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EAN World Congress
For nearly two years, the Council for Opportunity in Education (COE) has been partnering with our long-time collaborator, the European Access Network (EAN), to plan a series of World Congresses on Access to Higher Education. The first of this three-part series is being held in Montreal, October 7-10, 2013. From the first days of the planning process, all …
Scholar Honors
Winthrop University McNair Scholar Wins GEM Fellowship
Winthrop University McNair Scholar, Brittany Walker (a May 2013 Wofford College Chemistry graduate), was awarded the GEM Fellowship for graduate studies by The National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science, Inc. (GEM). GEM prepares technical leaders in industry, academia, and government agency careers, by identifying highly qualified scholars with the ability to complete …
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Research
UW Madison McNair Scholar Exploring the Universe as UC Berkeley Doctoral Student
Jessie Otradovec showed promise in post-high school jobs at Papa John’s and Cost Cutters in Green Bay. But she wanted to play with the universe. She eventually left behind the pizza and barber shears and, at age 27, will graduate from UW-Madison this weekend with a bachelor’s degree in physics and astrophysics. “I’m just tremendously …
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Program News
UCF McNair Scholars Program Reaches 10-Year Milestone and Receives First Ph.D.
Over the past decade, more than 130 low-income, first-generation and underrepresented students have been guided toward graduate studies thanks to the McNair Scholars Program at the University of Central Florida. The Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program, which is federally-funded at 158 institutions by the U.S. Department of Education, is designed to prepare students for …
