presentation slides - College of Engineering

Unyielding Persister• Brian, a male petroleum engineering major:During his second year, he indicated that he wasvery committed to getting a degree in engineering.He pointed to the number of times that he had toretake some of his courses, and his insistence that“I will stay here as many years as I have to, to getmy petroleum degree”, as testimony to hispersistence. In the end, he declared, “if I wasn’tcommitted then I wouldn’t be here”.