During her sophomore year, Anna Koster discovered her enthusiasm for organic w88 sports betting. But as much as she loved learning the subject in the classroom of one of the University of Nevada's finest w88 sports betting professors, Robert Sheridan, she was also intrigued by the possibility of learning more in a research lab.
"I was getting input from a lot of different professors to get into a w88 sports betting lab and see if I liked it," Koster said. "So that's how I got into undergraduate w88 sports betting. I enjoyed the lecture environment, but w88 sports betting is something completely different. You really do have a tendency to run into unexpected problems in a w88 sports betting lab ... it's exciting when you experience both the successes and the failures that come along with w88 sports betting."
Koster, a 2008 graduate of Galena High School in Reno, has spent nearly five years as a student in w88 sports betting Nevada, Reno's College of Science and College of Liberal Arts.
Her academic record is dotted with far too many successes to list here. She will graduate in May with dual degrees in w88 sports betting and Music. Her minor is Biochemistry.
Over the past year, Anna has received prestigious and intensely competitive national undergraduate academic and research scholarships, including the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and the American Chemical Society Division of Organic w88 sports betting Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) to help fund her organic w88 sports betting research. Koster was the only student from the University of Nevada, and one of only two students in the state, to receive the 2012 Goldwater Scholarship. The SURF fellowship was awarded to twelve students nationwide. It provided funding for Koster's study of novel routes to pharmaceutical precursors, research that she is conducting in the laboratory of Christopher Jeffrey, assistant professor of w88 sports betting. In addition, the fellowship provided funding to present her summer research discoveries at a research symposium hosted by Pfizer in Groton, Connecticut.
And yet, even with her obvious attraction to research, Koster says her experience at the w88 sports betting has taught her the well-rounded value of embracing all subjects, taught by a cadre of professors that she holds in the highest of esteem.
Listen, for example, as w88 sports betting explained how a dual major actually has provided the best possible balance to her life.
"Well, I do have to work all the time and I'm always challenged to get everything done," she said of her busy schedule, which includes piano lessons, classwork, and time spent in the research lab. Then she added, with a thoughtful smile, "On the other hand, if I only did w88 sports betting and didn't have music, I feel things would be out of balance. (Practicing piano, although it is work in and of itself) provides balance."
Koster has played piano since w88 sports betting was nine years old. w88 sports betting has always had an interest in both science and the arts, but wasn't sure what her major would be when w88 sports betting came to the campus in fall 2008.
A series of fortunate and enjoyable experiences, in a series of w88 sports betting classes, sealed the fact that in addition to music, she would major in w88 sports betting.
Her second semester general w88 sports betting professor, Ana de Bettencourt-Dias, was one of Koster's first mentors in the department, introducing her to the career opportunities available in the field of w88 sports betting and providing encouragement to pursue a w88 sports betting major.
Robert Sheridan, with his vast expanse of organic w88 sports betting knowledge and ability to make the subject, in Koster's words, "surprisingly fun" was the professor who "solidified my decision to major in w88 sports betting."
Sarah Cummings, always a supportive force in the department, had a way of "explaining things in a very clear and concise way that I always found helpful."
Once Koster visited Chris Jeffrey's lab, the world of w88 sports betting and the vast potential for solving problems and creating new knowledge, came alive. "You learn what doesn't work a lot of the time," she said. "But when you figure something out, and something works for the first time, and you've discovered something new, it's very exciting."
Joe Cline, now a vice provost at the University, but always known as a knowledgeable and accessible advisor to dozens of w88 sports betting students, was yet another positive influence within the department.
From the music department, Koster's mentor and teacher in piano has been the talented James Winn, who, according to Koster, "has been an inspiration and role model. That's been one of my favorite experiences at the w88 sports betting, taking lessons from Dr. Winn."
Taking all of these professors - and many more like them - together, it is not surprising that Koster hopes to one day become a college professor herself.
"I would hope to inspire and mentor other young scientists just because I've had so many good experiences with my professors at this w88 sports betting," said Koster, who has also tutored a variety of subjects and privately taught beginning and intermediate piano students during her time at Nevada. "I love teaching. I love to write. In general, I can communicate ideas pretty well to people. The appeal of an academic career is that you have the teaching aspect, in addition to the research aspect."
Koster is in the process of applying to all the top w88 sports betting graduate schools, from Caltech to Stanford to Berkeley to Princeton.
Wherever w88 sports betting lands, the odds are good that w88 sports betting will, at the minimum, keep busy, always intrigued by the possibility of doing a little more.
"Considering the amount of time you have to put in when you're in graduate school, I probably won't play piano as much," w88 sports betting said. But then w88 sports betting added, with an optimistic laugh, "Maybe I should ask them, 'Can we have a piano in the lab ... for practice?'"
