College, it’s what you make it.

  

The iconic Bloomsburg University sign

      College, it’s either the time of your life or you dread every second of it. The people that make it worth while are the friends you make along the way, your roommates, and obviously, your professors! No matter what you do your professors are always there to help and guide you through everything either in their class, in your life, or maybe even other classes. When you walk into Dr. Shultz’s classroom, yes classroom because not everything is in a giant lecture hall, you’re greeted with warm smiles from your fellow students and a warm, “Good morning!” from Dr. Shultz as she walks into the classroom, wearing her iconic sweater and blazer combo, her brown hair with blonde tips always curled and her purple glasses on her head, her black dress pants and closed toe Birkenstocks.  With four bright white walls and overly bright white lights, I find where my group sits every day for class. Dr. Shultz is a public speaking professor at Bloomsburg University in Bloomsburg, PA. She’s been teaching public speaking for over 40 years! In her classroom she makes sure to make everyone feel included and greeted. Dr Shultz walks in and starts conversation with one of my classmates and everyone looks up intently and then goes back to what they were doing after realizing she wasn’t talking to them. 

“Good morning Chris! How are you?” Dr. Shultz asks. 

“I'm good thank you.” Chris says enthusiastically. 

“Did you watch the Super Bowl?” Dr Shultz asks and then gains everyone’s attention again, here we go a big debate about the Super Bowl.

Arts and Admin building where Dr. Shultz teaches  

    Now the whole class starts to chime in with all the “Oh my gosh I did” and the “Yes I did I hated it” and then some, “I enjoyed it but I didn’t understand it one bit.” I chimed in with “I didn’t watch it, there were too many children in my house and we didn’t want to answer a whole bunch of questions.” Everyone around me laughed and told me all about what went on including the supposed wedding. After everyone has settled down Dr. Shultz starts class with, “Alright everyone, let’s get started with class for the day!” she said enthusiastically and ready for the day. She always starts with a PowerPoint presentation and a warm up question to get us awake and ready for the topic of the day. 

    Dr. Shultz always try’s to help students as much as she can inside and outside of the classroom. She believes that being there for the students and helping them with all different kinds of work is very important to help them in their college career. Dr. Shultz always makes sure to make her work as easy as possible, if you have questions about anything she makes it very clear that you can come to her for anything and everything. She loves working with students and says she wouldn’t want to do anything different. Her favorite kinds of students are the ones that give her a challenge in the classroom. “I love the students who challenge me and are eager to learn and participate.” She always makes sure to stay up to date with all the new topics of our generation to ensure that we understand and like talking about the topic at hand. 

    One thing Dr. Shultz would recommend to any student at any point in life is simply to try new things. She says, “Try everything. You never know when a new window or door will open to let the breeze in.” I think this is a very inspiring quote from Dr. Shultz because when you try new things, everything can change in an instant and you never know who you would meet along the way. Being a part of Dr. Shultz class is such an honor because she helps you succeed in everything and anything you could do with your college career. She is always eager to help and try new things with her classes to see what would work best for the class. The best thing for your college career is to do anything and everything and make college the best experience for you, not for anyone else.