What We Think
Faculty, this your home, too.
Issue date: 11/2/09 Section: Forum
Homecoming is the highlight of the fall semester for most students.
It is a time to show school spirit, take advantage of all of TSU's Homecoming events, and reunite with Alumni, both young and old.
Yet it is during this annual week long event that we rarely see our faculty and staff members present.
While the university rightfully prides itself on its diversity, we encourage all faculty - particularly international and non-black members - to participate in the Homecoming festivities as well.
TSU is their home too. The week is purposed to celebrate the school as a whole and not just some parts.
It would make students happy if they could go to the game and see their professor cheering beside them, or munching on a hot dog on Jefferson Street.
Some administration, faculty and staff really do enjoy being here and their love is visible through their actions.
Some are TSU alumni who have returned to serve and dedicate their careers to bettering the university like Associate Vice President of Student Affairs Dorothy Lockridge and Director of Student Activities Ronald Myles.
Many show their love helping coordinate the week. Deborah Watson, administrative assistant to the vice president for student affairs, a longtime employee and TSU alumna, judges the parade every year, which is Nashville's largest.
Others are local Nashville residents who know TSU intimately, and embrace it as a important facet of the black community in Nashville, which itself has contributed to the historical legacy of the nation.
Big Blue pride should run all over campus and we should see that spirit in everyone, not just students and alumni.
It almost seems as if our professors only see our university as a source of income and nothing more.
Many of them view TSU as an arduous job that they come to day in and day out, without having to show any sort of school spirit.
Yes, academics are important, however, we are all a family and Homecoming is the time to have fun and bond with everyone.
Carl Darnell, former student and proud residence hall director of Hale Hall, is always seen around campus with his TSU paraphernalia and at sporting events.
Sadly, Darnell is one of the few that are seen around frequently and wholeheartedly showing us how much he wants to be here.
Professors, how can you expect students to love this university and your class,if you do not first show that love for our institution?
We charge TSU faculty and staff to be more visible around campus, even if they are not alumni. Hopefully they will step up to the challenge.
It is a time to show school spirit, take advantage of all of TSU's Homecoming events, and reunite with Alumni, both young and old.
Yet it is during this annual week long event that we rarely see our faculty and staff members present.
While the university rightfully prides itself on its diversity, we encourage all faculty - particularly international and non-black members - to participate in the Homecoming festivities as well.
TSU is their home too. The week is purposed to celebrate the school as a whole and not just some parts.
It would make students happy if they could go to the game and see their professor cheering beside them, or munching on a hot dog on Jefferson Street.
Some administration, faculty and staff really do enjoy being here and their love is visible through their actions.
Some are TSU alumni who have returned to serve and dedicate their careers to bettering the university like Associate Vice President of Student Affairs Dorothy Lockridge and Director of Student Activities Ronald Myles.
Many show their love helping coordinate the week. Deborah Watson, administrative assistant to the vice president for student affairs, a longtime employee and TSU alumna, judges the parade every year, which is Nashville's largest.
Others are local Nashville residents who know TSU intimately, and embrace it as a important facet of the black community in Nashville, which itself has contributed to the historical legacy of the nation.
Big Blue pride should run all over campus and we should see that spirit in everyone, not just students and alumni.
It almost seems as if our professors only see our university as a source of income and nothing more.
Many of them view TSU as an arduous job that they come to day in and day out, without having to show any sort of school spirit.
Yes, academics are important, however, we are all a family and Homecoming is the time to have fun and bond with everyone.
Carl Darnell, former student and proud residence hall director of Hale Hall, is always seen around campus with his TSU paraphernalia and at sporting events.
Sadly, Darnell is one of the few that are seen around frequently and wholeheartedly showing us how much he wants to be here.
Professors, how can you expect students to love this university and your class,if you do not first show that love for our institution?
We charge TSU faculty and staff to be more visible around campus, even if they are not alumni. Hopefully they will step up to the challenge.
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