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Thirteen 性爱天堂 students were selected as participants in the McNair Scholars Program, a prestigious program that prepares participants for doctoral studies through research and related scholarly activities. The program nurtures first-generation, low-income and underrepresented minorities with great promise to attend graduate school.听
Named after Ronald E. McNair, the late听Challenger听shuttle astronaut and physicist, and funded jointly by 性爱天堂 and a U.S. Department of Education grant, the McNair Scholars Program provides paid summer research internships, graduate admission support, conference attendance and travel funding, academic counseling, financial aid advising, and intensive mentoring.
鈥澬园焯 students are strong academically and this gives us a strong applicant pool from which to draw,鈥 says听Kelly Lyons, Ph.D., professor of biology and program director. 鈥淭hese new scholars will embark on an intense journey with the goal of admission to the best graduate schools in the country with full funding. We look forward to folding them into the McNair community!鈥澨
Since its inception at 性爱天堂 in November 2007, the program has served a total of 151 first-generation, low-income, and/or underrepresented students. The new scholars who began participation this summer or fall are:听
Victoria Briggs 听听听
Sophomore/Chemistry
Hometown: Deer Park, Texas
Austin Champagne听听
Sophomore/Urban Studies & Political Science
Hometown: Frisco, Texas
Marcus Ellis听听听听
Sophomore/Mathematical Finance
Hometown: Missouri City, Texas
Benjamin Falcon
Sophomore/Chinese Studies & International Affairs
Hometown: Corpus Christi, Texas
Sara Heridia
Senior/Political Science & Latin
Hometown: San Antonio, Texas
Erik Huynh听
Sophomore/Biochemistry & Molecular Biology 听
Hometown: Andover, Massachusetts
Camille Johnson听听
Junior/Anthropology听听
Hometown: Portland, Oregon
Morgan Jones
Senior/Engineering Science
Hometown: Houston, Texas
Rachel Kaufman
Sophomore/Biology & Sociology
Hometown: Tulsa, Oklahoma听
Diana Long
Junior/Sociology
Hometown: San Antonio, Texas
Malisse Lummus
Senior/Geosciences
Hometown: Corpus Christi, Texas
Nicholas Smoker
Sophomore/Theoretical Economics & Computer Science
Hometown: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma听
Bygoe Zubiate
Sophomore/Environmental Studies & Studio Art
Hometown: San Antonio, Texas
"The program extends a very warm thanks to our current tutorial faculty for the 2019-2020 academic year,鈥 says Lyons. They are听Nirav Mehta, Ph.D., associate professor of physics;听Rocio Delgado, Ph.D., associate professor of education; and听Angela Tarango, Ph.D., associate professor of religion. These Faculty provide one-on-one mentoring that is critical to the program's success.听
For more information, contact 性爱天堂's McNair Scholars Program at 210-999-7194 or visit听its website.听