McNair Faculty Mentors

This is an academic, faculty-led program. The commitment of individual faculty members is crucial to the success of the McNair Scholar and the McNair program at Morris.

Avenues for Involvement

Recruitment of McNair Scholars

In the recruitment and identification of McNair Scholars: you work with these students; you know who is likely to succeed and persist to the PhD/EdD, given the right motivation, assistance and direction.

Please consider students you believe would be excellent candidates for this program and fill out this simple nomination form. These students (contingent upon eligibility) will be encouraged to apply for the program. Your continued encouragement and recruitment of these students will be critical to their eventual success.

Your involvement in events publicizing the McNair program will be welcomed, and, should you hope to mentor a McNair Scholar in a research project, your participation in McNair-related research programming will be expected (see below).

Volunteer

Additionally, faculty volunteers that assist in the official selection process are welcomed with open arms. In particular, the two-part application process includes a short interview with each applicant; your willingness to help with a few of these interviews would be greatly appreciated.

Recommending McNair Applicants

As part of the application process, applicants must obtain a letter of recommendation from a faculty member who knows them well. If a student has asked you to write a letter of recommendation on their behalf, you will be contacted by McNair staff and asked to upload your letter via a secure link. Your letter should address the potential of the applicant to succeed academically and pursue the PhD or EdD, as well as:

• How well you know the applicant
• Personal characteristics that you think will help (or hinder) the applicant's progress generally
• Other strengths/weaknesses of the applicant
• An assessment of the applicant's ability to carry out mentored research