About Us

We are recruiting!

Program Details

Students, you are eligible to apply to the BET McNair Program if you are:
  • First-generation, low income, and have a cumulative GPA of at least 2.8
First-generation = Neither or your parents or caretaker(s) completed college.
Low-income = You do not live with, or you are financially independent from your parent(s) or caretaker(s) (i.e., you file your taxes separate from your parent(s)/caretaker(s)), and you meet the federal government's designation for low income. Check these  to determine if you meet the low income criteria. "Family unit" is 1 if you live by yourself or with roommates, 2 if you live with your domestic partner or marriage partner, 3+ if you live with your domestic partner or marriage partner and have dependents.

  • Being a part of a supportive learning community
  • One-to-one relationship with faculty mentor and discipline advisor
  • Connections with goal-oriented students with a similar background
  • Workshops, courses, and seminars on topics related to graduate school preparation
  • A paid summer research experience under the guidance of a faculty mentor
  • Opportunities to present research at national conferences
  • Assistance in securing admission and financial aid for enrollment in graduate programs
  • Tutoring
  • Academic and career counseling

Students, to let us know you're interested in learning more about our program, please fill out the . Based on meeting eligibility requirements you will be invited to fill out an application.

Contact Information 

Email: betmcnair@csueastbay.edu 

Phone: 510-885-4243 

Office: Student and Faculty (SF) 122

 

B.E.T McNair Student Support Team:

Dr. Jenny O, Principal Investigator & Program Director (Professor, Department of Kinesiology)

Amy Marshall, Program Coordinator (ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ alumna; Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences '22)

Atharva Sompura, Technical and Logistics Lead (Student Assistant; Undergraduate student in Cell & Molecular Biology)

Ian Mead, Communications & Operations Specialist (Student Assistant; Undergraduate student in Computer Science)

Leilani (Aziza) Randolph, Administrative and Learning Specialist (Student Assistant; Undergraduate student in Kinesiology)