Pathways to a Career in Biology

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Heres a bunch of symbols that might come in
handy. Copy from here and paste on the main
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Pathways to a Career in Biology
First Name, Last Name
Present position, or title
Division of Biological Sciences, The University
of Montana
PATHWAY PIECES remember you can stretch, skew,
rotate and flip these to make them fit
Early Interests in Biology How did you get
interested in Biology?
Picture featuring early interest
Education Where did you go to school, what
degrees did you get? Was your
schooling separated by a job or other career
path? Then duplicate this box and put in
schooling again later on.
Picture of yourself as an undergrad/ as a grad?
Picture of where you went to school? Or
picture of an area of interest for Masters or
Doctorate?
Early Career Title of Job out of school that
started you down your path Give a little
explanation. What got you going?
ROAD SIGNS
Picture featuring that Early job, research, Or
interest

• Influential Experiences
• Did you live somewhere else?
• Did a certain habitat, question, or organism
  capture your imagination?
• Did someone influence you to choose your path?
• Did you take any tangents or side paths before
  you got to where you are now?

METAPHORS
Current Job and Interests What do you do
now? Where do your interests lie?
Picture featuring Job/ research, interest