McNair Scholars Program

Services Summary

Applying for the Program

Summary of Required and Optional Services

The McNair Scholars Program at Indiana University is committed to helping students prepare for graduate school and the professoriate. To promote this success, the program requires participation in certain activities appropriate to all future graduate students and offers optional services to meet the individual needs of each Scholar, individually.

	Required	Optional
Introduction into the Program	Needs assessment* Develop an individualized plan based on assessed needs Early Warning System to identify academic difficulties Monthly meetings with McNair staff to appraise academic progress Tutor Assignments	Work on critical writing and reading skills Audit graduate course Career counseling Personality/career testing Take and undergraduate course in an identified need area
Professional Development in RESEARCH (for McNair Scholars who have completed their sophomore year)	Pre-research seminar Summer research project (10 weeks, 30 hours/week) Research Paper Research Presentations	Semester research project Conference research presentations Web page design
Professional Development in TEACHING (for McNair Scholars who have completed their junior year)	Microteaching Teaching internship or observation	College teaching workshops AI or professor shadowing Additional teaching internship or observation
Graduate School Application Support (for McNair Scholars who have completed their junior year)	Senior Summer Camp (5 days) Preparing personal statement Graduate school visits GRE general exam course (8 weeks)	Practice interviews Fellowship application support Individual consultation on personal statement

*Needs assessment considers the following skills: critical reading, critical thinking, time management, basic research, interpersonal skills, metacognition, organization, writing, teaching and presentation.

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