Hilltop Views (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 26, 2023 Page: 2 of 12
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Thursday, January 26, 2023
staff, scholars, continues to diversify campus
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COURTESY OF AMALIA MERINO
Pedro Galvan (wearing a cowboy hat) talks to scholars (clockwise order): Diego Garza,
Aaliyah Gutierrez-Cano, Milo Dufresne-Macdonald, Makena Gonzalez and Diogo
Ledesma.
sity in their programs, St. application process and
Edward’s iteration of the working with faculty ad-
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more students to join “Our scholar alum-
this institution and in- ni are doing very well,”
crease diversity,” current Molly E. Minus, director
scholar Diego Garza said, of St. Edward’s McNair
Named for Ronald E. Scholars Program, said.
most recent application more effective strategies application process and
cycle saw fewer applicants to get the word out, seeing the helpful program staff,
than before, and that the as how helpful the pro- “They would encourage
program is looking to in- gram has been for them, you to stop by the office
crease student awareness. “Even though the McNair to ask any question you’d
When current Me- program itself is a lot of want, also other existing
welcomed new scholars rector of the St. Edward’s that perhaps the univer- remarked on the acces-
s graduate and staff, and presented program noted that the sity could come up with sibility of the program’s
schools in the program information.
U.S. struggle This includes regular
to increase seminars on topics per-
student diver- taining to the graduate
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ment Program is a federal ed the program’s efforts.
TRIO program, meaning “You can just tell that
it serves students from they really do love what
disadvantaged back- they do, and they real-
grounds. The McNair ly do want to help stu-
program specifically aids dents get to where they
students from groups his- want to go,” new schol-
torically underrepresent- ar Ana Rodriguez said,
ed in postsecondary edu- The McNair Scholars
cation by preparing them program at St. Edward’s
for graduate school, and University is —despite
is funded at 151 schools its 20 years of purport-
welcomes new
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McNair Scholars program
McNair Scholars program visors to conduct paid, Nair scholars shared how work, you can tell it’s really scholars who are open
aims to combat this issue, undergraduate research, they’d first learned of the geared toward helping stu- and willing to offer you
“St. Ed’s is very well The McNair program program, the varying an- dents. So it’s a lot of work any sort of advice that
known for welcoming at St. Edward’s has grad- swers—including sug- that you have to put in but you might need when
students from different uated 24 Doctors of Phi- gestions from professors, now you’re getting more applying,” current schol-
ethnicities, and I feel that losophy. There are cur- deep dives into old emails support,” new scholar Mia ar Micheal Baquet said,
even though we need a rently 24 McNair Scholar and Bon Appetit’s Flo- Dean said. “You feel more “So they were very help-
little bit more diversity in alumni in PhD programs, ra, whose two daughters confident about where ful in that regard. They
this institution, programs among other postsec- are in the program—held you’re going in your life.” wanted people to apply.”
like the McNair’s Schol- ondary education de- one thing in common: Though the McNair pro-
ars program will push grees and achievements. —e
McNair, PhD. — a NASA Scholars at the welcome
astronaut who died in the event represented a wide
1986 Space Shuttle Chai- variety of backgrounds,
lenger explosion — The majors and research in- I •
Ronald E. McNair Post- terests. New and exist-
baccalaureate Achieve- ing scholars commend- A
--------------------- across the country, ed success — one of the word of mouth. Students gram is not generally well-
KIANA POORFARD On Jan. 20, current St. lesser known offerings shared they were sur- known around campus,
Edward’s McNair schol- available to students, prised the program was scholars were glad they’d
ars and program staff Dora Perez, assistant di- not better known, and heard of the program, and
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Hilltop Views (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 26, 2023, newspaper, January 26, 2023; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1590803/m1/2/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting St. Edward’s University.