This could be a favorite topic we haven't done - Favorite Professor at State?...

[MemphisMaroonClubDog]

and never meant to give the impression that he 'changed' my grade for my benefit. He just didn't care was the point I meant to give.

He wasa very good teacher that was incredibly easy. He did not try to be a usual COBI teacher that assigned a crap book that one of his former students wrote and then give test bank questions out of that book.

 

[davatron]

Was a huge Dr. Reese fan. Ray Winton is a helluva character, too.

 

[trumaroon]

Best Looking: Sally Steen<div>Best Teacher: Woodrow Richardson</div><div>Funnest Class: Santa Claus</div><div>Honorable Mention: Carskadon</div><div>
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[dawgstudent]

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[EmoryBellard]

I can't say I enjoyed his classes, but he made you work for it without being an overbearing ***.

 

[titus.sixpack]

taught Civil War History in 1967. Had a very dry sense of humor and wrote the book "Will Success Spoil Jefferson Davis?".

 

[Bobby Ricigliano]

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[DerHntr]

you said in your first post you "literally" went to class 3 or 4 times (assuming you meant the entire semester). even if it was a night class that means you missed around 75% of the class. he must be one heck of a teacher for you to learn that much in such little time. i'm sad you missed the rest of it. just think what could have happened! //sarcasm of course

I'm just busting your balls. I was never the guy who like super easy teachers who gave everyone an A. I thought it was a total waste of time andmoney. Writing that check at the beginning of the semester always made me look at the value of a course a bit more than others.

 

[Maroon Eagle]

<span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span>I want to say it was a robbery gone bad but I don't remember the details. The only thing I could find was this.

 

[King Of The Townies]

His class is hard as **** but he's super cool and a great teacher.

 

[olemissbydamn]

even on those long walks around campus early in summer school.

 

[wholetthedawgsout]

Always had a hilarious "theme tie" for every class. He taught strictly with Powerpoint, but had funny jokes throughout his slideshows. He usually printed out other "funnies" to read off during class as well. He kept your attention, gave fair tests, and was accessible to students. I was lucky to have him for Intro to Meteorology, Applied Climatology, and as my advisor. The man loves students, is a family man, and is a very effective teacher.

 

[UpTheMiddlex3Punt]

than I did in Scott Jackson's Electronics I.

 

[bsquared24]

I'll chime in and mention a few of my favorites

I thoroughly enjoyed Godbold who was mentioned before, he was still at it in 97 when I had him, crazy laugh when he would make some joke that wasn't funny but I'd laugh at his goofy laugh.

I also enjoyed Pat Sanderson in Econ and Jonpeter Grill in History. I don't know why but Pat loved me and I took her for 4 classes (getting A's in all 4) then signed up for a 5th and she took a leave of absence and I survived with a C with the sub ... Grill was an *** sometimes but he was funny. Nothing like a German with a sense of humor born in the 40's to teach German history.

I saw others mention Wolverton ... I HATED that class, so boring I wanted to shoot myself every time I walked in there.

 

[studentdawg87]

I switched from political science to communication before I could take one of his classes, but Dr. Shoup is one of the coolest professors on campus. He is also brilliant.

I loved Dalton Miller's World Geography class, and I wish I could have taken more of his classes. Most freshmen hated that class, but his ability to switch seamlessly from geography to military history is really cool.

As has already been said 1,000 times, Flick's class was special. It was probably the only class I took where I felt like the professor was of a dying breed and future MSU students will be worse off for not being able to take his class. Flick is hilarious, and if you pay attention, you will learn some valuable life lessons.

Skye Cooley is the coolest teacher I have had. I had him for Political Communication and Research in Public Relations, and he never ceased to keep everyone entertained. He told us one story about being kidnapped by drug dealers in Vegas after hanging out with them at a strip club. He also knows a ton about political theory/philosophy and presents it in a fun, practical manner.

Kevin Williams is pretty 17ing cool as well. His Mass Media and Society class was one of the more interesting classes I took.

