Several Review Succeeding With Students Exercise


by Diana Pounds

Several faculty and staff have participated in "test runs" of 
the Succeeding With Students learning exercise. Their 
responses and suggestions helped organizers shape the 
learning exercise, which will be conducted campus-wide in 
November. Inside Iowa State recently asked some of the 
participants what they thought of the exercise. Several of 
their responses follow:

"I thought it was a great experience. I really enjoyed it and 
learned about things I thought I already knew. Communication 
among faculty, P&S people and merit staff is always useful. 
I've just got this inherent belief that bringing yourself up 
to date and increasing communication among people whose goals 
are pretty much the same has to be a good thing."

 -- Richard Seagrave, professor,  chemical engineering


"The sessions may bring a feeling of belonging and mutual 
interest to sectors of the community that may feel somewhat 
marginal at the moment, and it definitely will increase 
people's understanding of how the place operates as far as 
constraints and opportunities. I would urge that people be 
open-minded and look at this as an opportunity to try 
something new."

 -- John McKinney, AFSCME Local 870 chief steward, and 
custodian, facilities planning and management


"I liked the process a lot, because it was different and 
because I learned something. I gained a clearer view about 
why things happen the way they do, particularly decision 
making related to financing. I also appreciated the 
opportunity to be in a small group that was very diverse, 
basically a broad brush of the types of people who make up 
the university."

 -- Darlene Gluck, P&S Council president, and manager, IPRT 
facilities, engineering and safety


More comments will be included in the Oct. 13 issue of Inside 
Iowa State.


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contact:  Diana Pounds, Internal Communications, (515) 294-
4845
updated:  9-29-95