Mentoring McNair Scholars at Iowa State

Mentoring is crucial to McNair Scholar success as they prepare for a graduate education. McNair Scholars are required to select both a faculty mentor and a graduate student mentor to offer research experience, guidance, and developmental support during their time in the McNair program and transition process to graduate school. 


Interested in Becoming a McNair Faculty Mentor?

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Our McNair Faculty Mentors are asked to:

  • Provide an academic research experience to one or more McNair Scholars
  • Supervise McNair Scholar in initiating, exploring, and completing a research project during
  • Offer guidance, information, and exposure to research opportunities, events, and activities in the best interest of the Scholar
  • Share knowledge about the graduate school experience

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Interested in Becoming a McNair Graduate Student Mentor?

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Graduate Student Mentors are asked to:

  • Develop a beneficial peer mentoring relationship with McNair Scholars
  • Share knowledge about the implicit and explicit expectations of graduate school
  • Assist McNair Scholars in meeting research goals with Faculty Mentors and other components of the McNair Program

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