 

[gasdawg]

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[revots]

Dr Cogley - Physics
Dr Wax - Meterology

 

[Coach34]

Never had any more fun learning than I did in those classes. Lay would start telling stories and we would end up staying after class to let him finish them.

 

[aTotal360]

dont be late.

 

[dashriprock]

a professor in Geology that i took as a freshman that was anincredibleteacher and i cannot remember his name; long gray hair and about 50 back then. on the first day of class, i didn't want to be there but by the end of the semester i hated for it to end. And Radvani...i would just sit in on his classes just to hear him talk about the soviet block. When i was in college in 1980+ he was the highest ranking soviet block diplomat to defect to the US. He wouldn't fly commercially for years because he knew if the plain washigh-jackedand taken to Cuba, as was common for high-jackers to do, he would be dead. i ran into him in Jackson about 15 years ago and he gave me a big bear hug. i didn't think he would recognize me.

 

[FreeDawg]

James Mccormick- if you ever talk to him about anything besides statistics, he knows a **** ton about everything. Very funny and cool dude

Donal Shaffer- this one is a little obscure. He's in the literature dept but I had him for African American Studies. Got an A but the dude is a fascinating genius. Ive talked to him outside of class multiple times and he is always very cool.

Bannick- Cant remember his first name but taught Bus Cal. I mean this in as good a way as possible, but he is a super cool nerd. Slightly spazzy, but in a good way

 

[jamdawg96]

Hank's passion for teaching and Mississippi State University is one of a kind. <div>
</div><div>I also really enjoyed my time in classes taught by Pete Smith, Kevin Williams, and Jimmy Hardin.</div>

 

[ThePinkFloyd]

was the best. Noone at MSU in his league. Snell, Creevy (read his novel Lakeshore Drive) and Mike Bernard Donels were right up there as well.

Dan Embree on the other hand, had no business being anywhere but an insane asylum, much less a university. Swore I would knock his teeth out if I ever ran into him post graduation. Luckily I've grown up and settled down a bit. He wore the same corduroy slacks every day. I bet they stunk like hell. They were floods at that. And a blue button up.

 

[urethrafranklin]

true story, i worked for him and he's also an excellent guy. stepped up for students to the administration a lot and was never judgmental towards students.

 

[Turd Fergusondawg]

He was hands down my favorite teacher. I ended up taking three classes from him. Richard Patteson was also pretty cool.

I couldn't agree more about Dan Embree. What a colossal dick. I ended up in his Chaucer class in grad school, and we spent 90% of the class focusing on which churches in England housed various manuscripts and trying to translate middle English rather than actually discussing any CONTENT in any of the material. He sucked hard.

I can only imagine what Embree's tech writing class was like, but I never took it.

Outside the English department, I'd have to agree that Carskadon was great in the Psychology department, and Bob Arnett was a great film teacher.

 

[ThePinkFloyd]

he had us write down the prologue to some middle English crap. It was a paragraph long and I wrote it verbatim. Only one in the class to ace it. Mind you this was on the second day of class. A few minutes later he asked me a question that I replied "I dont know" to (visions of Mr Hand in Fast Times here) and he told me he wasnt running a junior college, to which I replied "funny you should say that seeing as I am the only one in here with a 100 average"....he rode my case the rest of the semester. Got out of there with a B and was glad to get it. Colossal dick is a spot on description for him. He really had some whack political views as well, and was constantly stirring **** up in the faculty senate.

 

[MrHooch]

He was an attorney in Columbus I believe, but he also taught Honors intro to Logic. He HATED freshmen (which I was, but somehow I dodged that bullet) and engineers that took his class, but he was a badass professor and knew his ****.

 

[was21]

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[Forrest4Moore]

Dr. Flick- Just a special teacher. Sat on the front row so I was took the main force of his personal attacks throughout the year and laughed at every one of them. We had to turn in a resume for a grade and he had very strict stipulations on how it was supposed to look. As always he used an example of someone that did it wrong. Pulls one out that had wasn't typed and, in fact, had been written in crayola crayons. He says "Do not turn in one that looks like this. I don't wanna use any names... Anthony Dixon." Probably the funniest moment of the class but you would have had to been there I'm sure.

