Comments on: Faculty Senate gets upset stomach over campus dining http://mainecampus.com/2009/09/24/faculty-senate-gets-upset-stomach-over-campus-dining/ The University of Maine student newspaper since 1875 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jess http://mainecampus.com/2009/09/24/faculty-senate-gets-upset-stomach-over-campus-dining/#comment-2936 Jess Fri, 25 Sep 2009 03:15:21 +0000 http://mainecampus.com/?p=3723331#comment-2936 In this article Robert Dana said, "We need to work on reaching out to them (students),” and he urges professors to watch for cues that students may be struggling to adjust academically or socially. Hmmmmm. I honestly do NOT believe, at all, that professors will take time out of their own schedules, to reach out to students who are at risk. I graduated with a degree in psychology. I also suffered from chronic depression throughout my education at UMaine. Never once did one single professor, in the PSYCHOLOGY department, take me aside to reach out to me (even when classes were misses, grades suffered, and other classes were dropped). Additionally, I only met with my advisor ONE TIME. All the other times she just left my Add/Drop slip BLANK, with her signature signed. I understand she was busy teaching her ONE class, supervising the department, and advising her Doctoral students, but undergraduate students deserve the very best education, as well. So, this was my experience. In all reality, professors will become too involved with their work, and personal lives. A majority of the professors will NOT take time out, to reach out to students. If the psychology professors never reached out during my 5 years at UMaine, other professors won't see the signs either. Or maybe they just don't care enough to see the signs. In this article Robert Dana said, “We need to work on reaching out to them (students),” and he urges professors to watch for cues that students may be struggling to adjust academically or socially.

Hmmmmm.

I honestly do NOT believe, at all, that professors will take time out of their own schedules, to reach out to students who are at risk.

I graduated with a degree in psychology. I also suffered from chronic depression throughout my education at UMaine. Never once did one single professor, in the PSYCHOLOGY department, take me aside to reach out to me (even when classes were misses, grades suffered, and other classes were dropped).

Additionally, I only met with my advisor ONE TIME. All the other times she just left my Add/Drop slip BLANK, with her signature signed. I understand she was busy teaching her ONE class, supervising the department, and advising her Doctoral students, but undergraduate students deserve the very best education, as well.

So, this was my experience.
In all reality, professors will become too involved with their work, and personal lives. A majority of the professors will NOT take time out, to reach out to students. If the psychology professors never reached out during my 5 years at UMaine, other professors won’t see the signs either. Or maybe they just don’t care enough to see the signs.

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