Donna Smith - Grand Valley State University

Professor: Donna Smith
Department: Communication
College: Grand Valley State University
Rating # 1
Overview:
  • Course: COM201
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
She was effective in learning how to speak in public, I learned a lot. Although, she is very blunt sometimes and tells it like it is. For any freshman taking this class it might be hard with her. She will stop you in the middle of a speech and tell you to sit down if you are not doing it correctly, embarrassing for most!
Rating # 2
Overview:
  • Course: COM201
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Easy class, I learned a lot about the do's and donut's of public speaking and its going to be useful in the future. Very conservative and vapid, but a very nice lady.
Rating # 3
Overview:
  • Course: COM201
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Very good teacher. She is clear, concise, and lets you know exactly how she will be grading EVERYTHING. Very good at responding to e-mails. Only downside--a little dry sometimes, but it's speech so it has to be difficult to make it captivating. Would recommend!
Rating # 4
Overview:
  • Course: COM201
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Donna is one of the kindest ladies around. Her class was extremely easy. If your going to take COM 201, take her! You do 4 speeches, in my class we did 3 because she had to go out of town. But she grades on your individual progress throughout the semester. Take notes when she lectures because all of that stuff is EXACTLY what she has on the final.
Rating # 5
Overview:
  • Course: COM201
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
She is a great professor . Knows her topic well. Is very helpfull and understanding. She trys to challenge her students to help them step out of their comfort zones. I really enjoyed Donnas class. She is a great professor
Rating # 6
Overview:
  • Course: COM201
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Donna is an extremely kind person. She definitely knows what she's talking about because she is always making speeches outside of class and has her own talkshow on public access. She's not as easy as everyone says but she is fair. Towards the end, if you use the word 'um' in a speech even once you'll get marked down an entire grade.
Rating # 7
Overview:
  • Course: COM201
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I really enjoyed this class. She was really helpful and an easy grader. You'll like it if you take it, I bet.
Rating # 8
Overview:
  • Course: COM201SPEECH
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
This was my easiest class-a little too easy. I learned some new things, but not much more than I had learned in my high school speech class. I'm really glad I took the class though, because I had the opportunity to practice my public speaking skills and receive positive feedback.
Rating # 9
Overview:
  • Course: COM201
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
SUPER easy and boring prof, and crazy conservative. she's real nice for the most part, but treats you like your in 1st grade. she wont even let her kids say the word "fart", thats how ridiculous she is. so i made it my mission to test her and make my speech topics controversial and kinda dirty just to see her reaction. you do the same! its funny :)
Rating # 10
Overview:
  • Course: COM201
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Forget what everyone else says, yes she's easy as anything, but thats it, just come to class and put in earplugs, all you need to do is show up and you'll get an A. She rambles on incessantly and does not listen, I think she's menopausal. Go ahead and bring your labtop and play solitare the whole time, you'll get more out of it than this class.
Rating # 11
Overview:
  • Course: COM201
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
An easy class and a great teacher. She's helpful in telling you what you need to do to improve, and grades very lightly. Very nice lady. I'd definitely recommend.
Rating # 12
Overview:
  • Course: COM201SPEECH
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
the best teacher i've had at GV. she's so nice and pleasent, always has a smile on, which makes the class worth going to. the speech subjects are entirely up to you, topics are chosen by her. grades fairly easily, as long as you follow the requirements, prepare ahead of time and act respectful.
Rating # 13
Overview:
  • Course: COM101
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Very very nice person and easy class. Material was interesting on it's own but she definitely has a tendency to ramble on and on. She made me feel like she thought the students were too daft to understand what she meant w/o hearing it 1,000 times. But it was easy and she's very nice.
Rating # 14
Overview:
  • Course: COM201
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Very nice lady and understands what students are going through. Has a tendancy to ramble on though. She will go out of her way to make you feel comfortable. No final and only 2-3 quizzes. Come to class and youll get an A. Get to know her.. it helps
Rating # 15
Overview:
  • Course: COM101
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.5
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I learned more from the book than from her. Ironically the book seemed more interesting than her too--I always felt like she was rambling onn about useless stuff---and I am not really sure how she became a prof at GVSU. Not a hard class just boring--
Rating # 16
Overview:
  • Course: COM201
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
One of the greatest profs ever! Would highly recomend to anyone. Excellent class! Take it!
Rating # 17
Overview:
  • Course: COM101
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Good teacher, relaxed class. Learned something
Rating # 18
Overview:
  • Course: COM201
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Easy class, great teacher. Enjoy!
Rating # 19
Overview:
  • Course: COM201
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
No Comments
Rating # 20
Overview:
  • Course: COM201
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Donna is a great lady. Not a very good teacher compared to my other experiences. Easy class, make you feel real comfortable. Recommended...
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