TESU Liberal Arts Capstone mentor feedback

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petergib asked in a different thread if such a thread as this exists, and I was thinking about this same thing recently since I'll be registering for the capstone in a few months.

Anyone have any suggestions for (or feedback on) mentors to consider going with for the TESU Liberal Arts Capstone? Here are some quick ones I found already through a brief search.

Anyone else have any recent experiences, good or bad, with mentors through the course?


Regarding Dr. Casey Maugh:

Congratulations, based on my experience you are very fortunate to have Dr. Casey. She is very specific in her feedback and des not mind email consulting.

Regarding Dr. Amy Laptad:

My mentor didn't provide any sample papers so luckily I found a great paper posted here on the forum. I followed the format to a letter and although I needed an extension due to my late start, I still I got an A. Mind you, it all depends on you mentor, mine didn't care what I wrote so long as I wrote something and if I had know she would be so blase blah I would have saved myself an extension fee and not sweated so much over the topic, because in the end she didn't care.

Regarding Dr. David Weischadle:

I had Dr. Weishadle as my "mentor." I found him to be almost non-existent. The feedback/grades on your papers was poorly done with no advice or suggestions on how to do it better. There was no teaching in the class and no communication from the professor unless you asked him a question or he was grading your biweekly work. I did feel that he was extremely lenient on grades, however. I started the class getting upper 80's on most projects although halfway through it I put in less effort (usually only working on each project the night before it was due) and received lower 80's. My final paper was a quick modification of of all previous modules to update topics that had changed slightly and I got a 78 on it. Combined with the free 24% of your grade you get from the "discussions" and the free 2% from the ETS, my final grade in the class was a B. I honestly should have failed the class with as little effort as I was putting in at the end.