All students need to know over a cup of Joe
Natalie Albanese
Issue date: 12/6/07 Section: News
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What is the next step?
Does this job actually fit with my major?
I have no idea what I am doing!
Do any of these comments sound familiar?
Being confused about the future can be a frustrating issue for any NDNU student. The School of Business and Management recognizes this and is offering their support.
Within the different schools, professors have created several opportunities for students to learn outside of the classroom. The sociology department has its charitable events, like the recent Thanksgiving in the Park, and the art department has had gallery openings for their students.
For the School of Business and Management, the newest endeavor is inviting Notre Dame students to have a cup of coffee with their professors.
"Have a Cup of Coffee with Your Professor" literally means what it says: students are able to sit down with a professor at the Tabard Inn and have a completely relaxed conversation.
This time, everything the teacher says will not be on a quiz. Finding out what it means to go to grad school or choosing the right internships are on a long list of the questions asked.
However the essential question, according to Dr. James Fogal the dean of business and management, is: "What do I want to be when I grow up?"
"We want to bridge that gap between the 'book-knowledge' and the real world," said Fogal who has commented that both the students and teachers become too busy for any meaningful conversations, especially during normal class time.
"Its pretty one way… our conversation is all geared around that course".
And when the class is over, many students and teachers are quickly out the door.
Dr. Jim Kelley of the NDNU business school was the creator of "Coffee with Your Professor" program.
He said that most of his inspiration came from his first years at NDNU. Normally half a dozen of his students would stay after class to ask questions and have a conversation as a group.
"I wanted to find something where the students would not be scared of me."
Kelley said he believes that since Notre Dame has a small school setting that both students and teachers should get to know each other.
"If you have the right venue, the right forum, it creates these types of conversations," where there is an invested interest for both parties according to Kelley.
Both Fogal and Kelley believe that the program has been a success so far and there is great promise for next semester.
If any student from the school of business is interested, feel free to stop by at Tabard on every first Tuesday of the month, tentatively from 2: 30 to 4 p.m.
Does this job actually fit with my major?
I have no idea what I am doing!
Do any of these comments sound familiar?
Being confused about the future can be a frustrating issue for any NDNU student. The School of Business and Management recognizes this and is offering their support.
Within the different schools, professors have created several opportunities for students to learn outside of the classroom. The sociology department has its charitable events, like the recent Thanksgiving in the Park, and the art department has had gallery openings for their students.
For the School of Business and Management, the newest endeavor is inviting Notre Dame students to have a cup of coffee with their professors.
"Have a Cup of Coffee with Your Professor" literally means what it says: students are able to sit down with a professor at the Tabard Inn and have a completely relaxed conversation.
This time, everything the teacher says will not be on a quiz. Finding out what it means to go to grad school or choosing the right internships are on a long list of the questions asked.
However the essential question, according to Dr. James Fogal the dean of business and management, is: "What do I want to be when I grow up?"
"We want to bridge that gap between the 'book-knowledge' and the real world," said Fogal who has commented that both the students and teachers become too busy for any meaningful conversations, especially during normal class time.
"Its pretty one way… our conversation is all geared around that course".
And when the class is over, many students and teachers are quickly out the door.
Dr. Jim Kelley of the NDNU business school was the creator of "Coffee with Your Professor" program.
He said that most of his inspiration came from his first years at NDNU. Normally half a dozen of his students would stay after class to ask questions and have a conversation as a group.
"I wanted to find something where the students would not be scared of me."
Kelley said he believes that since Notre Dame has a small school setting that both students and teachers should get to know each other.
"If you have the right venue, the right forum, it creates these types of conversations," where there is an invested interest for both parties according to Kelley.
Both Fogal and Kelley believe that the program has been a success so far and there is great promise for next semester.
If any student from the school of business is interested, feel free to stop by at Tabard on every first Tuesday of the month, tentatively from 2: 30 to 4 p.m.
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