Transcript 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
OR
students from groups underrepresented in doctoral programs
•American citizens or resident aliens
Aren’t McNair Scholars
All Science Majors?
No Way!
• 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
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
Then Dr.
Learning
Community
Anthony
Ratkovitch at
the U of MN
(Chemistry).
Four Credit-Bearing McNair Seminars
Dr. Jeff Summer
Miller, our Research
1st
The McNair
Institute
Ph.D. (Psychometrics),
successfully
Graduate
School defended
Site Visits
his dissertation on
The National
Research Conference
Thursday,McNair
18 January,
2007. University of
The McNair
Colloquia
Florida-Gainesville.
Astra: The UWEC McNair Scholars’ Journal
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
UW-Eau Claire McNair Scholars attend or
graduated from the following graduate schools-in 21 states and 3 countries besides the U.S.
Laura Isaacson is a Doctor of
Osteopathic Medicine
Check it out!
U.S. Institutions
Rhode Island School of Design
Cornell University
Cornell U Medical School
University of Rochester
New York University
Colombia University
Boston College
University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Northeastern University
Pennsylvania State University
American University
Virginia Tech
UNC-Chapel Hill
Duke University
Wake Forest University
UNC-Charlotte
University of Northern Florida
University of Florida-Gainesville
Florida International University
The Ohio State University
Bowling Green State University
University of Tennessee
Purdue University
Notre Dame University
Indiana University
Indiana State University
Fort Wayne University
University of Chicago
Rosalind Franklin University
Chicago College of Professional Psychology
Northwestern University
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
University of Illinois-Urbana Champagne
University of Michigan
Michigan State University
Marquette University
UW-Madison
UW-Eau Claire
Lakeland College
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
St. Cloud State University
Mayo Clinic
Bethel University
St. Thomas University
Minneapolis School of Design
Iowa State University
University of Iowa
Palmer College of Chiropractic
Kirkville College of Osteopathic Medicine
University of Kansas-Lawrence
University of Nebraska
University of Nebraska-Omaha
Appalachian State University
Oklahoma State University-Stillman
Rice University
Texas A&M University
University of Texas-Austin
Southern Methodist University
Arizona State University
University of Colorado-Ft. Collins
University of Colorado-Boulder
University of Missouri-Columbia
University of Nevada-Reno
University of Montana
University of California-Berkeley
University of California-Davis
Cal State-Fresno
University of Washington-Seattle
Washington State University
Institutions Outside the United States
Cambridge University
University of Oxford
London School of Economics
University of Kent (UK)
Universitaet Leipzig (Germany)
Ruhr-Universität Bochum (Germany)
McMaster University (Canada)
University of Edinburgh
Their research has
carried them abroad
Canada
Mexico
Costa Rica
England
Scotland
Ireland
France
Germany
Netherlands
Spain
Italy
Austria
Czech Rep.
Croatia
Russia
The Ukraine
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Uruguay
Australia
New Zealand
Kenya
South Africa
Turkmenistan
PRC
Viet Nam
Laos
Korea
Guam
They have acquired
national distinctions
Prestigious Fellowships
Research Internships at—
Mellon Fellow
Fulbright Fellow
Newberry Fellow
McNair Fellows
Boren Scholar
Truman Fellow
Arnold Mitchem Fellow
Ford Pre-Doctoral Fellow
National Inst. of Drug Abuse Fellow
Woodrow Wilson Fellow
National Institutes of Health
Los Alamos National Laboratory
National Center for Drug Control
The Mayo Clinic
National Park Service
Dept. of Health & Social Services
Woodrow Wilson Center
National Inst. for Drug Abuse
NSF Inter-American Observatory
NY State Council on Humanities
How One Becomes a McNair Scholar
Faculty
Nomination
&
Student
Application
When to Inquire
Sept to
March
When to Apply
Early
April
Who To Contact
McNair Program Office
Old Library 2134
836-4912
[email protected]
Megan Kuehl
picked up a
doctorate of
juriprudence
(Marquette
University)