Interview Transcript
Subject: Grace Johnson
Place: Alumni Memorial Union Marquette Place
Date: Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Time: 11:45-12:20 pm
(Chatter. Background noise in AMU.)
K: So what year are you?
G: Sophomore in the College of Comm
K: What is your major?
G: Broadcasting electronic comm and corporate comm
K: How many advising sessions have you been to?
G: 3. Right? Yup 3.
K: Ok. How long do these meetings typically last for you?
G: Probably like 20 to 40 minutes. It’s like with Michael Havice it’s like an hour, but with Chu-chu-wo-wa-wa, chu-chi-nowa, it’s really short.
K: Um, who is your advisor right now?
G: Michael Havice
K: How is he?
G: He’s a really good advisor, he has a lot advice. Not a great teacher, but a really good advisor.
K: How many advisors have you seen since being at Marquette?
G: 3
(Off topic. Talk about previous class.)
K: Walk me through a typical advising session. What happens when you walk in?
G: Usually I’ll like introduce myself, and ask, and he’ll ask, like since I haven’t had a consistent advisor yet, um, until now I have Michael, but they’ll ask me like what my major is, what I want to do with my life, and then I’ll kind of pick my courses around how I study or how well I’m doing in my classes. So I’m doing better at first semesters I’ll put heavier loads on that or stuff like that, so just helping me organize my thoughts and like how I want to do things basically.
(Off topic. A mutual friend stops to say hi.)
K: How do you schedule your classes each semester?
G: What do you mean like on, how I do it on checkmarq, or like how I...
K: Do you, like, do it on your own or with your advisor?
G: I usually do it on my own. Like, he’ll give me suggestions, but that’s one thing I do have advice for for the College of Comm is like, they give you options, but I would like a little more planning and structure to how I’m doing it. I feel like they’ll give me five different options of what I should be taking, but they’re not really telling me how much of a load each of this is going to be and stuff like that. I feel like they could be more descriptive when I’m in there. So I...
K: Is advising in general helpful?
G: I think it’s helpful yeah. I mean I don’t know if it helpful in the planning of my schedule I think it’s helpful in the planning of my future. I don’t think it’s as helpful in planning my schedule.
K: Ok. If you could change one thing about advising what would it be and why?
G: Well I would like... If like your earlier years I think you should have a consistent advisor. And then as well as like more structure with like them giving you more specific things that you want... They’re just do broad when you’re in there really. It needs to be more specific.
K: Ok.
G: But I do think they really help you with like planning out your thought process and your career path, not so much with your Marquette career path.
K: Is there anything else you would like to change?
G: Like just within the entire registration class process or like?
K: Just like advising in general and what they offer you?
G: Maybe if they had some different suggestions for that that maybe I’m not thinking about. Like maybe when it comes to internships or career paths. I don’t know. Maybe they’re just fine.
(Off topic. Our mutual friend stops to talk. Carolyn mentions the interview and advising in the College of Communication.)
(A mutual friend in the College of Communication, sat down and said she wishes she knew what classes she had left to take in order to graduate in four years.)
Yeah. I would like... I’m one of the people that could kind of use a four year plan. A lot of my advisors have not liked that at all.
G: Hopefully that wasn’t terribs.
K: No. How do you think advising works with career services for you?
G: Usually... I don’t know, I don’t really know if they do, or they haven’t for me yet because it is very early on for me. But for internships they do suggest a lot of different options and resources at Marquette. But I don’t know as much if they help me in the long run yet, but I’m still only a sophomore so.
K: Ok. How did you chose your major or future career?
G: How did I chose it?
K: Mhm.
G: Well I took a class in high school. It was like a broadcasting class and like history of television everything, and I loved it. And then I started doing my weekly news shows at school, and I just really loved it and I knew I wanted to do it. So. I still don’t specifically know what I want to do with it, but I think in the end I have the right idea. I just want some hands on experience with things.
K: Have you ever questioned your post-graduation plans?
G: Oh yeah. God yeah. I think I do it like everyday. (Laughs.) I think a lot of it is I just wish I specifically had an idea of what to do. It’s just so broad still, but I guess that’s what college is about. There’s gotta be a little uncertainty right now.
