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Parting WordsAugust, 2002 AT THE DEAN'S RECEPTION last fall, Kathy Nicholson found herself talking with Jack Kolodny and Sarah Stein, all MBA '02, about how much they had enjoyed the inaugural Second-Year Seminars, small week-long courses that preceded the start of the academic year last fall. Wouldn't it be nice to end their year, one said, on a similarly strong note. That led to the idea of a "last lecture" series by their favorite professors. The threesome took the idea to David Kreps, senior associate dean, who offered to support the series if the students would organize it. "We were hoping to fill a classroom with 66 students and were ecstatic when the demand reached more than 100," says Nicholson. Offered as a 1-credit course involving no tests but mandatory attendance at two back-to-back lectures on Thursday evenings for each of five weeks, the series drew 130 registered students and dozens of faculty and staff. The 10 professors, who each delivered one lecture, tended to speak less formally than in their usual classes, students said. Whether they were talking about entrepreneurship, leadership, or accounting, "the passion shown by the professors created an overwhelming, positive response" from students, Kolodny said. The administration was impressed too. "I thought it was a considerable success," said Kreps, "and I'd like to make it a tradition of the School." |
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