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| Cal State L.A. Professors This year's McNair Scholars include: Larry Bristow, history, Los Angeles resident; Carolina Gomez, psychology, La Puente resident; Emma Morales, psychology, Sunland resident; Saloniki James, psychology, L.A. resident; William Joiner, psychology, L.A. resident; Sofia M. Campuzano, psychology, Valinda resident; Raul Lima, geological sciences, Montebello resident; Lizette Rivera, anthropology, Pico Rivera resident; Lizabeth Gonzalez, social work, South Gate resident; Barbara Bullen, political science, L.A. resident; Lydia Lopez-Cruz, anthropology, Pasadena resident; Leticia Padilla, psychology, L.A. resident; Gabriela Montes, political science, L.A. resident; Toshia Reedy, psychology, L.A. resident; Ruth Madrid, social work, Downey resident; and Marilu Neal, psychology, Pasadena resident. The Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement program awards grants to institutions of higher education for projects designed to prepare participants for doctoral studies through involvement in research and other scholarly activities. McNair participants are from disadvantaged backgrounds and have demonstrated strong academic potential. Institutions work closely with these participants through their undergraduate requirements, encourage their entrance into graduate programs, and track their progress to successful completion of advanced degrees. The goal of McNair is to increase graduate degree attainment of students from underrepresented segments of society. The McNair program offers undergraduate students research opportunities, mentoring, seminars, tutoring, academic counseling, GRE preparation courses, and other scholarly activities designed to prepare students for doctoral studies. The program, established in memory of the astronaut, physicist, and Challenger crew member Dr. Ronald E. McNair, is a federal TRIO (Educational Opportunity for Low-Income and Disabled Americans) program funded at 156 institutions across the United States and Puerto Rico by the U.S. Department of Education. For more information, call McNair Program's faculty coordinator, Mitchell Eisen, at (323) 343-2250 or call the McNair Program's office at (323) 343-6095.
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