Last year, the Women's Diversity Working Group named seven employees to receive its inaugural Career Development Mentor Awards. The advent of the Internet has put the world a computer keystroke or one hyperlink away. But for school age children especially, it has also meant having to learn new research and study methods. Communicators, were good programs, but they were fairly limited in ways students could participate. We're reaching far more students directly with this program than we had in the past.
Assignments can range from designing a science project to developing a personal career plan.
The request for proposal must be for a science-related project they can do at their school, and must involve mentoring younger students at the school, Jacobs explained. And, students can use their newfound research skills on a specific project. Jacobs said the request for proposal is juried by a group of Laboratory scientists, program coordinators and local educators. The program funding comes from the Department of Energy, Jacobs said. Sandoval Back to top Lab highlighted in the news Laboratory employees and their research, and Lab programs and projects are highlighted in several recent newspaper, journal and news magazine articles.