Communication Between Administration and Students

As a student at Piedmont College, I have received one-on-one attention from faculty members at the college, whether it be for academics or just personal advice. I have never had a complain with the school's administration until recently. My complain is with the President of Piedmont College, who delayed school for two hours and didn't give faculty or students any idea of what that meant. Quite a few faculty members and students trekked through the snow and/or ice to make it to their classes at 9:30 to find out that the delay meant morning classes were canceled and the day would continue as normal from 11 o'clock.

After the snow day, i realized that Piedmont's communication with students about events and severe weather directions. Being a student that lives on campus, it wasn't hard for me to walk to class and discover it was canceled and go back to my room. Yes, I was a bit frustrated with the school for having to go outside in the cold weather but my main concern was for the commuters of the college. Many of them had to miss class or drive on the icy roads to make it to class on time. A few ideas, for this improvement would be to follow the idea Millsap College came up with for their students. They made a link on their homepage that directed students to a place to log in and see if classes were canceled, sporting and other events happening on campus.

The administration should try to set up a system for students to log in a see what is going on in the upcoming week or if school is canceled. This would greatly lessen the confusion that was caused by the snow.