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Baylor Connections Ep 724: Interview with Director, Steven Fernandez
June 7, 2024
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Baylor's McNair Scholars program serves undergraduates from low-income, first-generation and other underrepresented backgrounds through mentorship, research opportunities and other scholarly activities. Steven Fernandez serves as director of Student Opportunity and Achievement Resources at Baylor. In this Baylor Connections, he shares how the program fosters relationships and opportunities that have helped propel students to elite academic posts when their time at Baylor is through.

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Baylor Students, Alumni Break Record for Fulbright U.S. Student Grants
May 24, 2024
2024 Fulbright Awards

16 students and recent alumni will study, conduct research and teach English abroad as part of the U.S. government’s flagship international educational exchange program

Staff Note: Of 16, 3 McNair Scholars and Alumni were offered the Fulbright Award. 

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Baylor’s McNair Scholars Garner Prestigious Grad School Placements, National Recognition
May 6, 2024
McNair Induction 2024

The McNair Scholars Program prepares low-income, first-generation and other underrepresented students to successfully navigate the path to a Ph.D.  

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Baylor Students Win Boren Scholarship, NSF Graduate Research Fellowships, GEM Fellowship
May 2, 2024
2024 GEM and NSF McNair

Students continue record-setting year earning top fellowships and awards

Staff note: McNair Scholars win GEM Fellowship and NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Awards

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Baylor Welcomes Undergraduate McNair Scholars From Across the Nation for McNair Research Conference
August 23, 2023
Baylor University student and McNair Scholar presents her research at McNair Research Conference. (Matthew Minard/Baylor University)

Annual conference provides McNair Scholars with opportunities to share research, network with peers and connect with graduate schools on their path to a Ph.D.

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McNair Scholars Program mentors future doctoral students
August 22, 2023
Students celebrate the McNair Scholars Program. Photo courtesy of Genesis Santos

Baylor’s McNair Scholars Program aims to prepare low-income, first-generation and other underrepresented students to successfully navigate a path to a doctoral program following graduation. It prepares undergraduate students for the rigors of doctoral studies through immersion in research and a variety of scholarly activities.

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GIVING TO BAYLOR: Back at Home
May 26, 2023
GIVING TO BAYLOR: Back at Home

As 10-year-old Genesis Santos sat in her homeroom desk at Bell’s Hill Elementary, she had no idea where her future career would lead her — back to Bell's Hill but on the other side of the desk. Santos' list of accomplishments is stacking up - she is a McNair Scholar and earned the honor of presenting this semester at the Texas Chapter of the National Association of Multicultural Education. She recently received an award from the National Science Foundation through the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program to perform research in the field of informal STEM education, with a theme of advancing social justice and equality.

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Avanzando Through College
June 22, 2021
Avanzando Through College

Baylor's Avanzando Through College program is a collaborative effort with UnidosUS designed to equip Latino students with skills, information and support systems needed to identify student services, improve academic performance and graduate college

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Baylor McNair Scholars Program’s Graduating Cohort Prepares for Impressive Graduate Program Plans
May 4, 2020
Baylor McNair Scholars Program wraps up second year and announces new students

The Baylor University Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program, known nationally as the McNair Scholars Program, is wrapping up an impressive 2019-2020 academic year with an inaugural national McNair Research Conference held in September and Baylor’s largest graduating cohort of McNair Scholars.

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Baylor Students Accepted into the SAFE Collegiate Recovery Leadership Academy to Help Addiction Recovery
October 19, 2019
Baylor Students Accepted into the SAFE Collegiate Recovery Leadership Academy

Baylor University students Joshua Robinson and Katie Cameron have been accepted into the Stop the Addiction Fatality Epidemic (SAFE) Collegiate Recovery Leadership Academy, a year-long fellowship for any college student who is passionate about the intersection of collegiate recovery, leadership and service to others.

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Baylor’s McNair Scholars Program Wraps Up Successful First Year, Will Host National Research Conference
July 22, 2019
Baylor’s McNair Scholars Program Wraps Up Successful First Year

Baylor University biology major Jacqueline Carroll spent her summer in the lab researching seed microbiomes, the microscopic organisms such as bacteria, fungi and archaea that live within the seed. She hopes her research will one day lead to increased crop production (minus the use of genetically modified organisms) and, ultimately, address world hunger.

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