Grad School Announces Mcnair Fellowships

Four ARHU students awarded 2012-2013 McNair Fellowships.Congratulations to ARHU’s McNair Fellows!

Four ARHU students awarded 2012-2013 McNair Fellowships.
Congratulations to ARHU’s McNair Fellows!

The Graduate School’s new McNair Fellowships program will enhance opportunities for our campus doctoral programs to recruit and retain outstanding graduates of McNair undergraduate programs from institutions across the country. McNair Graduate Fellowships will provide entering graduate students with a first-year support package that includes a fellowship stipend of $18,000, plus tuition remission, fees and health insurance.

The program is designed to prepare students who are primarily from low-income, first generation and traditionally underrepresented groups to pursue doctoral studies.  It offers services which include admissions test preparation, academic counseling, summer research internship, and faculty mentoring.

ARHU Winners:

Donnesha Alexandra Blake
Department of Women's Studies, College of Arts and Humanities
Central Michigan University

Robert De'Von Jiles
Department of American Studies, College of Arts and Humanities Cornell University

Kimberley Hannah
Department of Communication, College of Arts and Humanities
Syracuse University

David Irwin
Department of History, College of Arts and Humanities
University of St. Thomas