K: Do you think Marquette helps with narrowing it down?
G: I think you have to search for it. Like I think, at least in the College of Comm, I have to find those resources so I can explore my options. They tell you about it, but they don’t tell you exactly how to do it. So like with Herb, I searched for that, and I went and talked to people about that. You know?
K: Would you say Professor Lowe is like a resource that you found for yourself?
G: They didn’t provide that for me know. I got that from a friend. For me that’s one of the greatest resources that I’ve had when it comes to helping me figure out what I want to do because he’s so experienced. I feel like that would be cool if the College of Comm suggested you to specific advisors or teachers that could relate to maybe what you’re thinking about doing. You know? Because they’re in that college for a reason. They have that experience.
K: Have you sought help in advising for your post-graduation plans? Like figuring it out?
G: Mhmm. I’ve gone to a lot of resume interview types of things, and I think that’s helped me try and figure out what kind of like preparation or background I want to have to see what job I might be interested in. And as well as just talking to a lot of different people that I know through other people just about different options.
K: Was that through career services or advising?
G: Eh. Career services.
K; How many times have you visited career services?
G: Uh, two. Two times. One for a resume review, one for internship help.
K: Alright. I’m almost done.
G: It’s ok. It’s fun.
K: Thank you.
K: Ok so, so was your help with the resume and review it helpful?
G: Mhmm. (Nods head). My resume was just so like not structured at all. It really helped me figure out what’s important, and I guess I found more that was in my past experience that was more helpful than I thought it would be. Like catering, who would have thought that’s actually useful. Or like service learning. Just little things that go a long way.
K: What do you think of advising in the college of communication as a whole? And where do you think it can go from here?
G: I like it that it’s so personal. I like how I can sit down with my advisor and he really gives me sincere advice. I do think that we could have more resources to be connected to specifically what we want to do so they could have a better understanding of what we want to do. Like our advisors and everything. and just like a little more structure. But beside that I really think with a little planning it really could be a little more beneficial.
K: Alright well thank you.
Place: Alumni Memorial Union Marquette Place
Date: Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Time: 11:45-12:20 pm
(Chatter. Background noise in AMU.)
K: So what year are you?
G: Sophomore in the College of Comm
K: What is your major?
G: Broadcasting electronic comm and corporate comm
K: How many advising sessions have you been to?
G: 3. Right? Yup 3.
K: Ok. How long do these meetings typically last for you?
G: Probably like 20 to 40 minutes. It’s like with Michael Havice it’s like an hour, but with Chu-chu-wo-wa-wa, chu-chi-nowa, it’s really short.
K: Um, who is your advisor right now?
G: Michael Havice
K: How is he?
G: He’s a really good advisor, he has a lot advice. Not a great teacher, but a really good advisor.
K: How many advisors have you seen since being at Marquette?
G: 3
(Off topic. Talk about previous class.)
K: Walk me through a typical advising session. What happens when you walk in?
G: Usually I’ll like introduce myself, and ask, and he’ll ask, like since I haven’t had a consistent advisor yet, um, until now I have Michael, but they’ll ask me like what my major is, what I want to do with my life, and then I’ll kind of pick my courses around how I study or how well I’m doing in my classes. So I’m doing better at first semesters I’ll put heavier loads on that or stuff like that, so just helping me organize my thoughts and like how I want to do things basically.
(Off topic. A mutual friend stops to say hi.)
K: How do you schedule your classes each semester?
G: What do you mean like on, how I do it on checkmarq, or like how I...
K: Do you, like, do it on your own or with your advisor?
G: I usually do it on my own. Like, he’ll give me suggestions, but that’s one thing I do have advice for for the College of Comm is like, they give you options, but I would like a little more planning and structure to how I’m doing it. I feel like they’ll give me five different options of what I should be taking, but they’re not really telling me how much of a load each of this is going to be and stuff like that. I feel like they could be more descriptive when I’m in there. So I...
K: Is advising in general helpful?
