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McNair Scholars Program

Please attend the McNair Research Symposium. These research projects started at the beginning of the Summer 2023 semester and vary in design and project lengths. Many of these research projects are ongoing and involve cross-departmental support. Come support our scholars!

McNair Scholars Program

McNair Scholars Program Open House

The McNair Program is accepting applications through October 30 for the Winter 24 cohort. Stop by during one of our open houses to learn more about the benefits of this program, eligibility requirements, and how to apply. Snacks provided. 

Read more about McNair at our webpage: https://nmu.edu/mcnairscholars/about

Program Benefits

• Paid research internship with summer housing allowanced
• Travel to conferences and graduate school visit
• Grad school prep workshops and professional development
• Grad school advising 

Eligibility

• First-generation college student with financial need OR member of an underrepresented minority group
• Full time undergraduate with 2.75 minimum GPA and at least 40 credits by the end of Fall 2023 semester and graduates after May 24
• U.S. citizen or permanent resident 
• Committed to pursuing a graduate degree

Find out whether you're eligible by taking our eligibility survey

McNair Scholars Program

McNair Scholars Program Open House

The McNair Program is accepting applications through October 30 for the Winter 24 cohort. Stop by during one of our open houses to learn more about the benefits of this program, eligibility requirements, and how to apply. Snacks provided. 

Read more about McNair at our webpage: https://nmu.edu/mcnairscholars/about

Program Benefits

• Paid research internship with summer housing allowanced
• Travel to conferences and graduate school visit
• Grad school prep workshops and professional development
• Grad school advising 

Eligibility

• First-generation college student with financial need OR member of an underrepresented minority group
• Full time undergraduate with 2.75 minimum GPA and at least 40 credits by the end of Fall 2023 semester and graduates after May 24
• U.S. citizen or permanent resident 
• Committed to pursuing a graduate degree

Find out whether you're eligible by taking our eligibility survey

McNair Scholars Program

McNair Scholars Program Open House

The McNair Program is accepting applications through October 30 for the Winter 24 cohort. Stop by during one of our open houses to learn more about the benefits of this program, eligibility requirements, and how to apply. Snacks provided. 

Read more about McNair at our webpage: https://nmu.edu/mcnairscholars/about

Program Benefits

• Paid research internship with summer housing allowanced
• Travel to conferences and graduate school visit
• Grad school prep workshops and professional development
• Grad school advising 

Eligibility

• First-generation college student with financial need OR member of an underrepresented minority group
• Full time undergraduate with 2.75 minimum GPA and at least 40 credits by the end of Fall 2023 semester and graduates after May 24
• U.S. citizen or permanent resident 
• Committed to pursuing a graduate degree

Find out whether you're eligible by taking our eligibility survey

McNair Scholars Program

McNair Scholars Program Open House

The McNair Program is accepting applications through October 30 for the Winter 24 cohort. Stop by during one of our open houses to learn more about the benefits of this program, eligibility requirements, and how to apply. Snacks provided. 

Read more about McNair at our webpage: https://nmu.edu/mcnairscholars/about

Program Benefits

• Paid research internship with summer housing allowanced
• Travel to conferences and graduate school visit
• Grad school prep workshops and professional development
• Grad school advising 

Eligibility

• First-generation college student with financial need OR member of an underrepresented minority group
• Full time undergraduate with 2.75 minimum GPA and at least 40 credits by the end of Fall 2023 semester and graduates after May 24
• U.S. citizen or permanent resident 
• Committed to pursuing a graduate degree

Find out whether you're eligible by taking our eligibility survey

McNair Scholars Program

Learn about the research conducted by McNair Scholars over the summer. The schedule is listed below:

3:00 p.m. Lorynn Hackert
Research Advisor: Dr. Kia Richmond – English
COVID-19: Impacts on Behaviors Among English Students at a Midsized Midwestern University

3:15 p.m. Hannah Kuehnau
Research Advisor: Dr. Yan Ciupak – Sociology
The Effects of Planner-Aided and Mindfulness-Based Positive Psychology Training on College
Students’ Wellbeing and Self-Efficacy During COVID-19

3:30 pm Micah Benjamin
Research Advisor: Dawn Lundin – Nursing
Covid-19 VS. Higher Education: Understanding the Exigencies Through the Student’s Perspectives in Online Learning

3:45 p.m. Kristian Choate
Research Advisor: Dr. Paul Mann – Clinical Lab Sciences
Integration of a Locked Nucleic Acid into Self-Annealing Loop Primers for Optimization of Peptide Nucleic Acid-Loop Mediated Isothermal Amplification of IDH1-R132H

4:00 p.m. Katie Durham
Research Advisor: Dr. Jane Harris – Forensic Anthropology
Calculating Maggot Mass Temperature in Covered and Uncovered Human Remains

4:15 p.m. Sophia Rodman
Research Advisor: Dr. Jill Leonard – Biology
Effect of Early Thermal Environment of Subsequent Metabolic Characteristics in Juvenile Brook Trout

4:30 p.m. Mandy Bonesteel
Research Advisor: Dr. Yan Ciupak – Sociology
Corrections Officer Turnover at Marquette Branch Prison During the COVID-19 Pandemic

4:45 p.m. Gwen Murray
Research Advisor: Dr. Joshua Thompson – Mathematics and Computer Science
Geometric Investigations of Mandelbrot Orbit Combinatrics

5:00 p.m. Adan Mulvaney
Research Advisor: Dr. Joshua Ewalt – Communications and Media Studies
“The Program is Lucky to Have Us:” A Deeper Look at the Identity, Dignity, and Gender of the American Girl in Scouting

5:15 p.m. Kayin Iiagan
Research Advisor: Dr. Andy Poe – Mathematics and Computer Science
Agile Development of Android Application for Recycling

5:30 p.m. Baylee McLevis
Research Advisor: Dr. Jane Harris – Forensic Anthropology
Chemical analysis of bullet degradation as the result of exposure to byproducts of human decomposition

5:45 p.m. Weiland Dyer
Research Advisor: Dr. Amber LaCrosse – Psychological Science
Psychoactive Treatments in a Mouse Model of PTSD

6:00 p.m. Colton Gschwandtner
Research Advisor: Dr. Evan Pratt – Chemistry
Interrogation of CB1 and CB2 Receptor Signaling in Living Mammalian Cells

6:15 p.m. Brynn Anderson
Research Advisor: Dr. Maris Cinelli – Chemistry
LC-MS profiling of the nightshade black henbane (Hyocyamus niger) at different growth stages and discovery of new and possibly medicinal alkaloids

6:30 p.m. Bryce Yacos
Research Advisor: Dr. Kia Richmond – English
How Reading Narrative Literature Affects Empathy Among Freshman and Senior Undergraduate Students at a Rural Midwestern Postsecondary Institution

Food Provided (Heavy Hors d'oeuvres)

McNair Scholars Program