Within the past few weeks, I've received two letters that could, ostensibly, forever alter my academic path — or, at the very least, determine whether I'll be battling heat waves or hurricanes during the next four-odd years of my life.
Looking back on my academic path, I have come to realize that I did perform well in courses I never thought would even be accessible.
So once again I made a big turning point in my academic path and transferred to Florida State University in Tallahassee in 1993.
While the media monitoring was an exciting part of my traineeship given my academic path, I also thoroughly enjoyed carrying out other tasks related to the press department.
It is a reflection on maybe having a little more courage, but not truly making any changes, because they would have surely altered my path, the path that has led to where I am today.
Candace Browning: A key leadership milestone for me was making the decision to alter my career path from being a highly regarded 18-year US fundamental equity research analyst to pursuing new challenges as a member of Merrill Lynch Equity Research Management.
But learning of his death Monday afternoon affected me deeply because Champlin altered my career path.
This experience has been life changing for me, not only because it fulfilled my wish to get a closer look at the fields of neuroscience and neurosurgery, but because it has actually altered my path in unexpected and exciting ways.
The injury has altered my path, but it hasn't dimmed my spirit.
We've become two people traveling in opposite directions, and I've been trying so desperately to alter my path so that we can meet once again on common ground.
But hiking the PCT helped me learn to celebrate little accomplishments, and to take each day and each experiment one step at a time lessons that have served me well as I pursue my academic career path.
