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2013-2014 Ronald E. Mcnair Graduate Fellowship

May 09, 2013 American Studies | College of Arts and Humanities | Communication | History | The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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ARHU graduate students receive prestigious Ronald E. McNair Graduate Fellowship.

Four ARHU graduate student received 2013-2014 Ronald E. McNair Graduate Fellowships.

Congratulations to ARHU’s Ronald E. McNair Graduate Fellows!

The Graduate School’s new McNair Fellowship 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 Recipient:

Donnesha Alexandra Blake, Women's Studies
Central Michigan University

Robert De'Von Jiles, American Studies
Cornell University

Kimberley Hannah, Communication
Syracuse University

David Irwin, History
University of St. Thomas