We encourage parents to talk with there son or daughter about getting involved on campus and its a little bit of a balancing act. I think parents at times are a little bit hesitant to push there child to get involved with things outside the classroom because obviously they are here to go to school and go to class and get great grades, but really there are a lot of life experiences a student will gain by being involved outside the classroom.
Computer Architecture by far had to be the hardest course. Dr. Pfeiffer is an incredibly hard professor but cares about you. He probably cares about individuals more than any other professor I know and you will really come out of his class knowing a lot of information.
I've been fortunate I've been at East Tennessee State University now for thirty-two years. Basically its been a great ride for me. I've enjoy the students that I've had through out my profession here at the university. I think its a fantastic place our young people to get a good education to begin there professions.
I'm in the Survey and Mapping program. I teach the drawing classes, the aerial photography classes, the math classes and I'm licensed as a professional surveyor. One of the nice things about surveying is the many job opportunities. There are private and public jobs, and also about 25% of our surveyors own their own business. These students take about 21 hours of business classes to be able to run their business.
I teach in the Management and Marketing Department. I'm excited about the programs that we are building at ETSU as far as international business. We want to provide as many students as possible the opportunity to go overseas to study business and culture so that they can become better global citizens and effective global managers. I try to emphasize creativity to create innovate problem solvers.
