As sort of a corallary to the avoidance thread, recommendations for *good* proffs should go here, less griping i suppose and possibly more helpful.

My recommendations-

CSC Dept:
116/216 - Miller or Schwartz.
246 - Miller
226 - Bitzer

316- Lester (some people didnt like him, but I did. there are other threads about him though where I"ve posted).
405- Sammie Carter - fucking awesome class to boot.

Math Dept:
Dr. Scroggs for Calc 2. Head of undergraduate math (or was, think still is).
305- Langville

ECE 206- G. Byrd

PE103- Charles.

12/14/2005 11:04:13 PM

College of textiles:
banks-lee - TT 221, and 321?? i don't know what all she teaches, but it's got to be more than that
barker - misc undergrad, but he's mostly a grad prof

12/14/2005 11:09:31 PM

BUS Profs

BUS 370 - FAVRE: he's awesome, nice, will help anytime
BUS 360 - GOONER: he's funny, and requires no extra work other than tests

ACC Profs

ACC 210 - P. SCOTT: very kind, explains things very well

12/14/2005 11:14:20 PM

MA242 - Chu - Smart guy, funny, has a bit of an accent, but overall I learned a lot in his class.

ENG221 - Kellner - He made english class interesting, and he grades pretty darn generously.

PY208 - Risley - Good teacher. This class should be easier than other physics classes, easier to learn, easier to test (easier all around).

12/14/2005 11:23:01 PM

ma242 stitzinger- ask anyone thats had him, hes the man

12/15/2005 2:08:45 AM

jesseph for ancient & medieval philosophy, kellner for western lit

12/15/2005 2:47:12 AM

Hong or ThePitts for any math class. I don't think ThePitts is a professor (at least he wasn't when he taught my class) but he was a good guy. Also, Neyhart for chemistry.

12/15/2005 7:24:18 AM

Paddy Taylor taught me Calc1. He deserves a medal. I'm always seeing him in the lab helping students out, and he's completely approachable. Great, helpful personality. I saw one student approach him w/ a question on maple lab "Sir, I-I'm sorry, i just cant figure this, out, will you please help".. to which he replied, "You should NEVER be sorry to ask me or any other professor for help, because it is our job to help you learn this."


Another great teacher, M. McCollum. She taught MA241 to me. She's an absolute sweetheart, knows the material very well, and provides useful ways of helping remember it.

12/15/2005 9:52:25 AM

I agree, Paddy was awesome, I had him for MA341

12/15/2005 12:36:34 PM

BUS 335- Gilley, easy A+

12/15/2005 12:46:59 PM

oh, yeah, april alston for whatever math she's teaching these days

i told her after my exam that it would be a damn shame if she did something than other than teach...she's so excellent!

12/15/2005 12:47:41 PM

PS:
Figgins
Cobb

Horticulture:
Lane

Econ.:
Marinakas

12/15/2005 1:29:58 PM

HI 207 -- Parker

Really nice. He knows his stuff and has lots of good stories. But he will work you to death for a 200 level class.


HI 321 -- Sylla

ONLY IF YOU REALLY LOVE THE MATERIAL. Otherwise, the class and the professor will be incredibly boring. Fortunately I did love the material. She's likes students who can present their own opinion of things as long as they can support them.


ECE 212 -- Bradley

I dunno if he's gonna be teaching much longer. He's retired from IBM. Great stories, he knows the stuff, and tells corny jokes that you can't help but laugh at.


MUS 306 -- Waschka

You will listen to some strange stuff in this class. But it's a lot of fun, and he's really nice. Fun project at the end of the semester.


CE 214 -- Parish

All around good professor. Competent at teaching clearly, fair, cares about the students, entertaining in lectures, etc. All the qualities that matter.


ECE 302 -- Yu

I'll put it this way: I got a B in 302. She's a miracle worker.


PE 102 -- Winslow

Enthusiastic about the class, but won't kill you if you don't share in his enthusiasm.


ECE 402 -- Hughes

Another all around good professor. The only one I've ever had to use Power Point effectively. Has a great background in the material, cares about his students, is fair, and occasionally entertaining (like Hillary Duff....?).

ECE 303 -- Lazzi

He makes the class fairly interesting. Pretty much does the homework for you in class. HARD tests.

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12/15/2005 1:32:17 PM

HI 207, 404, 405, 406

Dr. S. T. Parker

12/15/2005 1:40:26 PM

MB 411, also teaches MB 455 and MB 351
Dr. G LUGINBUHL

Ch 223
Dr. Sandberg

PY 2..
Dr. Patty

12/15/2005 1:45:01 PM

^you failed all 3 of those classes

12/15/2005 1:48:19 PM

yeah, but they were still great teachers

12/15/2005 1:55:31 PM

EC 201 - Craig

12/15/2005 6:08:03 PM

ECE Dept:
Conte

That is about it.

