Recognizing the challenge inherent in helping students explore the career pathways that will ultimately shape their lives and impact their communities, this e-book is rooted in research and designed to enumerate key factors that maximize student success. The goal for this e-book is to provide you with insight into how students achieve success in STEM majors so that you can motivate your students to take advantage of professional development opportunities and stress their importance based on the research findings discovered by the Norfolk State University/Old Dominion University (NSU-ODU) team.