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Kathleen E. Kaiser
Department of Sociology
1987
Kaiser
attributes her success as an advisor to her own role models as a
student.
"I was
the first in my family to ever go on to (college). I had a guidance
counselor in high school who grabbed me by the ear and said
'go.'"
At
Florida State, Kaiser said she saw her advisor "once a semester if
that often," but it was another advisor who said "listen kid," that
motivated her to go on to graduate school.
Kaiser
said while in graduate school at Duke University she picked an
advisor whose "style was to avoid me and mine was to avoid him. We
had a hard time communicating."
Kaiser
said her personal style of advising students is confrontation.
"I jump
on their case," she said.
Kaiser
has coached boy's soccer and women's track and cross country that she
said is a demanding role similar to advising.
"You
have to access the whole person, body and mind. I believe in this
type of holistic model of working with people," she said.
Kaiser
said she believes intensive relationships with students are
important.
"Not
just advising but mentoring. Whether it takes meeting with a student
on a weekend or just having coffee off-campus," she said.
Kaiser
added faculty should "put a little time into grooming students. (The
students) will give you more feedback as far as performance."
She said
her award is important because it helps to generate recognition of
advising.
"(Advising) is time-consuming. It hurts in retention and promotion
because the university over-emphasizes research and as a result
faculty don't put enough time into students."
"The
award gives support in that advising is a significant part of
academia," she said.
-- From an article by
Linda Bosco
Orion Staff Writer,
December 2, 1987
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