Program Activities
- Series of workshops and seminars dealing with aspects of graduate life and graduate school applications, financial aid, personal statements, curriculum vitae, etc., held throughout the academic year
- GRE preparation
- Mentoring relationship with a caring and supportive Penn State faculty member or administrator
- Visitations to graduate schools and graduate school fairs
- Tutoring services and referrals
- Use of dedicated student computer facility in the McNair Program Office
- Access to dedicated library of resource materials for research projects, graduate school admissions and test preparation
- Counseling and advising with McNair staff
- Attendance at research conferences
- Summer Research Internship under the guidance and supervison of a dedicated Penn State faculty member
- Summer series of professional development workshops dealing with aspects of conducting, writing, presenting and publishing research and learning to navigate and network to become a contributing member of your academic community of interest.