The Ronald E. McNair Program at Georgia State University held its fall orientation on August 26, 2008. The purpose of the orientation was to introduce the McNair program to students that might not be unaware of the McNair program and its benefits and purpose. The orientation was attended by more than 30 GSU undergraduates.
The orientation begun with an icebreaker which was led the director of the McNair program, Mr. Curtis Byrd. He posed questions to the perspective scholars to find out if they had any prior knowledge about Dr. Ronald E. McNair and the Trio programs. “Tokens of appreciation” were given to the students that answered the questions correct.
The bulk of the program consisted of a presentation that was given by Mr. Byrd to inform the students about the McNair program and what it could do for them in terms of preparing them for graduate education.
The orientation concluded with the current McNair scholars giving testimonials of their experiences in the McNair program to the perspective scholars.