G: I think it’s helpful yeah. I mean I don’t know if it helpful in the planning of my schedule I think it’s helpful in the planning of my future. I don’t think it’s as helpful in planning my schedule.
K: Ok. If you could change one thing about advising what would it be and why?
G: Well I would like... If like your earlier years I think you should have a consistent advisor. And then as well as like more structure with like them giving you more specific things that you want... They’re just do broad when you’re in there really. It needs to be more specific.
K: Ok.
G: But I do think they really help you with like planning out your thought process and your career path, not so much with your Marquette career path.
K: Is there anything else you would like to change?
G: Like just within the entire registration class process or like?
K: Just like advising in general and what they offer you?
G: Maybe if they had some different suggestions for that that maybe I’m not thinking about. Like maybe when it comes to internships or career paths. I don’t know. Maybe they’re just fine.
(Off topic. Our mutual friend stops to talk. Carolyn mentions the interview and advising in the College of Communication.)
(A mutual friend in the College of Communication, sat down and said she wishes she knew what classes she had left to take in order to graduate in four years.)
Yeah. I would like... I’m one of the people that could kind of use a four year plan. A lot of my advisors have not liked that at all.
G: Hopefully that wasn’t terribs.
K: No. How do you think advising works with career services for you?
G: Usually... I don’t know, I don’t really know if they do, or they haven’t for me yet because it is very early on for me. But for internships they do suggest a lot of different options and resources at Marquette. But I don’t know as much if they help me in the long run yet, but I’m still only a sophomore so.
K: Ok. How did you chose your major or future career?
G: How did I chose it?
K: Mhm.
G: Well I took a class in high school. It was like a broadcasting class and like history of television everything, and I loved it. And then I started doing my weekly news shows at school, and I just really loved it and I knew I wanted to do it. So. I still don’t specifically know what I want to do with it, but I think in the end I have the right idea. I just want some hands on experience with things.
K: Have you ever questioned your post-graduation plans?
G: Oh yeah. God yeah. I think I do it like everyday. (Laughs.) I think a lot of it is I just wish I specifically had an idea of what to do. It’s just so broad still, but I guess that’s what college is about. There’s gotta be a little uncertainty right now.
K: Do you think Marquette helps with narrowing it down?
G: I think you have to search for it. Like I think, at least in the College of Comm, I have to find those resources so I can explore my options. They tell you about it, but they don’t tell you exactly how to do it. So like with Herb, I searched for that, and I went and talked to people about that. You know?
K: Would you say Professor Lowe is like a resource that you found for yourself?
G: They didn’t provide that for me know. I got that from a friend. For me that’s one of the greatest resources that I’ve had when it comes to helping me figure out what I want to do because he’s so experienced. I feel like that would be cool if the College of Comm suggested you to specific advisors or teachers that could relate to maybe what you’re thinking about doing. You know? Because they’re in that college for a reason. They have that experience.
K: Have you sought help in advising for your post-graduation plans? Like figuring it out?
G: Mhmm. I’ve gone to a lot of resume interview types of things, and I think that’s helped me try and figure out what kind of like preparation or background I want to have to see what job I might be interested in. And as well as just talking to a lot of different people that I know through other people just about different options.
K: Was that through career services or advising?
G: Eh. Career services.
K; How many times have you visited career services?
G: Uh, two. Two times. One for a resume review, one for internship help.
K: Alright. I’m almost done.
G: It’s ok. It’s fun.
K: Thank you.
K: Ok so, so was your help with the resume and review it helpful?
G: Mhmm. (Nods head). My resume was just so like not structured at all. It really helped me figure out what’s important, and I guess I found more that was in my past experience that was more helpful than I thought it would be. Like catering, who would have thought that’s actually useful. Or like service learning. Just little things that go a long way.
K: What do you think of advising in the college of communication as a whole? And where do you think it can go from here?
G: I like it that it’s so personal. I like how I can sit down with my advisor and he really gives me sincere advice. I do think that we could have more resources to be connected to specifically what we want to do so they could have a better understanding of what we want to do. Like our advisors and everything. and just like a little more structure. But beside that I really think with a little planning it really could be a little more beneficial.
K: Alright well thank you.