OSU Graduation

Tristar

Tristar

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Hey Everybody


It's almost time for graduation! My family and I are beginning to send out announcements, however the number of POA friends outnumbers the cards so here is your invitation! There is no limit to the people who may come although a few things should be kept in mind: you'll need to make your own hotel arrangements, I don't have an official party planned but I'm sure we could think of something to do afterwords.


Tristan VanNocker
Bachelor of Science In Aviation Sciences
Professional Pilot

Where: Oklahoma State University Gallagher Iba Arena
Stillwater, Oklahoma (KSWO)

When: Saturday May 9th
Reception: Willard Hall 11:15 AM
Graduation Commencement: 12:15 PM (Gallagher Arena)

If you're interested or have further questions, let me know!
 
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How about if we buzz the arena when you name is called? :)
 
Actually, its in the basketball stadium, I was thinking football. Never mind!

Oh and yes, its just me they would create TFRs for, not the thousands of other people. :D
 
Congratulations! Hope things work out for all you kids who are graduating, and glad I don't have to come up with any sage wisdom about finding a job.
 
Ya know, just to add OK to my 'states flown to map' I'dve put this on my list if I were free that weekend. Your graduation is about the best (and only)reason I can possibly imagine that would ever cause me to set foot in the Indian Territories.

That, and I haven't been to a college party in a long time!

Congratulations, Tris!
 
University graduation is a special time. Sometimes folks are going so fast that they don't stop to relize that it is a major achievement. Other times folks think it's capstone on academics and none of "that" stuff will matter any more.

Always remember the fundamentals and always work to apply them to the challenges you face. It's rarely like the textbooks say it is but the books aren't all wrong. It's your (our) job to figure out the differences and make things work.

Congratulations and good wishes
 
Andrew, got room in the Matrix for a co-pilot if you go? :)

I'm definitely interested in going if I can either get enough people to split cost in the Aztruck, or find someone to bum a ride with. Anyone else from this part of the country want to go?
 
post-grad plans? She'll be able to BS about Aviation Sciences ... with accreditation! :)
 
Everyone's coming to Columbus? I didn't realize Tristan was attending the Ohio State University, the only OSU worthy of mention. :D








(oh, and of course many congratulations. Attaining a University degree really is quite an accomplishment).
 
silver-eagle said:
Congratulations Tristan. On to MS and PHD?
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Nope, stopping at BS. Plans are to move to nebraska and flight instruct. There's not enough pilots in nebraska (I'm serious!) so I'm going to work on changing that. :)
 
steingar said:
Everyone's coming to Columbus? I didn't realize Tristan was attending the Ohio State University, the only OSU worthy of mention. :D








(oh, and of course many congratulations. Attaining a University degree really is quite an accomplishment).
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Come to gastons, I have a few large trout with your name on it. :D Or we'll just throw you in the water.

Oklahoma State University - The REAL OSU!
 
Tristar said:
Come to gastons, I have a few large trout with your name on it. :D Or we'll just throw you in the water.
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Who's this "we" business? He's a short one, you could throw him in easily. ;)
 
Oklahoma State University - OkaySu 18,000 undergraduate
The Ohio State University - OhSU 39.200 undergraduates
 
There is a known fact that if you have less students in your class, you will receive more one on one attention from your teacher. Thus, the students learn better. If you don't believe me, rate how well a student learns in an auditorium class of 300 and one teacher vs 25 students and the same teacher.

Numbers....aren't everything. :)
 
well i guess leah graduates the same day, so i wont be able to make it.
 
tonycondon said:
well i guess leah graduates the same day, so i wont be able to make it.
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Does this mean we're going to have the battle of the PoA graduations?
 
only if you want to ted. I dont know that leah really counts as a POA'er. She insists on just using my account to lurk, ive never gotten her to create her own login and post...
 
I want peace, not war.
 
Tristar said:
There is a known fact that if you have less students in your class, you will receive more one on one attention from your teacher. Thus, the students learn better. If you don't believe me, rate how well a student learns in an auditorium class of 300 and one teacher vs 25 students and the same teacher.

Numbers....aren't everything. :)
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So all the classes at Oklahoma State have 30 students?
 
Tristan .. I just might make it. Would be a nice follow on to watching you
wander into the Babes as a baby and grow up. Haha.

I'm driving down to Dallas for a conference downtown that week and
I'll be leaving early Sat morning the 9th and heading back to Nebraska.
It looks like about 4 hrs or so from Dallas to Stillwater and it's pretty
much right on the way. Would be fun.

RT
 
Tristar said:
Nope, stopping at BS. Plans are to move to nebraska and flight instruct. There's not enough pilots in nebraska (I'm serious!) so I'm going to work on changing that. :)
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I'm going to need a BFR this summer.

;-)
 
steingar said:
So all the classes at Oklahoma State have 30 students?
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I've only been to a few auditorium classes. I can tell the difference in the way I learn comparing the two class sizes. Obviously I don't count the number of students in every classroom but I can guarantee they don't fit 300, not even 100. Something around 30-45.
 
RogerT said:
Tristan .. I just might make it. Would be a nice follow on to watching you
wander into the Babes as a baby and grow up. Haha.

I'm driving down to Dallas for a conference downtown that week and
I'll be leaving early Sat morning the 9th and heading back to Nebraska.
It looks like about 4 hrs or so from Dallas to Stillwater and it's pretty
much right on the way. Would be fun.

