra Prado presented “Evaluating the knowledge,
attitudes, and practices towards
rodent and tick-borne diseases
among rural Latino and non-Latinos
farmworkers in eastern
Washington”, Â
mental health disorders
within underrepresented
committees”, Areli Orozco presented “Influences Mental Health has
on Academic Performance
on Students of Color”,
Ben McDonald presented “Primordial Black Holes as
Dark Matter Candidates”, Marcus Foster presented “Mineral Analysis of Biotitic
Host Rock Unit from Lemhi County, Idaho”, Rhea Grace Manzano presented “Relationship between stress
and sleep amongst South
and Southeast Asians”, Geselle Sotelo presented “Investigating deterministic
drivers of mycorrhizal fungal
community assembly in the
northwestern US”,
Tyrique Lewis presented “The Role of CD64/FcyRI in
antibody-mediated activation of
Monocytee against SARS-C0V-2″,
April Mendoza Magana presented “Surveillance for exposure to hantaviruses among the inland northwest”, and
Alejandra Prado presented “Evaluating the knowledge,
attitudes, and practices towards
rodent and tick-borne diseases
among rural Latino and non-Latinos
farmworkers in eastern
Washington”, Â