The open ended question for faculty and staff that received the most student votes was: What is your least favorite part of Olin?
Peter Antognoni: The commute (2.5 hr./day)
Susan Johanson: The lack of an ombudsman for staff and faculty.
Jessica Townsend: We’re all too busy all the time.
Drew: There are too many things to do, and not enough time.
Alison Black: I wish the Olin community was more diverse, especially in terms of race and ethnicity.
Rae-Anne Butera: I wish we had a snack bar/coffee shop. Maybe we should start one in OSL…. Would more students come up to OSL just to hang out if we did?
Oscar: The lack of diversity and will to engage this.
Anonymous A: People abusing “working from home”
Anonymous B: Lack of empathy or understanding of one another’s viewpoints. So many disagreements or struggles at Olin (and in the world) arise from two people with mildly incompatible views thinking the other is wrong, unintelligent, and being intentionally difficult. Meanwhile, we aren’t aware of the influence our own blind spots have on our actions, and the impact that we have on others based on our assumptions.
Anonymous C: When students remember to criticize parts of a course but forget to mention the good parts (on course evaluations, for example)
Anonymous D: Getting to know students personally. Y’all’s interesting.
