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SPRINGFeaturesVOLUME 33 • NUMBER 1 • 201824 Spotlighting Our EldersThe Council ofElders is anAISES mainstayBY KIMBERLY DURMENT LOCKE16 TheTop50STEMWorkplacesThese organizations are setting the standard for Native American STEM professionalsCouncil of Elders members ground the organization in tradition and provide guidance to the entire AISES family.In Every Issue2 Lookingaheadat AISES and much more4 AISES-relatednews and updatesAISES PEOPLE“As soon as Igot to Cal Poly, I found the Multicultural Engineering Program, which includes AISES.” — Josef Sanchez, systems engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab p.10WELCOME FROM AISESCAREER BUILDERLAST WORDMichaelCharles shares his experience at the U.N. Climate Change ConferenceADVERTISER INDEXAISES NOTEBOOK30 Government,industry, 40 academia, and Indigenous enterprise opportunities35 Scholarships, programs, andinternshipsfor 41 students and professionalsPATHS IN EDUCATIONAlistingofadvertisers in this issue8 MeetourmembersCOVER: Anuhea Parker photographed in Maunalua Bay, where she researches the growth of Halophila hawaiiana (native seagrass); photo by Tracy Wright-Corvoaises.org SPRING2018•WINDSOFCHANGE 1“It was so inspiring to be surrounded [at the AISES National Conference] by thousands of people of color and Native people who were succeeding in ways I didn’t know were possible.”— Christina Uh, University of Idaho graduate student, p. 34COURTESY OF LT. COL. LAWRENCE YAZZIE (MAIN); JUSTIN COX PHOTOGRAPHY (ELDERS); BERIT BLAND (SANCHEZ)