Greatest professor you had while in school

[wxman1]

Philosophy with Joe Kupfer and Political Science with Dave Peterson. Neither are super easy, but both are very entertaining and humorous

I will agree with these. Had them both last semester.

I will also agree with those that said Dirk Deam, he challenged you to think which isn't fun but is very rewarding. He is also an engineer, pilot, and lawyer, oh and he has worked at NASA I believe.

Choobenith is okay, talks WAY too much about stocks and investing for an MIS class.

 

[CyForPresident]

I thought Brian Dewall's English 314 was pretty good when I took it 6-7 years ago.

He's full of **** IMO. He used to tell stories of when he was in the military that were complete fabrications. If that guy was in the military, I'm Tricky ****.

 

[G4Clones]

Dr. Mark Power. Best finance professor at ISU.

And take a look at his stache!

I never had a class with Mark Power but I met him at the ISU weight club in Beyer...one of the coolest guys you will ever meet.

Greenbow in chemistry was really good.

But I have to say that my favorite professor was Dr. Brian DeWall in the English department. I had never been pushed as hard to think critically about writing and how to effectively say it before taking his class.

Not to mention he is supposedly a former covert military guy with the scars to back it up. He said that he had a poorly-applied tooth filling which left a air pocket within his tooth. Then while he was paratrooping into a jungle, the change in air pressure caused he tooth to explode in his mouth and the shards went through his cheek...and he continued to fight the mission and he regained consciousness (that he lost due to the pain) and landed in the jungle under enemy fire.

The man was awesome to listen to and really knew his stuff

 

[wxman1]

I will also agree that Anne Clem is an awesome professor. Good stories, good teaching, and very nice.

I forget his name right now but he teaches business law (acct 215) former Ames mayor, he's a lawyer. Awesome guy, the best stories and obviously really knows what he's talking about. It was weird having a professor teach a class that he taught to my dad 30 years ago though.

 

[CyForPresident]

I never had a class with Mark Power but I met him at the ISU weight club in Beyer...one of the coolest guys you will ever meet.

Greenbow in chemistry was really good.

But I have to say that my favorite professor was Dr. Brian DeWall in the English department. I had never been pushed as hard to think critically about writing and how to effectively say it before taking his class.

Not to mention he is supposedly a former covert military guy with the scars to back it up. He said that he had a poorly-applied tooth filling which left a air pocket within his tooth. Then while he was paratrooping into a jungle, the change in air pressure caused he tooth to explode in his mouth and the shards went through his cheek...and he continued to fight the mission and he regained consciousness (that he lost due to the pain) and landed in the jungle under enemy fire.

The man was awesome to listen to and really knew his stuff

I just could never believe these stories. The stories may be true, but the guy is fat, wears a fedora, and has a 5 foot long pony tall. Not exactly bad *** material, even if it is 20 years later.

And I completely disagree about critical thinking in his class. That class was a joke. All it consisted of was two projects, one of which was to build a resume. Try a graduate class for critical thinking.

 

[G4Clones]

I just could never believe these stories. The stories may be true, but the guy is fat, wears a fedora, and has a 5 foot long pony tall. Not exactly bad *** material, even if it is 20 years later.

And I completely disagree about critical thinking in his class. That class was a joke. All it consisted of was two projects, one of which was to build a resume. Try a graduate class for critical thinking.

Did you take English 305 with him?...i don't remember the exact class number

Yes his stories were not something that you normally heard, but he told them like it had just happened yesterday with vivid detail. I am not saying that I know for sure that it did happen but I am not dismissing the possibility that it did.

Even if it didn't happen, you have to admit it was a pretty awesome story. And I took the class at 8 AM so I needed all the help staying focused that I could get.

As far as the class, it wasn't a joke if you put effort into it. I know that many recruiters at the career fair took notice to my resume that I had made in his class.

Take a graduate class? Please. I said critical thinking about writing. Trust me buddy I'm an engineer. I have done plenty of critical thinking in my engineering classes. But I had never applied critical thinking to writing before because I had never really thought that there was so much that should be considered before writing something. Really what it boils down to is you get what you put into it.

 

[cy4prez7]

Dirk Deam!!!
Dirk Deam!!!
Dirk Deam!!!

Always had fun in his class. He was so smart and I learned a lot. Highlight of my day last semester.

I will also second Achter. He is a GREAT Professor for the education courses. You can really see the passion that he has and it translates into his teaching. =)

 

[CtownCyclone]

I just could never believe these stories. The stories may be true, but the guy is fat, wears a fedora, and has a 5 foot long pony tall. Not exactly bad *** material, even if it is 20 years later.

And I completely disagree about critical thinking in his class. That class was a joke. All it consisted of was two projects, one of which was to build a resume. Try a graduate class for critical thinking.

Sounds like an accurate description of Jesse "The Body" Ventura.

 

[CyForPresident]

Did you take English 305 with him?...i don't remember the exact class number

Yes his stories were not something that you normally heard, but he told them like it had just happened yesterday with vivid detail. I am not saying that I know for sure that it did happen but I am not dismissing the possibility that it did.

Even if it didn't happen, you have to admit it was a pretty awesome story. And I took the class at 8 AM so I needed all the help staying focused that I could get.

As far as the class, it wasn't a joke if you put effort into it. I know that many recruiters at the career fair took notice to my resume that I had made in his class.

