*UTA McNair Scholars Program Extends ANNUAL Application deadline*

The UTA McNair Scholars Program has extended its 2008 recruitment period 
through */November 25/*.  The McNair program is a federal TRIO program 
that offers opportunities to selected undergraduates hoping to pursue 
graduate studies leading to the Ph.D. and a career in the academy.  We 
appreciate faculty recommendations of talented undergraduates to this 
program.

 The McNair program works with at least 30 students each academic year 
from low-income/first-generation */or/*/ /underrepresented (African 
American, Hispanic, Native American, Native Hawaiian) backgrounds.  
Two-thirds of our participants must be first-generation/low-income 
students.  Applicants must be (or have):

v      U.S. citizens or permanent residents

v      sophomores (by spring 2009), juniors or seniors (not graduating 
before at least December 2009)

v      a minimum 2.9 GPA

v      able to engage in a summer of faculty-mentored research between 
their junior and senior years. 

All majors are eligible, although we especially encourage those in STEM 
fields to apply.  The program focuses on all aspects of graduate school 
preparation:  faculty-mentored summer research (including a $3000 
stipend and three credit hours of independent study), publication of 
research abstract in the /UTA McNair Research Journal/, GRE prep 
classes, diverse seminars related to program goals, conference 
participation, graduate school visits, and other benefits. 

Application packets are available in 122 Hammond Hall, may be downloaded 
from /_http://www.uta.edu/soar/  (Click on TRIO Programs, then McNair 
<http://www.uta.edu/soar/%20%20%28Click%20on%20TRIO%20Programs,%20then%20McNair>_/), 
or requested by telephone (817-272-3715) or via e-mail ([log in to unmask] 
<mailto:[log in to unmask]>).

 

-- 
Raymond A. Eve, Ph. D.
Program Director for Sociology, UTA

Professor of Sociology
Box 19599
UTA
Arlington, Texas 76019
817-272-3764
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personal homepage: www.global-college.com

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"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought,
 but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."
                                        
                                         -- Albert Einstein

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