University of Northern Iowa, McNair Scholars Program

07/20/2018

06/06/2018

05/16/2018

We would like to congratulate the following five McNair Scholars on their momentous achievement of earning straight A's during the Spring 2018 semester:

Jewels Howard, Junior Criminology and Psychology major from Champaign, IL

Elise Coleman, Junior Psychology major from Belle Plaine, IA

Kyla Ford, Junior Social Work major from Lisbon, IA

Gabrielle Woods, Senior Leisure, Youth, and Human Services major from Boone, IA

Jason Fly, Senior Psychology major from Brooklyn, NY

Congratulations, scholars! We are so proud of your hard work and dedication to your studies.

05/15/2018

The McNair Scholars Program would like to congratulate scholar Jason Fly, who has accepted admission to PhD in Clinical Psychology program at the University of California-Santa Barbara. Jason has also just graduated from UNI with a Bachelor's degree in Psychology. We are incredibly proud of you, Jason! We know you will continue to work hard and do amazing things. Congratulations!

04/20/2018

UNI President Mark Nook signed a presidential proclamation yesterday declaring Monday, April 23, as the official Tropical Celebration (TC) Day at UNI!

Here is the full text of the proclamation:

Whereas it is April 18th and classes were canceled due to a snow storm, and

Whereas, the first snowfall of the season occurred 174 days ago on October 27, 2017, and

Whereas winter and spring have combined this year to produce wining (pronounced wīn' ing), and

Whereas this Saturday marks one full month after the vernal equinox (astronomically the first day of spring), and

Whereas no Spring Semester should end at UNI ​without students relaxing in Purple and Gold Adirondack chairs and hammocks on the Campanile lawn.

Therefore, be it declared that Winter has lasted long enough and Monday, April 23, 2018 is officially Tropical Celebration (TC) Day at the University of Northern Iowa.

All students, faculty and staff members are encouraged to wear their favorite Aloha shirt, muumuu, pareo, board shorts, flip flops, Tevas, lei and/or other island wear.

The Purple and Gold Adirondack chairs will be on the Campanile lawn and the hanging of hammocks across campus is expected.

Tropical treats will be available at the President's Office (Seerley Rm 1) from 12:30 p.m. until they run out. Please stop by and help us spread the island spirit.

Signed the Eighteenth Day of April, Two-thousand eighteen.

04/18/2018

Congratulations to all our graduating Senior Scholars. We are so very proud of you all.

04/16/2018

The McNair Scholars Program would like to congratulate scholar Sarah Hofmeyer, who has accepted admission to the University of Kansas PhD in Public Administration program, with full funding. In addition to the PhD, Sarah will also earn a Master's degree in Urban Planning during her time at KU. Congratulations, Sarah! Your future is bright!

04/13/2018

We would like to congratulate McNair Scholar Blake Thomas, who has accepted the Northeast Medical Education Foundation research internship through the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy. Blake will spend the summer working alongside Dr. Jim Hoehns in Waterloo, Iowa, working and learning about clinical research. This is a fantastic opportunity, and we are so proud of Blake for applying and being selected! Congratulations, Blake! We cannot wait to see what your future holds.

04/09/2018

On April 9, Scholars Ashley Sánchez, Jewels Howard, Kyla Ford, Sarah Hofmeyer, Symone Robinson, Leon Shears, Dante Miller, and Lyn Tackett all had the opportunity to present research presentations and posters to the UNI community at the College of Social & Behavioral Sciences Student Research and Engagement Conference. Our scholars all did a magnificent job presenting and fielding questions from conference attendees. Congrats to all of the presenters! You make us very proud.

03/30/2018

The McNair Scholars Program would like to congratulate senior scholar Dianna Huisman, who has officially accepted admission to the PhD in Cancer Research program at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. Dianna is currently an undergraduate Biology and Biochemistry double major. We are incredibly proud of you, Dianna! We cannot wait to see all that you will accomplish and the lives you will change in your future. Congratulations!