Reviews of professor Donelle Schwalm

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This professor with spam you inbox with unnecessary emails. She stated that her textbook was mandatory and a new version was required. The textbook was over $250 and I nor my lab partners used it once. She makes several errors with scheduling and rather than voiding an assignment, she stacks her errors on the students. Avoid her at all cost.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I signed up for this course over winter break expecting something easy, this is why I decided on the course in the first place. I am not a science person, I just needed a lab credit. She assigned labs daily and had a zero-tolerance policy for late work, this is ironic because of difficult it is to reach out to her.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I didn't expect to love this professor as much as I did! I haven't had the best experience with UMF professors but Donelle is very helpful and transparent with her style of teaching. She clearly maps out a plan for each week that is easy achievable as long as you stay on track. Her quiz questions are random so take notes in lectures to refer to!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
She is not reachable outside of class at all. She only answers emails 9-5 on days the school is open. Does not answer emails on holidays, snow days, or weekends. For BIO212, she gave us a confusing assignment due on Veterans day that several people in the class received poor grades on because they couldn't reach out and ask questions. Awful