2008 Woodie Awards
Students show concern over LPWG proposals
Brittany Friesth/Staff Writer
Issue date: 3/6/08 Section: News
Last week's Learning Programs Working Group meetings provided students with opportunities to discuss proposals with committee members regarding toward curriculum changes.
Organized by members of the Student Government Association, the meetings, held Tuesday and Thursday of last week, were intended to address student comments.
Students were able to express differing concerns and opinions during one of the two meetings.
Junior Josie Rundlett, Student Government Association senator, attended both discussions and is concerned with the lack of student input involved with the construction of the proposals.
"My concerns are in my time in Simpson, this is the first time students have not been invited to the table," Rundlett said. "This process has been going on for about two years and the proposal was first brought to students a month ago."
Rundlett believes involvement with the proposals is important because faculty will pay attention to students.
"One of the things that makes this a great institution it is that Simpson takes students seriously," Rundlett said. "You're a voice, and there are faculty willing to listen to us."
Freshman Class President Steven Ramsey agrees there should have been student involvement with the proposals.
"I would have appreciated it if there had been as much student input in the beginning as there is now," Ramsey said.
Ramsey also thought the meetings were beneficial in helping him understand LPWG's proposals.
"I got the standpoint of the LPWG and why they did what they did with the proposal," Ramsey said. "It was a better understanding from both [faculty and student] sides."
Sophomore Courtney Lezanic attended Tuesday's meeting to gain a better understanding of the possible changes. After attending, Lezanic decided she's more inclined to favor the proposals.
"The faculty is trying to make the experience at Simpson a better one, and I think they should know because they're the ones teaching," Lezanic said. "We [students] should give them the benefit of the doubt that they know what's best for the students.
Organized by members of the Student Government Association, the meetings, held Tuesday and Thursday of last week, were intended to address student comments.
Students were able to express differing concerns and opinions during one of the two meetings.
Junior Josie Rundlett, Student Government Association senator, attended both discussions and is concerned with the lack of student input involved with the construction of the proposals.
"My concerns are in my time in Simpson, this is the first time students have not been invited to the table," Rundlett said. "This process has been going on for about two years and the proposal was first brought to students a month ago."
Rundlett believes involvement with the proposals is important because faculty will pay attention to students.
"One of the things that makes this a great institution it is that Simpson takes students seriously," Rundlett said. "You're a voice, and there are faculty willing to listen to us."
Freshman Class President Steven Ramsey agrees there should have been student involvement with the proposals.
"I would have appreciated it if there had been as much student input in the beginning as there is now," Ramsey said.
Ramsey also thought the meetings were beneficial in helping him understand LPWG's proposals.
"I got the standpoint of the LPWG and why they did what they did with the proposal," Ramsey said. "It was a better understanding from both [faculty and student] sides."
Sophomore Courtney Lezanic attended Tuesday's meeting to gain a better understanding of the possible changes. After attending, Lezanic decided she's more inclined to favor the proposals.
"The faculty is trying to make the experience at Simpson a better one, and I think they should know because they're the ones teaching," Lezanic said. "We [students] should give them the benefit of the doubt that they know what's best for the students.
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