Envision a Future in Research The McNair Program might make the difference for you!

Envision a Future in Research

The McNair Program might make the difference for you!

McNair Scholars Are--

•Fired up by research

•Persons who want to pursue grad school for a research doctorate (typically the Ph. D.)

•Good students

•Either 1st generation students from low-income families ORstudents from groups underrepresented in doctoral programs

•American citizens or resident aliens

Aren’t McNair Scholars All Science Majors?

• Humanities – incl. English, Music, History, Art, Philosophy, Religious Studies, American Indian Studies

• Communication – incl. C&J, German, Spanish, Linguistics, Computer Science, Math, Computational Science

• Social Sciences – incl. Geography, Political Science, Psychology

• Natural Sciences - incl. Biology, BMB, Chemistry, Materials Science, Geology, Environmental Fields, Physics

No Way!

McNair Is Not a Scholarship.

It’s A Two-Year Adventure.

An Overview of The Journey

1st Seminar: Research Design

2nd Seminar: Research Legacy

Summer Research Institute: Full

throttle Research

3rd Seminar: Presentation &

Application

4th Seminar: Culture of the Academy

McNair Is A Curriculum-Based Learning Community

Four Credit-Bearing McNair Seminars

The McNair Summer Research Institute

Graduate School Site Visits

The National McNair Research Conference

The McNair Colloquia

Astra: The UWEC McNair Scholars’ Journal

Dr. Jeff Miller, our 1st Ph.D. (Psychometrics), successfully defended his dissertation on Thursday, 18 January, 2007. University of Florida-Gainesville.

Followed

shortly

thereafter by

Dr. Teresa

Jentszch

(Chemistry)

at the U of

MN.

Then Dr. Kevin Bartig (Musicology) from UNC-Chapel Hill.

Then Dr. Anthony Ratkovitch at the U of MN (Chemistry).

Benefits To Participants

• Specialized curriculum prepares Scholars for graduate school admission, transition, and competition for assistantships, fellowships and grants

• Scholars enjoy direct financial benefits during SRI• Scholars enjoy free GRE TestPrep training, GRE fee

vouchers, and application for admission fee accommodations

• McNair Scholars eligible for special McNair Fellowships at over 40 graduate institutions

Dr. Jess O’Konek

is our 3rd Ph.D.

(Pharmacology)

from the U of

Michigan.

UW-Eau Claire McNair Scholars attend or graduated from the following graduate schools--

in 21 states and 3 countries besides the U.S.

Check it out!

Laura Isaacson is a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine

Their research has carried them abroad

Dr. Jimmy Gosse

received the Ph. D.

(Microbiology)

from the U of M

N in

Summer 2008.

CanadaMexicoCosta RicaEnglandScotland IrelandFranceGermanyNetherlandsSpainItalyAustriaCzech Rep.CroatiaRussia

The Ukraine ArgentinaBrazilChileUruguayAustraliaNew ZealandKenyaSouth AfricaTurkmenistanPRCViet NamLaosKoreaGuam

They have acquired national distinctions

Prestigious FellowshipsMellon Fellow

Fulbright FellowNewberry FellowMcNair FellowsBoren ScholarTruman Fellow

Arnold Mitchem FellowFord Pre-Doctoral Fellow

National Inst. of Drug Abuse FellowWoodrow Wilson Fellow

Research Internships at—National Institutes of Health

Los Alamos National LaboratoryNational Center for Drug Control

The Mayo ClinicNational Park Service

Dept. of Health & Social ServicesWoodrow Wilson Center

National Inst. for Drug AbuseNSF Inter-American ObservatoryNY State Council on Humanities

How One Becomes a McNair Scholar

Faculty Nomination & Student

Application

Jeral Dennis

holds a

Doctor of

Chiropractic

(Palmer

College of

Chiropractic)

When to Apply

Early April

When to Inquire

Sept to March

Who To ContactMcNair Program OfficeOld Library [email protected]

Megan Kuehl picked up a doctorate of juriprudence(Marquette University)