How does the McNair program prepare students for graduate study?
Participants will focus on topics that build research and teaching skills, explain the graduate school process, and introduce professional academic culture (such as presenting and publishing research/scholarship). The McNair Scholars may also work directly with faculty mentors in their field who serve as role models, offer personalized advice, accompany the Scholars to conferences, and help them with networking opportunities. In the summer prior to their Senior year, Scholars may also undertake a summer research internship in which they do original research or creative activity in their field, under faculty supervision, which in turn prepares them for the level of work they will engage in graduate school.
