Student Government Responses

January 20, 2009

Strengths

• Internship programs- I feel that Ferris is leading the way in preparing students to enter the workforce by mandating internships.
• Speaker series - By allowing public admittance to speakers and performances we meet criterion 5 by allowing the non-college community to become engaged and take stake claim in the University.
• Class sizes
• Educational RSOs
• FLITE Library - promote study, good resources, and study rooms
• Diversity Planning Committee - promotes fun events, diversified ideas, great student recruitment and involvements.
• Newspaper and community events - connects students and great media.
• Offers hands-on, and on-the-site experience that simulate actual working conditions in the students field
• Professors’ backgrounds are pertinent towards students field of learning
• Ferris offers pre-Job Fair workshop sessions for improving resumes and what needs to be said to ensure success in an interview.
• Teacher evaluation forms filled by students nearing the end of a semester
• Professor vs. graduate assistant
• Experienced Educators
• Encouraged  Student Involvement
• Bus Tour (OMSS), Dawg Days, Student Surveys
• Diversity Committee
• Campus Improvement
• Ferris has good RSO and extracurricular activities for students to engage in. These things give real world skills and leadership along with providing community service.
• Study Away programs that help show the different places where students can work.
• Cutting edge technology that keeps students in the loop
• Using technology in classrooms
• Ferris is growing and accommodating to everyone’s differences practicing and strengthening the emphasis on diversity.
• Tutoring and writing center
• Student engagement, the ability to take charge on campus, such as planning an event
• Ferris does a good job with administering its mission
• For Criterion 3, hands-on workshops and field trips
• SLA
• The program and major requirements are clearly stated
• Free counseling
• Campus is very close-knit
• Student Development record
• Recruiting students
• Allowing students to attend administrative University meetings
• Networking opportunities
• Classrooms are comfortable, up-to-date and effective facilities that harbor learning

Weaknesses

• Low diversity in education
• The inefficiency of the Political Engagement Project - students lack initiative to become aware of their surroundings.
• Technology
• “suitcase image”
• Work-experience for students of Arts and Sciences college
• The lack of communication other than e-mails from the University - such as flyers
• Entrepreneur workshops
• Diversity in recruitment such as out of state
• Inefficiency in the Honors program
• Need better teacher evaluations
• Website navigation
• Online enrollment flaws
• Advertising and recruitment efforts
• Limited amount of SLA classes
• Tutoring Center
• Lack of uniqueness in teaching styles
• Generalization of many teachers using PowerPoints as a way to teach
• Financial aid difficulties
• Residence Halls
• Lack of technology such as smart boards
• Screen teachers more frequently in their teaching styles and mannerisms
• Lack of leadership/involvement portrayed by teachers
• Limited on furthering education. Could use a Ph.D. program
• More involvement with the community
• Technology becoming interfering with student learning
• Advisors can’t always advise very well
• Unnecessary pre-requisites
• Resources, especially the library should stay open later
• Lack in promoting the unique programs such as automotive and polymer science
• Lack of diversity of thought
• Better advertisement of the desire for students to sit on University committee
• Accountability to professors assessments
• The FSUS classes are not very standardized
• Lack of research opportunities available
• Lack of internships and job opportunities for certain programs