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Five McNair Scholars Present Undergraduate Research in the 2019 University Presentation Showcase

2019 University Poster Showcase

Five EKU McNair scholars presented undergraduate research in the 2019 University Presentation Showcase at Eastern Kentucky Universty.  The five McNair scholars were Jessica Baker, Steven Pesina, Jesus Daniel Lopez, Kasiee Riddell, and TaJana Graves.

McNair scholars attend the 20th National Conference for McNair Scholars and Undergraduate Research at the University of Maryland

McNair scholars visit the Washington, D.C. zoo

Ten EKU McNair scholars attended the 20th National Conference for McNair Scholars and Undergraduate Research at the University of Maryland over spring break, March 13 - March 17, 2019.  The theme of this year's conference was "Creating a Global Impact: Scholarship, Leadership, and Excellence in the 21st Century."  For over two decades McNair scholars conferences at the U

EKU McNair Scholar is the EKU College of Science Student of the Month!

EKU McNair scholar is Science student of the month!

EKU McNair scholar Jesus Daniel Lopez is the EKU College of Science student of the month for October 2018!

EKU MCNAIR SCHOLARS PRESENT AT THE 17th ANNUAL UNIVERSITY PRESENTATION SHOWCASE - 2018

2018 EKU University Presentation Showcase

Eight EKU McNair Scholars presented undergraduate research at the 17th Annual University Presentation Showcase held on Friday, April 13, 2018 in the EKU Crabbe Library.  Pictured from left to right are Savannah Martha, Caridad Echevarria, and Elizabeth Newkirk.  Not pictured are Jessica Baker, Kendall Collins, Sarah Parrett, Abriel Newberry and Aggie Williams.&

McNair Scholars Participate in Leadership Workshop

Creative Leadership Workshop

For the last session of the 2017 McNair Fall Colloquium, EKU Professor Sherwood Thompson (Department of Educational Leadership) guided McNair scholars through an inspirational exploration of the power of masks.  Participants explored the significane of masks by investigating the role they play in depiting a person's individual culture, values and world views.  The workshop re

McNair Scholar Earns Gilman International Scholarship for Education Abroad

Kenadii Williams earns Gilman

EKU McNair scholar Kenadii Williams - junior nursing major from Lexington, Kentucky - has earned the prestigious 2017 Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship for education abroad. Kenadii is the second EKU McNair scholar to earn this scholarship in recent years.

EKU McNair Scholars Accepted into the Prestigious Undergraduate Summer Biomedical Research Program at the University of Kentucky

McNair Scholars accepted into Undergraduate Summer Biomedical Research Program

EKU McNair scholars Bruce Northington and Kendall Collins (both EKU biology majors) have been accepted into the prestigious 2017 Undergraduate Summer Biomedical Research Program at the University of Kentucky.

Spring 2017 EKU McNair Recruitment Now Open!

Apply to EKU McNair!

The EKU McNair Scholars Program is accepting applications for talented eligible undergraduate scholars to begin program participation in the 2017 Fall semester.  McNair seeks first-generation students from low-income backgrounds - and students from groups underrepresented in gradaute education - who aim for caree

EKU McNair Scholar to Deliver 2016 Fall Commencent Address for the College of Science!

EKU McNair scholar Raniesha Wassman has been selected to deliver the 2016 Fall Commencement address for the College of Science on December 16.  Raniesha, graduating with a bachelor's degree in forensic chemistry, is a model McNair scholar and is very active on campus, serving as a student worker in the Office of Admissions and participating in a host of extracurricular activiti

McNair Scholar Courney Norris Takes First Place in Poster Competition

McNair Scholar Courney Norris Takes First Place in Poster Competition

Among the professional researchers and graduate students in attendance, EKU McNair scholar Courtney Norris was the only undergraduate to present a poster at the 101st International Forensic Educational Conference in Cincinnatti in August. This is the annual conference of the International Association for Identification, the world's oldest and largest forensic a

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