#i2amru (I, Too, Am Reinhardt) Volume 1 Number 1 | Page 78

Students find her classes is very
challenging yet very beneficial.
She interacts with each and every
student, which helps students
comprehend the information being taught. Student Ray Hodges
attests, “I find her tests very challenging. They makes you think,
which is something I do not do
very often. She doesn’t have multiple choice or true or false questions, so I immediately thought
the worse would happen.”

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I can also vouch for the intensity
of her tests, which are hard. They
often only have four questions, of
which three are short essays and
one is an essay question. However,
Hodges notes, “They are not too
challenging if you listen to her
lectures and study the question
on her study guide.”
Dr. Anne Good also has an interest in traveling, and in the past
years she has done some work
raising the profile of international
students as well as international
awareness on campus. Regarding
her contribution to the international program here at Reinhardt
University, Good states, “Three or
four years ago, Mr. Tunji Adesesan
had an idea that we should do
an International Culture Fest. He
and I worked together to get it
made a part of the Convocation of
Artists and Scholars.” This annual
program, held every April, was to
showcase the academic achievement of Reinhardt students. The
Culture Fest showcases the different cultures here at Reinhardt
and allows international students
to show pictures of their country
or area in which they have lived; it
is also a way for the international
students to showcase the different
music and food that represents
the cultures in which they were
born and raised.

“When I think of
‘home’, I still often
think of where we
lived in South Africa,
which was out in the
countryside in KwaZulu-Natal at a place
called Enhlanhleni,
which means ‘place of
luck’.”

Before Dr. Cheryl Brown, I was the
coordinator for the Study Abroad
program,” said Dr. Anne Good.
“But I decided to stir away from
it because Dr. Brown was much
better at it.” Although she loved
to travel, she felt that she didn’t fit
in as the study abroad coordinator
because she didn’t have as much
experience.
“It was sort of like the blind leading the blind,” she states. “I had
done my absolute best to get
involved in leading the field, but
she was just so much better, having eighteen years of experience.
Dr. Good’s interaction with her
students is what makes her an
exceptional professor. Not many
students may brag about some
teachers, so to have some favor
her teaching ability and style is
a plus. Dr. Jonathan Good said,
“Although I do not get to see my
colleagues in action, I have sat in a
couple times on my wife’s classes,
and I am thoroughly impressed
with her knowledge of material
and connection with students.”

When asked whose teaching style
she mimics or has learned from,
Dr. Good names her colleague Dr.
Willard. “Dr. Willard teaches American History, and he just has a way
with his students and captures
their attention without standing
on a podium talking all day. He
interacts with his students, giving
them the opportunity to share
their interest and engage them in
the information.”
As a student of Dr. Anne Good, I’ve
had the opportunity to witness
her ability to engage students in
the information being taught. Fellow student Ray Hodges describes
it well: “No one likes to have
someone read off a PowerPoint
for the majority of the class. She
uses humor to keep us laughing
and engaging in conversation, as
well as videos, so that we can see
what’s being taught. I am a visual
learner, so I have to see things
happening to understand it.”
He continues, “And for her to have
a visual of the information being
taught makes it easier to comprehend. ”
No matter where she was she
was raised, Dr. Anne Good still
considers herself and “American
Girl.” Spending the majority of her
youth and teenage years in Africa,
she still found a way back here
to the United States and to the
Reinhardt community. Dr. Anne
Good’s passion and enthusiasm
for teaching have made her a very
unique individual. As a student
at Reinhardt, I am very pleased to
have met Dr. Anne Good.

Above: Dr. Anne Good and student Sherina
Davis painting chairs as part of their study
and service work in Mexico in March, 2015.
(Photo courtesy of Donald Gregory)
Right: Dr. Good congratulates 2014 graduate
Courtney Holcombe Martin in their
academic regalia.
(Photo courtesy of the School
of Arts and Humanities)

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