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BYRON


 Byron has been in New Zealand conducting scientific research since June. He applied for and received a grant from UNH’s International Research Opportunities Program (IROP) to study the effects of UV radiation on sea urchin embryos. Byron will return to UNH in January to complete his bachelor's degree and to contemplate his future plans. Options at this point include pursuing a postgraduate degree in the U.S. or abroad; participate in a research project in the Antarctic; or sail as an Assistant Scientist for the Sea Education Association's SEA Semester.

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SUCCESS

To me success in school was never A’s. It didn’t matter to me what the grades were, I just wanted to put all that I could into it and feel that I was okay with the grade that I got. I don’t measure my success on my gpa.   

Someone saying to me you can’t do that doesn’t matter to me. Maybe I can’t do it the way they think I should do it. What I need to figure out is how to make it work for me.  So the no you can’t do this really doesn’t have much of an effect on me.

The way I handle my college career and my life, is really like how I was brought up. If there is something that I want, I have to work for it. The $1500 I had saved up from summer work, I spent on going to sea for a class with the Sea Education Association. I put every penny I had towards it. I know what it means to work for something.