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We are taking applications for 3 McNair/EIP Graduate Student Advisors. We have extended our GSA application deadline to May 16, 2008. Therefore, please disregard the deadline dates listed in this PDF. Please click on this link. We have extended our McNair Student Application to May 15, 2008. To print out the application online in PDF, please click on this link. Before applying, please read the eligibility criteria very carefully.  Welcome to our new scholars! |
The University of Washington Office of Minority Affairs recognizes the importance and vital contributions of student diversity at all educational levels and affirms its commitment to increasing access to graduate degrees. At the McNair Program, our goal is to successfully prepare undergraduates at the UW who are low-income and first-generation, or from groups underrepresented in graduate school, for doctoral study. However, earning a graduate or professional degree does not open doors. Let us explain. Graduate and professional education does more than open doors. Graduate and professional education teaches you how to identify doors that you may not have known existed. Graduate and professional education teaches you strategies for unlocking doors that appear closed to you. Graduate and professional education also helps you define the importance of opening the doors in question. Additionally, graduate and professional education helps you better understand the importance of leaving those doors open once you’ve passed through them. Before encouraging you to proceed further, we offer a poetic interpretation of why you should consider a post-baccalaureate education, and thus continue exploring our website: Graduate and professional education. Matriculation into the great…beyond… These doors are…opportunity… Costs are high, benefits are…unity… In harmony are mind, text, and vision. The formerly excluded have…risen… From the margin, shift the…center… Your gaze, it’s…revolutionary… War against organized hypocrisy. The academy houses the learned leader and the influential…fool… Hardy decisions are daily…weighed… Heavy on the mind is…justice… For all our sakes, aspire to this higher level. Ordinary lives expose what lies…ahead… Strong currents of change ebb and…flow… Chart your course of action, strengthen your…resolve… Dilemmas are solved through advanced education. Choose…and define your situation. (S.P. Woodard, Copyright protected 2005) Among the many messages forwarded, you should walk away with several key understandings grounded in this poem: (1) participation in graduate/professional school is a purposeful act, (2) graduate/professional school is a thoughtful exercise in tension and connection, and (3) earning a graduate/professional degree is a personal experience, with community implications. Want to learn more about how our McNair program can help you achieve your goals? Continue exploring our website, and/or Contact us today!
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The University of Washington McNair Scholars Program is a TRIO Program funded by the United States Department of Education, and the University of Washington, the UW Graduate School, and the UW Office of Minority Affairs (OMA).