{"id":35432,"date":"2024-07-16T08:56:28","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T15:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/?page_id=35432"},"modified":"2025-05-21T15:56:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T22:56:09","slug":"home-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-b431877d\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-e84b0ce0\">\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-8b96767e gb-headline-text\">TRIO Ronald E. McNair Scholar Program<\/h1>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-babc9320\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-80d36f70\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-e41ba9b4\">\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What we offer:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Paid research internship opportunities<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Assistance securing financial aid<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Grad school preparation seminars<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Research and career mentoring<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>One-on-one support and advising<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Conference travel funding opportunities<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Feedback on graduate&nbsp;applications&nbsp;and research internship applications<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Fee waivers on graduate applications<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-1d3aba01\">\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Who we serve:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>We&#8217;re happy to meet with any student who is interested in or has questions about going to graduate school<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>To be eligible to be a scholar, you must be:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>a sophomore, junior, or senior with at least one future summer and fall before graduation; and<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>interested going to graduate school and attaining a PhD; and<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>first generation and low-income college student; and\/or<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>from background(s) underrepresented at the doctoral level<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-f944cf6d\">\n<div class=\"gb-button-wrapper gb-button-wrapper-874bf95c\">\n\n<a class=\"gb-button gb-button-7526f5bc gb-button-text smooth-scroll\" href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/mcnair-eligibility-questionnaire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">McNair Eligibility Questionnaire<\/a>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-f7028c08\">\n\n<h6 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-82bcdf21 gb-headline-text\">The federally-funded TRIO Ronald E. McNair Post-baccalaureate Achievement Program at EWU selects motivated and talented sophomores and juniors who are first-generation and low-income college students, and\/or from groups underrepresented at the doctoral level to introduce them to academic research and provide them with effective strategies for getting into and graduating from PhD programs. Operating on a cohort model, the program prepares undergraduates for success as graduate students, professors, and professional researchers.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/mcnair-faculty-staff-mcnair-scholar-nomination-form\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Faculty or Staff? Click here to nominate a Student for our program!<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-c0bff88b\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-6fe4860a\">\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2022\/06\/EWU-McNair-News.jpg\" alt=\"EWU McNair News\" class=\"wp-image-8891\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2022\/06\/EWU-McNair-News.jpg 750w, https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2022\/06\/EWU-McNair-News-300x60.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-grid-wrapper gb-grid-wrapper-880ee0b5 gb-query-loop-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-42bcd4b7 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class=\"gb-container gb-container-d80f4341\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-b8e489c1\">\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Over<\/strong> <strong>56<\/strong> <strong>Eastern McNair Scholars<br>have earned PhD&#8217;s<\/strong> since&nbsp;McNair <br>began&nbsp;at EWU in 1995!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"717\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2024\/09\/LauraZamudioOrozco_Picture-717x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37070\" style=\"width:155px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2024\/09\/LauraZamudioOrozco_Picture-717x1024.png 717w, https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2024\/09\/LauraZamudioOrozco_Picture-210x300.png 210w, 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If you would like to know more, check out:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/resources-for-students\/apply\/\">Applying to EWU McNair<\/a> or&nbsp;send an email to McNair Academic Advisor Cori Jaeger&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:cjaeger3@ewu.edu\">cjaeger3@ewu.edu<\/a>.<\/h5>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-828e3e44 gb-headline-text\"><strong>McNair Office: 107 Monroe Hall on EWU&#8217;s Cheney Campus. 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