Jesse Dorian
Instructor in the Department of English and Modern Languages
Began working at Lamar University in 1997
Interviewed by Jenee Webb on 03/09/2023
‘My old mentor, Dr. Victoria Price, who at that time was the director of the Lamar Language Institute, had suggested that I might be interested in the job since that was what I was doing overseas, all that time. So, I came back, and I interviewed and Dean Shillingsburg …decided I was a good fit for the university. And of course, Dr. Victoria Price recommended me highly, and I ended up being the director of the Lamar Language Institute. That was 1997.’
‘Well, I suppose it's (Lamar University) given me a reason to wake up in the morning. It's given me students to interact with. It's given me a great deal to think about intellectually, emotionally, spiritually. I've enjoyed many classes. I've hated several classes, but my feelings, I suppose, when I retire will be rather pleasant, charming.’
‘Lamar University is a rather small school, especially if you count only our on-campus population. …For the most part, those students who trips along the sidewalks and run from the rain and hang out in the lobbies of all the various buildings, they really are privileged because of the smallness of the university. It allows our instructional staff, our administrative staff to get to know the students. And students who attend Lamar University have the same education that you would get at a larger school, but they certainly get a lot more attention than they would in some of those larger institutions. So, I highly recommend students attending Lamar merely for the fact that you get to know your professors. You get to know the people that have a great effect on what you are learning, what you are trying to learn, what you are acquiring, what you are trying to become. The faculty and the staff all are most seriously interested in our students. And we devote a great deal of time in the class, outside of the class, and at home because we do have an online component, even for those students that are attending on campus. We are in touch and we want to be in touch.’
‘Well, I suppose it's (Lamar University) given me a reason to wake up in the morning. It's given me students to interact with. It's given me a great deal to think about intellectually, emotionally, spiritually. I've enjoyed many classes. I've hated several classes, but my feelings, I suppose, when I retire will be rather pleasant, charming.’
‘Lamar University is a rather small school, especially if you count only our on-campus population. …For the most part, those students who trips along the sidewalks and run from the rain and hang out in the lobbies of all the various buildings, they really are privileged because of the smallness of the university. It allows our instructional staff, our administrative staff to get to know the students. And students who attend Lamar University have the same education that you would get at a larger school, but they certainly get a lot more attention than they would in some of those larger institutions. So, I highly recommend students attending Lamar merely for the fact that you get to know your professors. You get to know the people that have a great effect on what you are learning, what you are trying to learn, what you are acquiring, what you are trying to become. The faculty and the staff all are most seriously interested in our students. And we devote a great deal of time in the class, outside of the class, and at home because we do have an online component, even for those students that are attending on campus. We are in touch and we want to be in touch.’