Frank
M.
Bryan |
Dear Students,
I take advising seriously. For instance, I usually schedule
office
hours
on three different days of the week and I schedule enough of them (well
more
than the average at UVM) to make it convenient for you. Moreover, I am
on
campus
a lot so the phrase "and by appointment" means something. Moreover,
all of
my
courses are on Blackboard and I have my own campus website. If you want
to
get
off on the wrong foot with me say something like: "I have been trying
to get
ahold of you but you haven't been in." That drives me nuts.
While on campus
you will find me receptive to the kind of "advising" that goes well
beyond
academics, careers, internships, readings and research courses and the
like.
So if you are in a jam with the authorities, having trouble with a
friend, need some advice on how to play an A8 off-suited in limit Texas
Hold 'em,
are looking for decent deer hunting terraine or trout streams (within
limits
of course), have a conflict with your parents, need directions to the
Evansville Trading Post in the
Northeast
Kingdom, are on the outs with your "significant other," are looking for
tickets to the ox pulling contest at the
Barton
Fair, want to buy a good used 1987 Chevette, contact the Governor of
Vermont
or someone who can teach you how to jig for walleyes, are uncertan
about joining a group that is about to take over the
President's
office, or whatever, come and see me.
On the other hand I expect you to leave me alone at home. My phone is
not
listed and I don't ever want to see you poking around Big Hollow
Road
in Starksboro. In short I don't approve of professors "hanging out"
with
undergraduates. I'm too old to find you all that interesting anyway.
(However,
I'm
always up for meeting your parents anywhere any time.)
Sincerely yours, Frank Bryan |
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