St. Edward's University McNair Scholars Program

McNair Scholar, Janiece Jefferson, has accepted a fellowship with The Chesapeake Student Recruitment,
Early Advisement, and Mentoring Program (C-StREAM). She will be with the Potomac Environmental Research and Education Center at George Mason University in Woodbridge, Virginia assisting in on-going research of the cHAB (cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Bloom) organism Microseira wollei which is prominent in tidal freshwater areas of the Chesapeake Bay and Potomac River. Congratulations, Janiece!!

We are proud to announce the McNair Scholars Program graduates, Class of 2024! Congratulations to them on their accomplishments!

Help us at the McNair Scholars Program give a big congratulations to Scholar Katelyn Perez, who presented at the American Society for Microbiology Texas Branch 2024 Fall Meeting in Galveston, TX!

Help us give a big congratulations to SEU Alumni Christopher Azaldegui, who defended their dissertation—Mechanisms of Subcellular Organization in Bacteria—at the University of Michigan! Christopher graduated from St. Edward's in 2019 and will be the 31st PhD conferred as part of the SEU McNair Scholars program alumni.

The McNair Scholars Program wants to give a big congratulations to our scholar, Diogo Ledesma, who was accepted into the Spring Department of Energy Office of Science National Renewable Energy Laboratory Internship! He will be a part of a project that will study the interface of C**s with CoPc molecules, using optical spectroscopy as the primary characterization tool.

Join us in congratulating Aaliyah Gutierrez-Cano on her publication in the Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology, vol 51!

Our scholar, Jackeline Guajardo, had the incredible honor of interviewing former Texas Senator Gonzalo Barrientos about his life, career, and legacy. This interview is part of her ongoing Chicano Oral History project, which seeks to highlight the experiences of the Chicano community and their efforts to address challenges while amplifying their visibility and contributions to American culture. We want to extend an appreciative thank you to Senator Barrientos for his time and effort!

Our hardworking scholars joined the McNair Staff for a much needed break to enjoy some food, fellowship, and laughter.

The SEU McNair Scholars Office wants to give a big congratulations to our amazing scholar, Diogo Ledesma, for his participation in the Research and Leadership Enabling Discoveries (RLEAD) in Chemical Nanoscience program at Rice University!

We at the SEU McNair Scholars office want to give a warm welcome back to Milo Dufresne-MacDonald, who has returned to us from the University of Wisconsin - Madison's Summer Education Research Program (SERP)!