Nieshia Whittingham delivers McNair Scholar presentation at SUNY Oswego

2012 Sep 12

Nieshia Whittingham of Boston recently presented her research project at SUNY Oswego's 10th annual summer research presentations for the McNair Scholars program.

Whittingham, a recent graduate studying human development at Oswego, presented a project titled "Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Intimacy," prepared under the mentorship of Dr. Khym Debarros.

The Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program is a national program funded by the Department of Education that aims to increase the number of historically underrepresented students in graduate school, doctoral programs and the professoriate. Oswego receives more than $230,000 annually to support 26 talented juniors and seniors.

Admission to SUNY Oswego is competitive. U.S. News Media Group counts SUNY Oswego among the top public regional universities in the North for 2013, and the Princeton Review includes Oswego in its 2013 college guidebook "The Best Northeastern Colleges," as well as its 2013 list of "best value" colleges and universities nationally.

A 151-year-old comprehensive college in the State University of New York system, Oswego enrolls more than 8,000 students in its College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; School of Business; School of Communication, Media and the Arts; and School of Education.