Why become a McNair Scholar

The McNair program helps students excel as undergraduates, succeed in graduate school and ultimately enter faculty positions in our nation's colleges and universities.

Benefits of becoming a McNair Scholar:

• Participation in a structured two-year program
• Workshops, courses, and seminars on topics related to graduate school preparation
• A $4000 paid summer research experience under the guidance of a faculty mentor
• Opportunities to present research projects at local, regional and national conferences
• Intensive math and language tutoring
• Graduate school application fee reduction
• Graduate school visits and tours
• Academic and career counseling
• Sharpened writing and oral presentation skills
• Being a part of a diverse, supportive, learning community

The McNair Program offers undergraduates the chance to work closely with faculty members in an intensive summer research experience. The relationship between the scholars and their faculty mentor is central to the McNair Program.

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Mentors introduce scholars to the value of academic life, the joys of teaching and the benefits of working in the academic field. They provide invaluable advice, guidance and encouragement specific for their scholar's needs and interests. Throughout the summer research program, mentors involve their scholars in the process of conceptualizing and implementing their research. Scholars present their results to scholarly communities by attending local, regional and national conferences. Attending the conferences exposes scholars to new relationships within their field of study. The mentor's goal is to cultivate their scholar's desire for learning and personal academic achievement.

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