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The Associated Student Government wants to know what students are thinking. Using this suggestion box let your ASG know how they may help make improvements, or address campus issues.
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Past Suggestions
ASG recieved a complaint that a table in E138 was shorter than the others. The suggester requested that the table be replaced.
Response: ASG worked with The Office of Instruction to determine what could be done with the issue. The staff member addressed the problem by finding another table that was better suited to the classroom layout.
The staff stated that they "did go ahead and switch out the tables with two that are the same height (attached). We don't have any that match this current set up, these tables are a little taller and a lot wider than our general rooms, so hopefully this swap will be sufficient for the height and these two together equal the same size table we switched out. [Instruction does] not have funds to replace this table at this time."
It was also found that there was a stockpile of tables in the room. The extra tables will be addressed.
It was suggested that ASG "please ensure you continue to advocate for students. This Spring 2025, somehow, we as students, ended up without a Spring Break. If you have family or children, this is a hardship as childcare is hard to come by. After Fall and Winter, Spring Break helps many get through the long, hard push to the end of the academic year. I'm not sure how this happened, yet it is a real hardship for students, staff and faculty."
ASG Response: ASG worked with Student Services to better understand the issue. The vice president noted that “more than 50% of our students come from outside Lake Washington School district. It is impossible to align with all the spring break schedules with K-12 in a 50-mile radius."
A student complaint stated that, "I ended up with a lazy (director) professor who assigned reading and made a few 5-10-minute videos. Yet, did not fulfill the teaching requirement. Students lose out on learning when this happens."
ASG Response: In regard to hands-on teaching in asynchronous classes, ASG officers recently met with the Dean of Instruction for Health Sciences, Jenny Rogoff. We shared student concerns with her, and had an incredible discussion surrounding how asynchronous classes were structured. Ms. Rogoff spent half an hour talking with us before letting us know that she would bring up this concern in the Deans Meeting (later during that day).
A suggestion was recived that stated, "grading rubrics ensure grading is done equitably. The director of the public health program is terrible about ensuring assignments have both details, a visual aid, and a grading rubric. Your are lucky to have just one of those options in her classes."
ASG Response: ASG recently met with the VP of Instruction, Dr. Mike Potter and shared these concerns. He explained that all instructors are not required to have grading rubrics but they are working to make asynchronous classes more structured with mandatory training.
ASG recieved a suggestion that stated, "make meetings publicly transparent. There is no reason not to record the Student Gov. Meetings and upload them to a YouTube Channel for students of LWTech. It's also a way to ensure follow-through."
ASG would like to remind students that ASG is very transparent! We host our public meetings in E128’s conference room at 9:30 am. We invite any student interested in sharing their voice or who are simply curious about ASG to join! We also have an anonymous suggestion box outside of E126.
When creating the scheduling for the next quarter, I would like the schedulers to make sure classes that are required for each degree aren't conflicting with each other. There is one class that is always conflicting with my degree class and they are always scheduled at the same time and day. I would like to finish my degree in the projected time. Scheduling needs to work with the Dept to make sure the classes are working together. NOW, if the classes are conflicting and there's no way to change it, please have professors be willing to record the classes and also not require attendances. Those two things would allow students to take the class they need and not have to wait for another full year to take that class. I am finding myself having to come back another quarter for 1 class! Like really!! If only that professor was willing to record and not take attendance, I would not have had to drop that class in order to go to my degree class!!!! Especially, when that's a required class for my degree!!
I would also like to suggest that students are made aware that classes are only offered quarterly, so if you don't take a class Fall quarter, you won't be able to take it again till the next Fall quarter. I didn't know that coming from a semester format and a larger college that I thought classes were offered year-round. However, it would had been nice to be made aware of that, so that I could have planned my academic journey better. Maybe that should be explained to incoming freshmen by advisors so that everyone takes the necessary classes, and this might help make classes fuller also because they understand that it's only being offered that 1 quarter. Depending on the class, maybe offer it during more than 1 quarter. There's a few classes in the 100 and 200 I see that are offered often, but maybe rotate those less taken one with a 300 one because after we take a 100 or 200 class we are all required to take a 300. I'm dreading waiting a whole year to take 1 class. Just a few thoughts!