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Get to Know Faculty Liaison -- Bob Turner

The Colgate faculty liaison program provides Colgate student-athletes with the opportunity to develop working relationships with Colgate faculty members outside the classroom or formal advising environment in an effort to enhance the academic and athletic experience for the student-athlete.

The faculty liaison can function in many roles, including providing additional academic guidance for student-athletes and coaches, educating student-athletes about educational expectations and policies, and providing a link between academic faculty and the Colgate athletic program. The program also establishes a formal connection between each head coach and at least one member of the academic faculty.

This collaboration can provide an additional level of assistance for student-athletes in developing a positive and productive balance among academic, athletic, and co-curricular commitments. The faculty liaison program is administered jointly by the offices of the Dean of the Faculty and the Vice President/Director of Athletics.

Name and Liaison to What Team
Bob Turner, liaison to Women's Soccer
Professor of Economics and Environmental Studies
 
What I Like About Being a Faculty Liaison
Getting to know and interact with student-athletes and their families
 
Influential Person in My Career
Hirschel Kasper, professor of economics at Oberlin College
 
Idea or Invention I Wish I Had Thought of…
The transporter from Star Trek (still waiting for a working version…)
 
Favorite Hero
Anonymous people who do little (or sometimes big) things to make others' lives better
 
Favorite Possession
My home and yard
 
Favorite Sports Memory
Red Sox World Series Championship in 2004
 
Favorite Memento
Photos of family trips
 
Favorite Magazine, Hard-Copy or Online
Discover
 
Favorite Music Type, Singer or Group
Classical (brass quintets in particular)
 
Favorite Book
To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
 
Favorite Movie
The Princess Bride
 
Favorite Quote
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."  (Mandy Patinkin from The Princess Bride)

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