About McNair Scholars Program
Congress created the in 1989 to assist low-income/first-generation and underrepresented minority students in the pursuit of graduate education. The McNair Scholars Program is funded by the U.S. Department of Education as one of the federal government’s TRIO programs.
The program prepares undergraduates students for pursuit of a doctoral degree by providing financial support, mentoring and opportunities so they can gain research experience, academic skills and strategies, and develop student/faculty mentor relationships that are so crucial for success in higher education. McNair programs are housed at 187 Universities in the U.S. Five of these programs are in Georgia.
Who Was Ronald E. McNair?
Dr. Ronald E. McNair was born in Lake City, South Carolina on October 21, 1950. He died in the Space Shuttle Challenger accident on January 28, 1986. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering physics, magna cum laude, from the North