 Hogan says she's proof that students of all backgrounds can flourish in grad school
BOZEMAN, February 1, 2010 - When Shelly Hogan first came to Montana State University as a student 17 years ago, she never imagined herself as a scholar.
"I was a first-generation college student and from a lower income Montana family and really believed that the outstandingly scholastic and privileged students were the ones who went on to earn Ph.D.s," said Hogan from her office in Montana Hall.
Yet, Hogan did recently earn a doctorate -- hers is in food science from Virginia Tech -- and is now helping other bright MSU undergraduate students from underrepresented backgrounds earn graduate degrees.
Hogan is the new director of the MSU McNair Scholars Program, a support program that serves low income, first-generation college students as well as students from minority backgrounds who intend to go on to graduate school. more |
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