Scholarship
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disabilities through observation of
play. Blount’s hours of observation
are part of an extensive summer
long research project, which is a
key component of the MSP.
Blount’s presentation to sympo
sium attendees will provide back
ground on two types of play —
parallel and solitary — and the
possible existing differences. She
will provide data analysis based
upon field notes, identify appar
ent themes, address limitations
and provide recommendations.
“I’m really excited to be able to
show what I have found and pres
ent my work to a panel of individ
uals that can ask questions and
provide feedback,” Blount said.
This is the University’s first year
to engage in the program, putting
it among 135 participating institu
tions nationwide.
♦ The purpose is to engage stu
dents in original research projects,
[while] working with faculty men
tors,” MSP Coordinator Gail Un
ruh said.
The program is named for
Ronald E. McNair, the second
African-American to fly into space
and one of six crew members
aboard the ill-fated space shuttle
Challenger, which exploded into
a fireball shortly after its lift-off on
Jan. 28,1986. Born into poverty in
South Carolina in 1950, McNair
became valedictorian of his high
school, continuing his education
into college and eventually earn
ing a Ph.D. from MIT in 1976.
The selective program is limit
ed to 20 University students per
academic year, with admissions
based upon academic achieve
ment, aspirations, commitment
and recommendations.
In order to be eligible, students
must be low-income and among
the first generation in their fami
lies to complete a bachelor’s de
gree, or from groups underrepre
sented in graduate education.
As a McNair scholar, Elizabeth
Rodrigues has spent her summer
researching the reorganization of
the nervous system at insect meta
morphosis.
“I always knew I wanted to go to
school beyond college,” said Ro
drigues, a senior in biology at the
Robert D. Clark Honors College.
“But it seemed completely intan
gible. What do you do to get there?
It was this ethereal thing. ”
But for Rodrigues, involvement
in MSP has made the ethereal tan
gible, providing insight into the
skills necessary for grad school
while also guiding her through the
process.
“One of the main things is the
lab experience, which is really key
for graduate school,” she said, “it
is helping to introduce me to the
environment and how to set up re
search study and analyze the
whole procedure. This will pre
pare me for what grad school is all
about.”
The McNair Scholars
Program
Each scholar receives a $2,400
stipend disbursed in $800 month
ly increments.
The University’s prime recruit
ment effort for MSP will take place
in the fall, prior to the Nov. 1 ap
plication deacyine.
For more information contact the
McNair Scholars Program through
Academic Learning Services at
346-3226 or visit the McNair Web
site at
www.darkwing.uoregon.edu/~als
/mcnair/mcnair.htm
SOURCE: The McNair Scholars Program
Ideally, students should apply
for the program during their soph
omore year, Unruh said, which al
lows them to spend their junior
year in preparation for the re
search project which typically
culminates during the summer be
tween junior and senior year.
However, he stressed that stu
dents who are juniors or seniors
shouldn’t automatically count
themselves out, thinking it’s too
late. The key is the ability and
willingness to carry out the re
search project and communicate
with faculty mentors.
“If the desire to do that exists,
come and check us out to see if the
structures and demands fit in with
the individual student’s goals and
efforts,” Unruh said.
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“This year the event will be
more inclusive,” JSO assistant
public relations director Aaron
Ernst said. “It will look at all con
flict in general to show that there
In our new mission
statement, we have stat
ed that we want to in
clude more cross-cultural
relationships, not only
Japanese.
Shigeo Murao
JSO co-director
is no one correct side in conflict,
there is never a real hero in war.”
This year’s more expansive
theme not only reflects the hope
for all cultures to understand the
effects of war, but it also reflects
the goals of the JSO.
“In our new mission statement
we have stated that we want to in
clude more cross-cultural rela
tionships, not only Japanese,”
Murao said. “This event of War
and Peace includes many other
countries.”
Event coordinators say they are
hopeful about the numbers of
people who will attend.
“We are trying to get as many
people involved as possible,” Mu
rao said.
The actual ceremony will take
place Thursday at 8:30 p.m. in the
EMU Amphitheater. University
International professor Rob
Proudfoot will speak at the event.
The finale will be a special film ti
tled “War and Peace,” which will
be projected on two 12x12 foot
screens.
“The video will show various
images of war,” Ernst said. “While
the images are fairly graphic they
are a realistic portrayal of war that
will then be contrasted with the
hope for peace.”
Displays and exhibitions high
lighting the atrocities of war will
be open for public viewing and
comment from 11 a.m. to 4:30
p.m., Aug. 2-3 and Aug. 7-8 at the
EMU Amphitheater.
For more information or ques
tions contact the Japanese Stu
dent Organization at 346-4389.
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