Park? Open until 1 a.m.??? You got it...with your help
Greetings,
Since my arrival on campus in August, students have been talking to me about the possibility of keeping the Park School open until 1 a.m.
In response to a suggestion by a student at a recent Advisory Council meeting, we've decided to test out a model currently in use by the Music School.
Here's the deal:
During the four weeks leading up to and including finals week in April/May -- crunch time in the Park School -- we're going to pilot a program that will assign student monitors to the labs between 11 p.m. and 1 a.m.
We'll pay them. And they'll keep an eye on the facilities, provide support, and clear the building at the stroke of one o'clock.
(Students who are in the building with their professors will still be allowed to stay as long as the professor stays, as has been our practice in the past.)
As I said, this is a PILOT project. That means if it works, we continue doing it. And if it doesn't, we stop. Like, right away.
The program's success depends upon you....all of you.
We will need at least three 'monitors' between 11 p.m. and 1 a.m. every night the building is open -- which looks like Monday through Thursday. That means we'll need a group of you to contact David Priester in PPECS and volunteer to take the jobs (and it would be helpful if at least some of you are really good at Final Cut Pro....) If you're interested, please let him know asap.
We will also need all the rest of you to be polite, cooperative, and compliant when the monitors say it's 1 a.m. and it's TIME TO GO.
I trust completely that this will be a huge success and we'll be able to establish this as 'standard operating procedure' in Park.
Please let David know you're willing to participate.
Dianne
Since my arrival on campus in August, students have been talking to me about the possibility of keeping the Park School open until 1 a.m.
In response to a suggestion by a student at a recent Advisory Council meeting, we've decided to test out a model currently in use by the Music School.
Here's the deal:
During the four weeks leading up to and including finals week in April/May -- crunch time in the Park School -- we're going to pilot a program that will assign student monitors to the labs between 11 p.m. and 1 a.m.
We'll pay them. And they'll keep an eye on the facilities, provide support, and clear the building at the stroke of one o'clock.
(Students who are in the building with their professors will still be allowed to stay as long as the professor stays, as has been our practice in the past.)
As I said, this is a PILOT project. That means if it works, we continue doing it. And if it doesn't, we stop. Like, right away.
The program's success depends upon you....all of you.
We will need at least three 'monitors' between 11 p.m. and 1 a.m. every night the building is open -- which looks like Monday through Thursday. That means we'll need a group of you to contact David Priester in PPECS and volunteer to take the jobs (and it would be helpful if at least some of you are really good at Final Cut Pro....) If you're interested, please let him know asap.
We will also need all the rest of you to be polite, cooperative, and compliant when the monitors say it's 1 a.m. and it's TIME TO GO.
I trust completely that this will be a huge success and we'll be able to establish this as 'standard operating procedure' in Park.
Please let David know you're willing to participate.
Dianne
posted by Dianne Lynch at 6:55 PM
4 Comments:
Been there, done that doesn't work.
What about opening the first floor too ?
Why are you so skeptical about this before you've even tried it out? I mean, come on, music students can do it... why shouldn't we be able to?
P.S. There are always student monitors in the photo lab and that has been working fine for years.
Because it's been tried before and been a huge failure. No staff support. And why just the second floor labs? Special accomodations for journalism students? Why not open the first floor editing & studios too? If the building's open late, why can't equipment be returned? Open PPECS. Gee, we're open till 1AM, why not just stay open 24/7, it's just a few hours more. Most of the end of semester pileups occur because a lot of folks wait until the very last minute to complete(or start)their work.
Because it's been tried before and been a huge failure. No staff support. And why just the second floor labs? Special accomodations for journalism students? Why not open the first floor editing & studios too? If the building's open late, why can't equipment be returned? Open PPECS. Gee, we're open till 1AM, why not just stay open 24/7, it's just a few hours more. Most of the end of semester pileups occur because a lot of folks wait until the very last minute to complete(or start)their work.
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