RT
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We'd be happy to have ya Roger....and anyone else that decides to come.
 
I'll agree that small classes tend to be better. The only lecture hall classes (which still had only 100 people) were my chemistry labs. Everything else was 30 students or fewer. Much better.

That said, I have also sat in on a few lecture hall classes at Princeton. Generally, the professors have been good enough that it was still some really interesting learning. In that case, I wouldn't mind being in a lecture classes with 200-300 people, but it is pretty difficult to find professors who can manage to give lectures to that large a number of people and still provide individual attention and keep it interesting.
 
My largest class has been 600, and it is, well, interesting. That said, I have never turned away any student who needed my help, and I know no one here who has either. I watched students turned away at other schools I will fail to name. Moreover, my students successfully compete with those from Oklahoma, Harvard, Princeton, the University of California systems, and many others for admission into graduate, medical, and professional schools. They do just as well on standardized tests as well. I therefore find it hard to swallow that they are so much worse off.

The one bad thing I will say about my own institution is that an unmotivated student can easily get lost in the system and get a poor education. I don't take attendance, and I don't get to know all my students. But that is little different from the real world. No one will hand you anything, you've got to go get it. What a student at my institution gets is access to cutting edge research in a variety of fields, a diverse academic program with no equal, and a tremendous collegiate experience.

Its not the size of your class that matters, its how you teach it.

Sorry to side track this Tris. Many congratulations, I meant what I said. Earning a University degree is a significant accomplishment.
 
steingar said:
My largest class has been 600, and it is, well, interesting. That said, I have never turned away any student who needed my help, and I know no one here who has either. I watched students turned away at other schools I will fail to name. Moreover, my students successfully compete with those from Oklahoma, Harvard, Princeton, the University of California systems, and many others for admission into graduate, medical, and professional schools. They do just as well on standardized tests as well. I therefore find it hard to swallow that they are so much worse off.

The one bad thing I will say about my own institution is that an unmotivated student can easily get lost in the system and get a poor education. I don't take attendance, and I don't get to know all my students. But that is little different from the real world. No one will hand you anything, you've got to go get it. What a student at my institution gets is access to cutting edge research in a variety of fields, a diverse academic program with no equal, and a tremendous collegiate experience.

Its not the size of your class that matters, its how you teach it.

Sorry to side track this Tris. Many congratulations, I meant what I said. Earning a University degree is a significant accomplishment.
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Everyone learns differently. We greatly appreciate what instructors do for us even if some students have perfected the science of falling asleep in class. ;)

Thanks for the congrats!
 
steingar said:
Its not the size of your class that matters, its how you teach it.
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I tried and failed to let this one go. Of course it was typed partially in jest but I've taught classes of 50+ students in an engineering discipline. These were Junior and Senior level courses. It is not an assignment I will ever accept again.

The class must be small enough for meaningful student-teacher interaction and every student deserves some level of individual attention. Those final semesters in the student's descipline are where it all needs to come together. If the student is lost in a sea of students it'd be darn hard to be sure they had the chance to "get it."

I'll step back from the lectern now. Shouldn't have stepped up to it since I left the ranks of academia years ago but sometimes ya just gotta do what ya gotta do.
 
Clark1961 said:
I tried and failed to let this one go. Of course it was typed partially in jest but I've taught classes of 50+ students in an engineering discipline. These were Junior and Senior level courses. It is not an assignment I will ever accept again.

The class must be small enough for meaningful student-teacher interaction and every student deserves some level of individual attention. Those final semesters in the student's descipline are where it all needs to come together. If the student is lost in a sea of students it'd be darn hard to be sure they had the chance to "get it."

I'll step back from the lectern now. Shouldn't have stepped up to it since I left the ranks of academia years ago but sometimes ya just gotta do what ya gotta do.
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Sorry boss, but I teach senior and graduate courses every year. My students "get it", and I'm teaching advanced molecular genetics. Moreover, I'm known as a difficult instructor, and I ask more than most. Maybe some can't hack it, but this doesn't apply to all. I am not the most gifted instructor in my department by a long shot.
 
Guys, this isn't the place to argue the merits of class size. It's Tristan's time and her thread. It's her invitation and graduation that's of importance, here.
 
My geology 101 class at (your) OSU was held in an auditorium that was quite a bit bigger than the one at Elk City, OK HS. The professor was a great teacher/communicator. Even though it was an elective, I enjoyed the class more than most, and (surprisingly) still remember some of it.

Tristar said:
I've only been to a few auditorium classes. I can tell the difference in the way I learn comparing the two class sizes. Obviously I don't count the number of students in every classroom but I can guarantee they don't fit 300, not even 100. Something around 30-45.
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steingar said:
Sorry boss, but I teach senior and graduate courses every year. My students "get it", and I'm teaching advanced molecular genetics. Moreover, I'm known as a difficult instructor, and I ask more than most. Maybe some can't hack it, but this doesn't apply to all. I am not the most gifted instructor in my department by a long shot.
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I trust you can agree to disagree and leave the personal stuff out.

At this point I'll agree with Ken and say that early May in Oklahoma can have some mighty fine weather. Have fun and make OSU proud as you go forward in life Tristan.
 
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