Cecilia Cook- Business Law. First day of class she gives us her cell number and says if you had too much to drink and have no ride home, call me. Enough said.

McCormick- Business Stats. To not like sports at all, the man truly has the mind of a SixPacker. I would wager that he would love PlatinumPlus's threads as much as we do.

Dalton Miller- World Geo. One of the brightest men I've met. Guy seemingly knew everything about everything. Most interesting class I took even though I was a Business major. Wish I could have take him for more.

Robert Banik- Business Cal. Like already stated, coolest nerd you'll ever meet. Awesome teacher and always available for help.

Mike Goree- Marketing. Obviously, an easy A. But I truly learned a great deal from him.

Bert Montgomery- Sociology. Guy is a huge State fan. Great at relating the material. Always talked sports during lectures to seemingly keep our attention.

Woody Richardson- Most people disagree with this one judging by his rating on msuteachers.com. He was really good though. Just very tough. No rounding of grades whatsoever. He held us accountable and expected professionalism since it was our capstone course. Finished with an 89.98 in his class and received the B that he told us was sure to happen on the first day of class.

Honorable Mentions: Gary Templeton. Most people hate him but he reminded me too much of Michael Scott from The Office for me to not enjoy his class. Laura Marler and Tammi Riddle-Metz. Both very easy on the eyes and great teachers.

 

[sonofabitch]

2 guys. dr. robert oh econ 1 & 2 taught out of the damn book he wrote. gary parvin . 1 hell of a b-law guy. peeked my interest in law in general.

 

[Forrest4Moore]

She dressed for success everyday. That was honestly the one class I never had a problem falling to sleep in because it was so easy to just look at her.

I took her Fall of my junior year. My classes that semester were Marler, Steen, Metz, Amy Fountain (public speaking), and Allison Pearson. More estrogen than ever but my God none of them were ugly for teachers. Marler, Steen, and Fountain easily had enough swag individually to even tame Ozarka's needs.

 

[Forrest4Moore]

I'll hang up and listen, Paul.

Roll Tide.

 

[macadoo1733]

good stuff...................................................................

 

[benatmsu]

He was awesome. And he was the faculty representative to the Athletic Department (or something like that), so he always had some pretty good insight and nice stories.

 

[EEMan]

Dr. Shivaji in the math department.

I see that several folks say Dr. Reese. I only had him for senior design, and didn't care for his style.

 

[aTotal360]

17er

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

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[Turd Fergusondawg]

I almost did, but if memory serves, I was banging a girl in there, and I didn't want her getting the impression that I was trying to avoid her. Which I soon thereafter was. Turned out she was crazy, and then not only was I stuck in Embree's class, but with this crazy chick. So yes, layers of 17ups.

Embree had it in for me, too, though now I don't remember what I ever did to the guy to deserve it. Multiple times, though, I wanted to grab him by the chin beard and beat the life out of him with that fifteen-pound Chaucer book.

He was a man who lacked inspiration in any form, so he focused on ridiculous details instead, trying to make a technical subject out of something non-technical. He also gave multiple choice tests on that ridiculous detail, which I hated.

My dad, who worked in the EE department for 28 years (whose name I don't see present in 6 pages here--ahem), claimed to me that Embree was a wannabe engineer who couldn't hack it. So he chose the one specialty in English lit where he could obsess with meaningless details instead of big picture stuff--life lessons.

I literally don't remember anything from that class other than him being a colossal dick.

This was in 1995, I think.

 

[RocketCityDawg]

As in, WTH?

 

[1msudawg]

Roffie Burt Surveying. great teacher.. but even better advisor. Was waiting in line to ask him a question. The guy in front of me was talking about what classes he needed to take.. Raffie's response.. "son, if you can't read that flow chart in your hand go change your damn major!"