HIGHLIGHTS
Celebrating 25 Years of Excellence: Washington State University McNair Scholars Program
The Washington State University McNair Scholars Program proudly marked its 25th anniversary with an Open House on October 23rd, welcoming students, faculty, alumni, and community supporters to celebrate a quarter-century of dedication to empowering underrepresented, first-generation, and income-eligible students on their journey toward academic and professional success.
For more information about the event, please click HERE!
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!
April Mendoza, REU/SROP Admittance 2024
Congratulations! April Mendoza Magana was accepted to the 2024 REU Program- EMERGE Biology Integration Institution with the University of Hampshire, which is fully funded. April will be heading to Abisko, Sweden this summer where they will conduct field work with how ecosystems are responding to climate change.
Jarely Aragón-Ramírez, Gilman Scholarship Award Winner
Congratulations McNair Student Jarely Aragon-Ramirez . Jarely received the Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship, which is a “federally funded initiative, and the top study abroad award in higher education”. Jarely will be heading off to Japan to study for a semester this fall 2023. Read more HERE
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 Award Winners at the
UW Gabriel E. Gallardo Research, Student Leadership and Advocacy Symposium
Congratulations McNair Students, Akira Park and Skyler Allison! who won 2 of the 4 Best Oral Presentation awards in the UW Gabriel E. Gallardo Research, Student Leadership, and Advocacy Symposium.
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!
McNair Alumna Internship Experience
Zakora Moore, one of our recent McNair alumna 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 Scholar Sandy Tlachi-Muñoz Research Publication
Sandy Tlachi-Munoz, McNair Senior Scholar, published a research article in The Drug and Alcohol Review with her McNair Faculty mentor, Dr. Jessica Willoughby
The article is titled The impact of sexual scripts in brand-generated cannabis social media posts on sex-related cannabis expectancies: Does body appreciation moderate effects?
Article’s link: https://lnkd.in/efjvBnt5
The article is titled The impact of sexual scripts in brand-generated cannabis social media posts on sex-related cannabis expectancies: Does body appreciation moderate effects?
Article’s link: https://lnkd.in/efjvBnt5
McNair 2022 Fall Gathering T-Minus Talks Winners
Congratulations to the McNair Fall Gathering T-minus Talks winners, Senior Scholars Giselle Jimenez and Florence Adesope!!
McNair at the 25th Annual University of Maryland National McNair Conference
Congratulations 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”
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”
McNair 2024
T-Minus Activity winners
Congratulations to the McNair Fall Gathering T-minus Talks winners, Senior Scholars. Felicia Adesope, Tyrique Lewis, and Rhea Manzano