TRIO PROGRAMS

Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program (McN)

Ronald E. McNair was one of the first black astronauts at NASA. His remarkable life ended in the Challenger explosion in 1986. Despite growing up in a poor, segregated neighborhood in South Carolina, he obtained his Ph.D. in physics from MIT. His legacy of faith, courage, and unshakable will are guiding values for the McNair Program.

Who is Eligible?

You may be eligible if:

• You are an undergraduate (having completed 45 credit hours) with a minimum 2.75 GPA in one of the following declared majors: Biology, Chemistry, Engineering, Math, Physics, Psychology and
  Sociology;
  
  
• You are a first generation college student (which means neither parent graduated with a four-year college degree) and
  
  
• You belong to a population currently underrepresented in graduate study (i.e. Black, Hispanic, American Indian/Pacific Islander)

What are our Services?

• Graduate School Application Assistance/Site Visitations
• Academic Counseling
• Faculty Mentoring
• Research and Study Strategies
• Tutorial Assistance
• Preparation of Research Papers and Posters
• Assistance with Publishing Research Papers
• Presentations
• $2,800 Stipend after Completion of Research Internship