PULLMAN, Wash. – Ten scholars presented their research on a variety of topics including criminal justice, ethnic studies, history, nursing, psychology and zoology earlier this month at Washington State University’s 2014 McNair Achievement Program symposium.
Steve Burkett helped found the McNair Program at WSU in 1999. But he didn’t stop there. Though his quiet demeanor and measured speech belie the reputation, he is a “mover and shaker” on the McNair scene nationwide, says Howard Grimes, dean of the WSU Graduate School. The McNair Program prepares low-income, first-generation and underrepresented (Native […]