While many ecologists have figured out how to succeed as an ecological scientist, it is not always intuitive how to spread that expertise to scientists from younger generations. This session will examine the pitfalls and means of success for faculty/researchers (and future-faculty) across different institutions to bring students into the scientific process from start to finish. There is no manual for how to work with undergraduates toward a publishable goal, whether in a one-on-one lab mentorship setting, an REU, or having a course of students collect and analyze data for future publication. This session will explore the many ways of building successful partnerships with undergraduates, mentoring practices, obstacles to overcome, and bringing student-faculty research to the publishing stage.