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Ethnobotany field final

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The field final is weather dependent. At 16:15 a rain band came over the ridge. Yet by the 16:20 start of the field final the rain has passed through. Although satellite photos suggested further bands could be inbound, the field final launched at 16:20. The first plant was Ocimum tenuiflorum at 16:25.   Jasminum sambac was the second plant. This term a southern route was taken. This route eliminates the long plantless trek from the northeast corner to the gym. Fiona, RJ, and Tisha on point at 16:26 en route to Ponapea ledermanniana. The choice of Ponapea ledermanniana was to provide fairly closely spaced regrouping locations. Centella asiatica along the walkway was the next plant and regrouping point. Cymbopogon citratus was the next stop along the walk at 16:36. Dantez, Sinae, Nakisha, and Emars at 16:37 Terminalia catappa at 16:38. This term avoided the long wait for stragglers to catch up after a...

Student evaluations spring 2025

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Student evaluations of instructor, course, and course materials provide guidance for the institutions on areas of relative strengths and areas where there may be room for improvement. Although the evaluation was only distributed to students in online courses, some of those students were also in residential courses. With the evaluation used in all courses fall 2024 there were 1360 responses. Spring 2025 has received 482 responses as of 13 May 2025. Edit: Where noted below, some charts and text were subsequently updated.  Spring 2025 areas of relative strength and relative weakness Areas of relative strength include the syllabus, awareness of SLOs, instructor's command of their subject area, relevance of material, and clarity of the content. Areas of relative weakness included regularity and promptness of instructor contact, ability to access the course textbook, instructors presenting material in an objective manner, and the learning management system. The specific prompt for presen...