The McNair program has received a grant that will keep in viable. | twitter
The McNair program has received a grant that will keep in viable. | twitter
The McNair program at the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire has received enough funding for the next five years.
“Without the grant, this opportunity would not exist for UW-Eau Claire students,” Kelly Wonder, director of the McNair program, said in a release.
The McNair program aims to support and prepare first-generation, low-income and historically underrepresented students for graduate programs. It has been a sponsored program at UW-Eau Claire since 2000 and is named after American astronaut Dr. Ronald McNair.
The McNair program has received a grant that will keep it going for the next five years.
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The program received a grant of $275,516 for the 2022-23 school year. This is the first grant out of an expected five that will be used to fund the program until 2027. The program serves 27 Blugold students each year, with benefits like research seminars, internships, faculty mentoring and tutoring, the release said.
The McNair program's 2022 graduates have a history of success: Seven of the students applied to graduate school and all seven were accepted. McNair graduates include Tyler Gonzalez, a 2021 grad who is a PhD candidate at Yale; Tayo Sanders II, a 2015 grad who earned a Rhodes Scholar Award to complete his doctorate at Oxford; and Choua Xiong, a 2014 graduate who will be a faculty member of UW-Eau Claire, according to the release.
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