McNair Scholars Graduate, Selected for Prestigious Graduate/Doctoral Programs

Date: July 08, 2020

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The Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program (McNair Scholars Program) is pleased to announce the graduation of scholars from doctoral and master's programs, and the acceptance of 2019-2020 undergraduates into graduate and PhD. programs for Fall 2020.


2019-2020 McNair Ed.D./Doctoral/Master's Graduates

FSU Alumni Institution Degree
Francena Turner, 2014 McNair Cohort  University of Illinois, Urbana-Champagne Ed.D., Educational Policy, Organization & Leadership
Jessica Vickery 2015 McNair Cohort Southern College of Optometry O.D., Doctor of Optometry
Lashonda Hicks Strayer University Master of Business Administration, Management
Michelle Norman UNC- Charlotte Master of Science, Counseling
Jonela Rogers Morehouse School of Medicine Master of Public Health
Jacoya Thompson Northwestern University Master of Science, Earth & Planetary Science


2019-2020 McNair Graduates & Scholar Graduate Program Acceptances

Student Acceptances Attending
Maudeline Clervoix-Frank North Carolina A & T University, Mental Health Counseling MA Program North Carolina A & T, Mental Health Counseling MA Program
Queonnah Coleman Howard University, History PhD. Program  
Indiana University, History PhD. Program
University of Pittsburgh, Graduate studies History PhD. Program
University of Pittsburgh, Graduate Studies History PhD. Program
Jessie Cook University of Illinois, Molecular and Cellular Biology PhD. Program
Rice University, Biochemistry MS Program
University of Illinois, Molecular and Cellular Biology PhD. Program
Dominque Elliott NC State University, Sociology PhD. Program
Georgia State University, Sociology PhD. Program
University of Cincinnati, Sociology PhD. Program
UNC-Charlotte, Sociology MA Program
NC State University, Sociology PhD. Program
Andre Harris University of Houston, Social Work PhD. Program
University of Michigan, School of Social Work MSW Program
University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Social Work MSW Program
University of Chicago, School of Social Services Administration MA Program
Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health MA Program
University of Houston, School of Social Work PhD. Program
Shaniqua Moore UNC- Chapel Hill, Master of Social Work Program
UNC-Greensboro, Master of Social Work Program
North Carolina A & T University, Master of Social Work Program
UNC Chapel Hill, MSW Program 
Demetria Murphy NC State University, Master of Social Work Program
Fayetteville State University, Master of Social Work Program
NC State University, MSW Program
Neysa Wellington Temple University, Master of Fine Arts Program
East Carolina University, Master of Fine Arts Program
Temple University, MFA Program


Former FSU-McNair Scholars Acceptances for Fall 2020 PhD. Programs

Student Attending
Jazmin Henry University of California Irvine, School of Business Management PhD. Program  
Jessica Riddell NC State University, Teacher Education and Learning Sciences PhD. Program   
Christopher Williams University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Educational Policy, Organization and Leadership Ed.D. Program


The Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program (McNair Scholars Program) is named in honor of Dr. Ronald E. McNair, the second African American to fly in space and one of the seven-person crew who died on the ill-fated Space Shuttle Challenger on January 28, 1986. It is one of the TRiO programs federally funded by the U.S. Department of Education to provide a comprehensive Ph.D. preparatory program for first-generation, low-income, and/or underrepresented minority college students to pursue graduate studies.

For more information please contact McNair Program Coordinator, Erika Bradford, at ebradfor@uncfsu.edu (910) 672-2043.

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