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Whatever your working style, planning and time management have a definite place in your daily life in the lab.

Eleven tribal colleges have banded together to join the National Science Foundation-sponsored All Nations Alliance for Minority Participation (ANAMP) in order to help Native Americans train for careers in engineering.

"No doubt, over the long term, this can only favor cooperation at the scientific level." --Nicolas Boulanger

People sometimes overestimate the extent to which the conventional assumptions apply. Often, for example, managers assume they are more qualified than they really are to judge their employees' performance.

"Only the best and the brightest from around the world need apply..."

NAMSS, established at OSU in 1990 mainly for Native Americans, now provides an effective educational support system for African-American, Hispanic, and Asian-American students interested in STEM careers.

"Seek specifics. Ask your department chair what counts for tenure and what doesn't--and get it in writing."

"The difference in both the quantity and quality of work between an inspired and an uninspired undergraduate can make the difference between publishing and not publishing. "

I won't be confined by other people's notions of who I am and what I should do. I'm starting to feel free.

Authors of ambitious proposals often find their work dismissed by reviewers who use that very word--ambitious--as a criticism.

Every year the program scours the nation for eight talented students of color, who have at least a junior standing in college and who are pondering marine science careers.

"Scientists are always focused on experiments, gaining knowledge, but there is the human side that you need to be exposed to early on." -Anton Wutz

Whether you are starting classes at a community college or nearing completion of your associate degree, don't forget that many scientists, mathematicians, and engineers started their careers at two-year schools.

Students are on a journey to discover who they are and what they can become.