1. P.R.I.D.E.
STUDENT ACCESSIBLE, SCHOOL INCLUSIVE DATABASE ON
PROFESSOR’S
PROFESSOR’S REVIEW INPUT DATA EVALUATION
Created by: Benjamin C. N. Graves of Group BEN

2. PRIDE is a student accessible database of the
Professors at PNW that
Includes:
• Bio about Professor, including years of teaching experience,Years of
teaching at PNW, writing style preferences, accomplishments,
tenures, hobbies passions and dislikes
• Ranking system of professors based on former students reviews
• Categories Include: Communications from professor, requirements
for the professors class, Pass/Fail criteria, and the intangibles.

3. A Database of Professors Reviewed by Former
Students Will Take A lot of the Unnecessary Guess
Work Out of the College Experience!
• “ If I would have only known how this professor/class was before
taking it ?”
• Stressful environment of not knowing what to expect.
• Dropped classes.
• What does this professor expect?
• Does this professor make announcements? Or return emails?
• How does this professor teach the class?
• Does this professor require field assignments and or group projects?
TAKING PRIDE
These questions and more are very important to a student’s academic success.

4. WHAT IS PRIDE ? PRIDE IS A STUDENTS
GUIDING LIGHT DURING SCHEDULING !
So glad I
have PRIDE
Professor
responds to
emails
Professor that
monitors their
students
Professor that allows a
student to work ahead
Professor requires
field projects
Does this professor require
Group projects
PRIDEWILL ALLOW STUDENTSTO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONSABOUTTHEIR EDUCATION BY CHOSING
PROFESSORSTHAT BETTER FITTHEIR LEARNING NEEDS!
Professor explains
assignments
Work load
In Professors
Class
Picture retrieved from www.nature .com
I work 40
hrs.
2 kids at
home
I
26% of College
Students are parents
II
52% of College
Students work
Fulltime
II American Association of University ProfessorsI Institute for Women’s Policy Research

5. THE NEED FOR PRIDE
• Increase student and professor communications/relations
• Increase a student’s ability to make informed decisions about their
education
• Increase the responsibility and accountability of a students individual
educational needs
• Increase a student’s ability of preparation for a professor and or class
• Increase in student success rate
• Increase in student grades
• Decrease a student’s stress of not knowing how to prepare for a professor
and or class
• Decrease dropped class ratio
GETTING PRIDE

6. Purdue University Northwest Mission
Statement
• Purdue University Northwest provides an exceptional undergraduate
and graduate education to students through discovery and
engagement. We create a student-centered environment that
promotes critical thinking, inclusion, student research,
scholarship, applied practical learning experiences and community
and economic development for the betterment of the individual
and society. We offer all our constituencies a wide range of
knowledge-transfer activities. We are dedicated to creating a more
economically viable world community.
SHOWING PRIDE

7. Student Government Legacy
• The Student Government of Purdue University Northwest serves
as the chief advocate for student interests at the University. As
one of the four governance groups, Student Government represents
students’ perspectives to faculty, staff and administrators; provides
representatives to University committees; and catalyzes inventive
projects by which to improve students’ college experiences.
KEEPING PRIDE

8. Student Legacy…. UBUNTU
Whether you are aware, don’t care, or don’t know, we have a Social Responsibility to help
make PNW the best school it can be. By teaching and communicating to future student
generations the trials and tribulations of our college experience.
BUILDING PRIDE

9. SHOOT FOR THE STARS, IF YOU END UP IN THE CLOUDS? THEN
YOU’RE HALFWAY THERE…
IN ORDER TO BE THE BEST, WE MUST FOLLOW THE PATH OF THE
BEST.
GAINING PRIDE
KAISAN
Japanese meaning:To
Constantly Improve
Picture retrieved from: Quotesgram.com

10. US NEWS and WORLD REPORT RANKINGS:
9 OUT OF THE 20 TOP SCHOOLS IN THE NATION HAVE SOME TYPE OF
STUDENT ACCESSIBLE SCHOOL INCLUSIVE PROFESSOR REVIEW
DATABASE FOR THEIR STUDENTS.
1. Princeton
2. Harvard
3. Yale
4. Stanford
4. Columbia
7. M.I.T.
9. University of Pennsylvania
12. Northwestern University *(#2 Best College in Illinois)
18. University of Notre Dame *( #1 Best College in Indiana)
41. University of Illinois-Champagne *( #3 Best College in Illinois) *(data from BESTCOLLEGE.com)
( I was only able to get in contact with these schools, there could possibly be more of the top schools)
HAVING PRIDE

11. • Picture on slide 4 retrieved from: www.nature .com
• Statistical data on slide 4 retrieved from: Institute for Women’s Policy Research and American Association
of University Professors
• Slide 6 PNW mission statement retrieved from : www.unifynorthcentralcalumet.com.
• Slide 7 PNW student government mission retrieved from www.pnw.edu/studentgovernment.com
• Slide 8 Picture retrieved from www.Facebook.com
• Slide 9 Picture retrieved from: Picture retrieved from: www.Quotesgram.com
• Slide 10 data retrieved from www.USNEWSANDWORLDREPORT and www.bestcollege.com/Illinois and
www.bestcollege.com/Indiana
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