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GUIDANCE TO GROW:
Wesleyan held a reception for the new Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalurate
Achievement Program inside Butterfield B Suite 315 on Feb. 29. The event
gave Wesleyan students, staff and faculty an opportunity to learn about the
new Ronald E. McNair program, which provides financial support,
mentoring, research opportunities, and academic guidance to eligible
students who want pursue Ph.D. study. |
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Laurel Appel, senior research associate and
director of the Wesleyan McNair Program, center, introduces Santos
Cayetano, associate director of the McNair program to Suzanne O'Connell,
director of the Service Learning Center and associate professor of earth
and environmental sciences.
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Pictured in center, Donna Thompson, director
of Wesleyan's Upper Bound Program, co-wrote the grant application that
led to Wesleyan receiving the TRIO Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate
Achievement Program from the U.S. Department of Education. Pictured
behind Thompson, from left, are Claude Moise '09 Travis Etwaroo '10, Jim
Donady, professor of biology and director of HPPI, Jessica Rosario '09 and
Jamil Alexis '10. |
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Ana Soto
'09 and Jessica Rosario '09 mingle at the reception. At Wesleyan, McNair
program funds totaling $880,000 will go towards helping first generation
college students from low-income families and students who are
African-American, Hispanic, Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander or
Native American prepare for successful graduate careers. |
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Chris Jones '11 speaks with Appel at the open
house. The program can serve up to 25 students each year for the next
four years. Junior and senior McNair Fellows will actively participate
in research with Wesleyan science and math faculty mentors, who will
also help prepare the students to apply to graduate school. Wesleyan is
the only Connecticut institution that is part of the McNair program.
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Valerie Marinelli, administrative assistant
for the McNair Program, speaks with Cayetano during the open
house, which was attended by more than 30 guests. More information on
the McNair Program is online at
http://www.wesleyan.edu/mcnair/.
(Photos by Olivia Bartlett) |
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