Take a graduate class? Please. I said critical thinking about writing. Trust me buddy I'm an engineer. I have done plenty of critical thinking in my engineering classes. But I had never applied critical thinking to writing before because I had never really thought that there was so much that should be considered before writing something. Really what it boils down to is you get what you put into it.

I took 314 with him and the guy is trained in Rheotric, story telling is his profession. He could have just read those stories online and repeated them to some gulible kids and used a childhood scare from falling out of Boo Radley's appletree to convince people. Not saying they are not great stories, but its a little unbelivable that that man had a bayonet stabbed through his hand while choking some other guy to death.

And I'm glad you got something out of his class, because it was a giant waste of time for me.

 

[BryceC]

Was Michie the guy that taught Brit Lit up until about... 2007ish and then quit? His wife taught at Iowa, and they lived in the middle between the two Universities?

I didn't know about his wife, but yes, he taught brit lit until about that time. He lives in Texas now and works for the state to help make educational policy.

 

[BryceC]

I am a little surprised at the Schmidt/Poli Sci 215 love. Not that I didn't like the guy, I just went to his class 4 times - first two days, midterm, final. I figured out right away he wrote the book and everything in his lecture was a repeat of the book and the book included bold face type for important things to note. I guess he's probably one of my favorites considering I went to his class four times and got a B+.

 

[Clone5]

I am a little surprised at the Schmidt/Poli Sci 215 love. Not that I didn't like the guy, I just went to his class 4 times - first two days, midterm, final. I figured out right away he wrote the book and everything in his lecture was a repeat of the book and the book included bold face type for important things to note. I guess he's probably one of my favorites considering I went to his class four times and got a B+.

Did you ever go to the review sessions? The TA would read the test to us and tell us the answers in order.

 

[TitanClone]

It's been a while, but is Michael Young the guy who doesn't make you buy a book? Just show up to class and take notes, then open note take home tests with significantly the same questions? If so I'll vote for him too. I had him for Calc 3 and Diff Eq and he was the bomb - learned a lot that I would've had no chance at with most of the teachers. I don't think his teaching style was widely appreciated it the Math Department though.

Bruce Munson teaching Fluid Mechanics was probably the best overall teacher I've ever had.

We had a book. He's young and african american if that helps.

 

[LutherBlue]

I am a little surprised at the Schmidt/Poli Sci 215 love. Not that I didn't like the guy, I just went to his class 4 times - first two days, midterm, final. I figured out right away he wrote the book and everything in his lecture was a repeat of the book and the book included bold face type for important things to note. I guess he's probably one of my favorites considering I went to his class four times and got a B+.

I took him for a class called Narco-Politics and another upper level class and he was great. Didn't take him for 215.

 

[LutherBlue]

I forget his name right now but he teaches business law (acct 215) former Ames mayor, he's a lawyer. Awesome guy, the best stories and obviously really knows what he's talking about. It was weird having a professor teach a class that he taught to my dad 30 years ago though.

I believe that's Larry Curtis.

 

[Cybone]

Steffan Schmidt - Poli Sci..I had him for several classes...enjoyed them all.
Kathleen Waggoner - Poli Sci...Again, I had her for two classes...I enjoyed and appreciated her straightforward lectures and often blunt approach to topics.
Joseph "C" Christensen - Music...All around a terrific educator. I wish ISU had some portion of the Music Hall named for him....

On a side note, I am glad you enjoyed History of Rock n Roll..I was the TA for Stuart before I graduated...fun subject. Just don't get him started on the Beatles...

 

[JP4CY]

And I completely disagree about critical thinking in his class. That class was a joke. All it consisted of was two projects, one of which was to build a resume. Try a graduate class for critical thinking.

The resume building in his class seriously did wonders for me.

Sounds like an accurate description of Jesse "The Body" Ventura.

Who was a pretty badass dude. Wasn't he a Navy SEAL?

 

[illinoiscyclone]

Rob....(can't remember his last name). Taught Micro 201L and was in the Marines I believe

Hubert! cant believe i forgot him. he is awesome

 

[illinoiscyclone]

also, if you thought greenbowe was good you'd have to love dr thomas barton. if it wasnt for the class he taught (chem 331) I'd think he would be one of the more highly liked professors here.

 

[linkshero]

I must have been lucky, but switching majors three times helped me get a bunch of the ones listed.

I had Curtis, Mack, and Choobinah and they were all above average. Choobinah would just miss my top 3.

The ironic thing is I can't seem to remember the names of my three favorite....and yet I can remember the names of some of my least favorite.

Was Boone the Design Prof that performed Fidiler on the Roof every semester? Someone may have mentioned him in this thread, he was very good.

I had an art professor, I think his name was Heggen? He was different than the others and a non conformist. He did not like Lohr and Felt, and the other profs. He hated the Design Building, and he never had people draw still life drawings, he said that was for posers.

By far my favorite was a Speech Prof that had tenure. He had no text, or tests. All he wanted from you was to show up for class, which half the time, he skipped. He talked about real world intelligence and wanted his students to expand their vocabulary. He graded based on quiz's he would pass out primarily on vocab words that he gave in his lecture.

It bums me that I don't have their names, I think I kept most of my grade slips, so I can probably figure it out.