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The 2022 McNair Scholars’ Research Symposium
The University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire McNair program would like to invite students and community members to the annual celebration of undergraduate research.
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McNair Featured Scholar - Meet Hannah!
Hannah Temes, of Genoa, Illinois, is a senior studying Political Science Legal Studies. Hannah plans to earn her Ph.D. in Political Science to further research how people develop their political opinions online.
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McNair Featured Scholar - Meet Cameron!
Cameron Merline is a senior from Madison, Wisconsin majoring in psychology with a minor in neuroscience. Cameron is mentored by Dr Mary Beth Leibham in the Psychology Department.
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McNair Featured Scholar - Meet Miranda!
I am a fourth year student at UWEC in the College of Arts and Sciences studying Organizational Communication. I am also pursuing a minor in Psychology and an American Sign Language certificate.
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Federal grant supports UW-Eau Claire’s McNair program
The $275,516 grant for the 2022-23 academic year is expected to be the first of five annual grants to the McNair program on campus. The federal grant is the sole source of funding for the program at UW-Eau Claire.
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UW-Eau Claire Introduces New Scholar Cohort
Twelve University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire students have been chosen to participate in the prestigious Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program.
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McNair Featured Scholar - Meet Harry!
Harry Mateski is a political science and Broadfield Social Studies teaching education major at the University of Wisconsin Eau-Claire from Stanley, Wisconsin. Through the McNair program he has joined Dr. Eric Kasper to research free speech.
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McNair Featured Scholar - Meet Savanna!
Savanna Bonlender is a senior Biology major from West Bend, WI. She is working in collaboration with her mentor, Dr. Tali Lee, to investigate the effects two common pharmaceuticals, atropine and diphenhydramine, have on the Daphnia magna heart rate.
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2022 TRIO Day Recognition
he University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire McNair Program is celebrating exemplary scholars and their achievements in recognition of TRIO Day on March 30th, 2022.
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National TRIO Day events set for March 30 at UW-Eau Claire
On March 30, UW-Eau Claire will celebrate and acknowledge TRIO, special federally funded student support programs that help level the playing field in higher education by increasing accessibility and targeting support for students most in need.
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McNair Featured Scholar - Meet Brandon!
My name is Brandon Wegner, and I am a Senior Social Work major at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. My intention directly following my undergraduate degree is to get my Master’s degree in Clinical Social Work.
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McNair Featured Scholar - Meet Andrea!
Andrea Peterson is an undergraduate psychology student with a minor in Spanish at the University of Wisconsin- Eau Claire. She plans on moving forward with her Masters in Applied Behavior Analysis.
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McNair Featured Scholar - Meet Jaden!
Jaden Mikoulinskii is a Sociology major from Neenah, Wisconsin. Jaden’s terminal goal is to work in upper-level University Administration. Her research focuses on the first generation college student experience at UW-Eau Claire.
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McNair Featured Scholar - Meet Adamary!
Adamary Rosas is currently a senior at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. She is currently enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences, pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Psychology with a Chemistry minor.
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The McNair Scholars' Research Symposium Fall 2021
The annual McNair Scholars’ Research Symposium will take place Thursday, December 2 and Thursday, December 9 from 5-6:45pm. This year, the McNair Symposium will be held both in person and via Zoom.
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Blugold makes the most of 'golden opportunity' to be a soldier and a student
Growing up surrounded by relatives who proudly served their country, Cliff Hayes knew by age 5 that he, too, would someday join the military. Hayes never imagined that he also would become the first in his family to go to college.