Student Responsibility | McNair Scholars | SIU

The McNair Scholars Program is devoted to enhancing diversity in higher education.  Participating in this nationally recognized program provides you with incredible opportunities but requires a significant commitment as well.  Our McNair staff members will do everything possible to help and guide you, but as a McNair Scholar, you have several obligations.

Your responsibilities include:

• Attending all scheduled workshops and events
• Maintaining a minimum 2.6 GPA
• Meeting regularly with your faculty mentor and with McNair staff
• Participating in all required activities
• Completing at least one research project
• Presenting your research paper at the Undergraduate Research Conference, another McNair conference elsewhere in the country, or at a professional conference for your discipline
• Publishing your research paper in our annual SIU Carbondale McNair Scholars Journal or in a peer-reviewed journal for your discipline
• Notifying the McNair staff of the status of all of your graduate school acceptance applications and financial packages offered
• Maintaining contact with our McNair staff after you graduate from the University