Student Conversation Summaries
November 14, 2006
Campus Recreation Center, Lower Fitness Room—3:30 pm
Facilitators: Michele Tyson and Jordon Odo
Synthesize Our Strengths
- Being connected (opportunities)
- Interaction with other students that may not always be a natural connection
- Give back to campus community (helping other students)
- Obvious that staff care/value student success
- Civic action
- Made shift from high school (academic challenge, campus involvement)
See the Future
- More school pride (more students connecting)
- Every student feels like they belong
- Including, adult students, commuting students, students living off-campus
- Small class sizes
- Offer enough classes for every student
- More full-time faculty
- Well-educated faculty (PhD)
- Focus on academics
- Including, higher expectations from faculty
- Writing
- Keep close connections with other students – increased opportunity – more opportunity
- Personal pride
- Learning clusters
- Easier registration process
- Family/ “cheers” – stay small
- Staff is helpful
- Day care center (use as a hands-on experience for elementary ed students)
- Scholarship opportunities (merit based)
- Diversity, stability, awareness
- All around university – not just business and education majors
- Variety of majors
- Keep things well rounded
- Ability to get involved as a freshman
- No more parking lots
- Garages
- Keep neat buildings
- Physical familiarity
- Campus support for all – not just sports, include jazz band, arts, students involved in a number of activities
- Better communication
- Advertisement for campus events
Find Ways to Get there
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- More student support services
- More learning communities
- Increased connectedness
- Recognize them
- Water usage