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WeedCyntist

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GOPCyclone said:
Not true. I had a handful who weren't fit to scrub crap off the inside of a dorm hall toilet. I won't name names, though I'd like to. I wrote a 5-page condemnation of one of my management professors one semester before the course evaluation. I'm sure the business college staff had fun using it to light their campfire or something. :eek: :mad: :realmad:
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I agree. Plenty of crappy profs. out there. Some need to have more day to day experience with the real world so that SOME can see their class is useless.
 
MissouriCyclone

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CyCrazy said:
Barb Osborn
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She's my advisor and she is awesome. Wrote her one time at like 11:30 at night expecting a response back in the morning, but got one back at like 1 am. Finished the paper and everything.

My favorite professor would have to be Lee Burras from Agronomy. Taught me the 260 class and by far one of the best teachers. I also like Jeff Iles from horticulture. Both of these teachers have something in common in that they don't use text books. They are your textbooks.
 
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Well I have only had a semester and 2 weeks here at ISU, but so far my favorite Professor is Josh Bernhard (Grad Student) for Stat 226. Really nice, explains stuff really well, and he is younger so it seems like he connects with the students better.

I had Mansbach last semester for Political Science 251. Extremely smart and usually kept class interesting. During one of his tests which happened to fall on initiation week for the frats, my friend had gotten 1 hour of sleep (class was at 9:30am) the night before and actually fell asleep during the test. Mansbach came over to him woke him up and gave him an answer. Earlier that week, that same friend came to class in a suit a little hungover and he was standing outside the door of the Food Sciences building drinking from a water bottle, Mansbach said to him "Starting a little early aren't ya?" LOL
 
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Amrit Tiwana. He wasnt the easiest, but he made his classes the most interesting classes i had at ISU. Unfortunately i think he's not at ISU anymore.
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Starbucks every day along with a "Good afternoon class"

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Eric Northway and Barbara Mack were both awesome. With Barbara Mack, it seemed like people either really loved her or really hated her. The latter were people that usually not willing to put in the time or effort into the class and were expecting to be handed high grades regardless.

But my favorite at ISU was Anne Clem.
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This.
 
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Northway (Religion) - for the fact that he an awesome person. Brews his own beer, goes fishing, tells great stories. Not to mention his class was fairly easy.

McCalley (EE) - Really made me learn my stuff. The type of professor that takes notes on the board instead of slides. Has probably 10 years of industry experience behind 10 years of being a professor.

Sly (Engineering Economics) - The guy was extremely smart, not to mention rich and successful (sold his first business for millions right out of college). Everyone should take a class with him, he knows his stuff when it comes to finances - time value of money, real estate, stocks and funds. Without him, I probably would have been pretty clueless in terms of personal finance and opportunities.
 
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Richard Kottman, History. I unknowingly ended up in one of his classes for an elective, but since I enjoyed History I thought it was a great class. The guy was arrogant and condescending and his classes were a lot of work. Exam questions could come from anywhere, including footnotes in the textbooks.

But he was a freakin' quote machine and pretty humorous if you bought into it. At dinner friends of mine who were also in the class would get a kick out of replaying his most outrageous quotes of the day.

Also got a kick out him referring to an ROTC student in our class as "our embroyonic General." The ROTC student was a good sport and handled himself well. Overall pretty entertaining. But I know about half the students hated him and a lot of them dropped after the first exam.
 
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CloneFan319 said:
I had Mansbach last semester for Political Science 251. Extremely smart and usually kept class interesting. During one of his tests which happened to fall on initiation week for the frats, my friend had gotten 1 hour of sleep (class was at 9:30am) the night before and actually fell asleep during the test. Mansbach came over to him woke him up and gave him an answer. Earlier that week, that same friend came to class in a suit a little hungover and he was standing outside the door of the Food Sciences building drinking from a water bottle, Mansbach said to him "Starting a little early aren't ya?" LOL
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That's funny. He's not as *******-ish as people think. Maybe a little misunderstood, but whatever. Even if you think he is...Let's see...PhD from Oxford, like 2 Fulbright Scholarships (Colin Powell only had 1), a few Marshall Scholarships, CIA, advisory staff to a president, foreign Diplomat, etc. Knows his **** like none other. IMO ISU is extremely lucky to have a guy like him teaching and doing research there.
 
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Tredici said:
McCalley (EE) - Really made me learn my stuff. The type of professor that takes notes on the board instead of slides. Has probably 10 years of industry experience behind 10 years of being a professor.

Sly (Engineering Economics) - The guy was extremely smart, not to mention rich and successful (sold his first business for millions right out of college). Everyone should take a class with him, he knows his stuff when it comes to finances - time value of money, real estate, stocks and funds. Without him, I probably would have been pretty clueless in terms of personal finance and opportunities.
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Agree on Sly, that guy is awesome. Is probably better at 'real world' advice then coursework.

never liked McCalley though, probably because I hate the power area though.
 
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Rob Wallace, bio 355. He's really passionate and he is super multi talented. He should be the dos equis guy.

also Rob Hubert? I forget exactly his name but he was my Micro lab professor.
 
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fwiw said:
Richard Kottman, History. I unknowingly ended up in one of his classes for an elective, but since I enjoyed History I thought it was a great class. The guy was arrogant and condescending and his classes were a lot of work. Exam questions could come from anywhere, including footnotes in the textbooks.

But he was a freakin' quote machine and pretty humorous if you bought into it. At dinner friends of mine who were also in the class would get a kick out of replaying his most outrageous quotes of the day.

Also got a kick out him referring to an ROTC student in our class as "our embroyonic General." The ROTC student was a good sport and handled himself well. Overall pretty entertaining. But I know about half the students hated him and a lot of them dropped after the first exam.
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I like to regale my students with a tale from the first exam I ever had with Kottman. That man was absolutely brutal, but it was awesome and memorable. The fact that he let nothing slide made you either strive to excel or quit.

In one way, kind of a Tim Floyd of history profs.
 
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CycloneErik said:
I like to regale my students with a tale from the first exam I ever had with Kottman. That man was absolutely brutal, but it was awesome and memorable. The fact that he let nothing slide made you either strive to excel or quit.

In one way, kind of a Tim Floyd of history profs.
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A salute to the great Kottman.
 
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