I am increasingly a consultant and partner in learning. Susquehanna students are often called upon to demonstrate mastery with a presentation. Faculty can, and do, demand the polished, finished product. Wallace Growney's Business Awareness class find one-third of their grades based on a final group project presentation to visiting business professionals. Assistant Professor of Communications and Theatre Arts Kate Hastings also uses team presentations in her highly abstract communication theory course.
Students choose and present short film clips to illustrate how theories are applied.
They have to think of the examples. Cyberspace Enhancements Professor of History Donald Housley and other Susquehanna faculty are increasingly seeking alternatives to the lecture format to actively engage students such as Roberto Bergeron '00 and Erin Wayman '01. New information technologies are also enhancing learning at Susquehanna. They are expanding the ways students and teachers interact outside the classroom through the computer-based realm of cyberspace. Students can use computers, even from their residence hall rooms, to conduct research through the University's Blough-Weis Library.