[Alumni-chat] student on the BOT

[Freda B Birnbaum]

On Sun, 13 Jan 2008, Pam Olsen wrote:

> I wonder:
>
> could a student be appointed for, say, a year, and get partial co-op 
> credit for the time spent, or something?  Perhaps some kind of extra 
> work could be added, such as researching the history, or laws, or some 
> aspect that affects the college, such as accreditation or marketing, or 
> research on how the current student/faculty body feels about the current 
> curriculum and how it could be improved, etc.  It could be very 
> educational, at the same time that student perspective could help the 
> college, and it would always be fresh, with new students coming in each 
> year and contributing some kind of research. I think it would not be 
> best to appoint just one student for several years. I'd rather see it 
> rotate, so more students can have the experience.

That makes a LOT of sense, and sounds somehow quintessentially Antiochian!

Freda Bluestone Birnbaum '65