Dr Hess
At 8 am most people wished they were asleep. While being true for the kids stuck in Hartline science center's huge open meeting hall at room 108. However, sitting at the long desk at the head of the bottom of the class you'll find an awake and ready to go Dr. Angela Hess.
The lecture hall is filled to the brim with men and women in almost every seat. Before the class it's rowdy as a group of young adults would be but when the clock strikes 8 it quiets down, and they are ready to begin listening. Dr Hess teaches anatomy and physiology from 8 to 8:50 on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. While also teaching a lab for A&P. Dr Hess has wanted to teach since she was 12 years old. Knowing that helped her prepare for the 21 years of schooling she would have to do to get her PHD. She is most passionate about her teaching, and you could tell that by just sitting in one of her classes. With a class as filled as hers it's sadly impossible for her to reach everyone. That's why she employs the help of seven teaching aids. All of them former students of her classes who she trusts very much since she has them helping the students when they break for practice questions in unit lecture guide. She doesn't just sit there during this time. Getting up to walk around for any student to ask her questions on what they are working on. Clearly showing how much, she gives for these students to be successful. Yet at the end of the class period, she stays for however long she needs for questions then exits through the door to the left of where she teaches during the 50-minute period.
lecture hall 108 in Hartline
When you can't find her in her class you can find her in her office in Hartline on differing times depending on the days. On Tuesday she is there 9-10:30 am, Wednesday 10:30 am-12:00pm, and Thursday being there from 2pm-4pm. Her office is room and is found at the first right in the build and near the end of the long door ridden hallway. The small office is in room 149 and is filled by darkness except the small night lights all decorated around the office but she didn't want to have a office like this.
She didn't want to be a college professor at first, majoring in elementary as her first. Yet here she is now with only ever working in college teaching settings. Now She has been doing this for 19 years and has had her fair share of trouble and fun in her classes. She describes one day in an A&P lab how. " One student was taking a strike against the lab that day and decided to sit on the floor instead." Interesting way to spend money if you ask me. She also talked about how they were doing heart rate calculation and one student. "Calculated their heart rate as 760 BPM, I gave it a second and when they didn't die I knew he did something wrong." All this excitement yet it doesn't give a full picture into Dr Hess's life.
Dr Hess describes her life as "Hectic but wouldn't have it any other way." As she is also working on a master's degree in construction and technology. Just another accomplishment to add to like teaching cancer bio which she developed, medical terminology, tutoring online for nursing programs and being a department chair for 6 years. Dr Hess gets the most enjoyment from her students seeing them complete their projects for health science symposium for A&P2, her favorite chapter with the urinary system, and A&P In general as she says. "A&P is definitely my favorite subject." After all that she gets to go home and relax, and with all she has accomplished so far, I bet she needs it at times.
Dr. Angela Hess
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