12/15/2005 6:19:34 PM

ENG - Kochersberger, Cockshutt
COM - Elderkin
MA - Lada
SOC - Heald

12/15/2005 6:59:29 PM

Oh yeah, Dr. Thompsons ST435 was good

12/15/2005 7:02:15 PM

CSC:
Miller
Lasher
Bitzer
Williams, L

EC:
McElroy
Palmquist

MA:
Langville

ENG:
Lisk (take him soon, he's not going to be teaching much longer)

12/18/2005 4:38:28 PM

Is Lisk retiring?

I had him for Intro to News and Article Writing a couple years ago.

12/19/2005 12:47:38 PM

I'll second:

MA 241/242 - Stitzinger- I remember seeing that name, I think that's who I had (tall, thin man, very easy going)

My list:

ACC:
- Chen (420): He seemed kinda hardass at first, but after the first week or two he softened up; extremely courteous, prompt feedback (and calls back if you call his office in serious need of something), easy to talk to.
- Carraway (210): Again, nice, common-sense kinda guy. Easy to listen to, easy to talk to. Prompt grading.


-- I'm going to DISAGREE STRONGLY on SCOTT. I'll spare the story, but I found her to be bitchy.


BUS
- Favre (370, 495): Very approachable, very common sense, always there to help as long as he thinks you're trying
- Sloan (320): Amusing to listen to - his stories help the class go by faster and help you understand the material

CH:
- Gorman (221/223): He doesn't really give a shit about any of the students outside of class, but he does make sure his TA's grade fast and fair including partial credit and he's open to any questions in class .. as long as he doesn't think you were sleeping.

CHE
- Genzer (205): He has a heavy accent, but he's a VERY nice man and willing to help students. He doesn't act like it's beneath him like some do.
- Bullard (any): I asked her to be my advisor because my real advisor was an ass. She's particularly helpful to other women in engineering

COM
- Kenny (112): short and amusing He makes an otherwise boring class fun ... and since it fills a requirement, you might as well not hate yourself the whole time you're taking it.

12/19/2005 5:38:32 PM

Quote :

"I'm going to DISAGREE STRONGLY on SCOTT. I'll spare the story, but I found her to be bitchy."

She has a very unique persona when not in her classroom...she's very "short" and will barely say "Hello" if I'm passing by. In her classroom she's a completely different character...very kind and helpful.

12/19/2005 5:55:17 PM

dunno if some of these people are still at state:

ma - hong

chem - bumgardner

py - patty, hubisz

te - rust

che - genzer, khan, bullard, lamb, spontak, felder, hall, lim, velev

bus/mba - ball, bozarth, montoya-weiss

ie - trevino

flr - bilenkin

fls - salstad, vilches, k. villa-garcia

tech english - setzer

12/19/2005 6:02:05 PM

Quote :

"ECE 206- G. Byrd "

wow are you serious??

[Edited on December 19, 2005 at 6:13 PM. Reason : .]

12/19/2005 6:12:54 PM

ce- Tayebali
MA- stitzinger Mccollum
MEA- Kimberley
ENG 101- Chad Lewis
CH- Canelas

12/19/2005 6:19:25 PM

ECE 403 - DR. Bilbro

12/19/2005 6:34:02 PM

Quote :

"Dr. Patty"

Heh, he's still a doctoral student ... been in it for awhile now ... had him for Calc2 in Spring 2002.

Quote :

"Oh yeah, Dr. Thompsons ST435 was good"

If it was last year's, that b/c the Steelers had an awesome record that season

Can always try school tool; I've put a review of every instructor I've had in there.

12/19/2005 7:17:29 PM

Ok, I'll play.

MA: Lubkin, Griggs, Craig, Fulp

ECE: Byrd, Ozturk (Hatice), Hughes, Alexander, Snyder. At least one of those profs will be unavoidable for any ECE Student.

PS: Figgins and Cobb. They rock.

ST: Thompson and Lee. The former is cooler than the latter, but they're both good none the less.

I think that's about all i've had.

[Edited on December 19, 2005 at 8:17 PM. Reason : ST]

12/19/2005 8:16:37 PM

PHI - Matt Hettche

He was quick to repond to any questions I had and was always friendly. I had no problem receiving an extension for my course project that I'd fallen behind on. He was by far the best prof. I had this past semester.

12/19/2005 11:16:09 PM

Quote :

"Is Lisk retiring? I had him for Intro to News and Article Writing a couple years ago."

I believe so. I got the impression that the class I had with him this last summer was going to be one of his last classes.

12/20/2005 9:13:15 AM

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Quote :

"Quote : "Dr. Patty" Heh, he's still a doctoral student ... been in it for awhile now ... had him for Calc2 in Spring 2002 "

i think he was talking about the old dr. patty in the physics dept.

12/20/2005 10:38:46 AM

ma - langville
py - lee
organic chem - novak
chem - hendrickson
mae - buckner
sts - kriesburg

12/20/2005 10:46:35 AM