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| Figure1. I look so tired in this picture, and it was posted on the website. Here's a link to view other peoples picture on the website. I think I saw Jose's Pic |
I finished my poster last Friday on
the first day of March, and started it the day before on Thursday. The second
day working on my poster was for modifications and changing of the format
style. Although I didn’t get the nice glossy thick paper like the other
students poster, I had my poster printed out in Student Union on regular paper.
The reason for my low grade paper texture was my failure to turn my rough draft
on time for peer review. On the other hand, it was free of charge thanks to an
office coordinator of the Student Life
and Leadership.
Prior
to attending the conference for my poster presentation, I had been nervous the
whole month the application had been submitted online. When I got there, it was
simple. I thought, for example, that I would present on stage with my poster
followed by a speech. I admit that I learned a lot from this experience before
and after the ASU student research conference of More Graduate Education at Mountain States Alliance (MGE@MSA). The
first lesson learned is always be prepared for the unexpected and identify the
highest priority. I should have been more organized in prioritizing my
assignments on my agenda. Second, never use obstacles in life as an excuse for
failure. The realization is that I do have a family, school, and internship,
but my determination can exceed further and I can work harder. Thirdly, I should
have not judge the event without having prior conference experience. This
student research conference was, for instance, my first experience. Overall,
the atmosphere of determined, intelligent, and science related college students
of undergraduates and doctorate’s was interesting. I glanced at a few posters,
and had a judge give advice on some helpful tips on my continued research.
Moreover, they had pretty decent lunches during the lunch hour and breakfast. I
really enjoyed the humorous ASU instructor remarks about “Why it’s important to
pursue higher education?” I liked his story about how he grew up in a bad part
of New York, and now he has a family to support that he couldn’t have dreamed about
due, in part, to his father’s pushing mentor ways. The most hardest thing I found hard at the conference was the post registration of obtaining the Certificate of Participation.
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| Figure 2. This picture shows similar details of the long lines and post registration of last years conference. |
I
have a question for my fellow colleagues of the STEM Scholar program. Have you
taken that psychological test online that one of the speakers had on the Power Point
of your true intentions in academic school work? Basically, if your smart or do
you act like it?
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