Named after Ronald McNair, an astronaut who died during the Space Shuttle Challenger Mission, the program is now among the many RU-Newark programs that open pathways to higher education for first-generation students. More here.

Rahshida Atkins remembers the hardships her mother endured while raising five children. But the Atkins matriarch is far from the only mother Rahshida Atkins, nursing doctorate alum and now an assistant professor at RU-Camden, watched overcome socioeconomic challenges. More here.