As I teach third year design studios, I spend quite a bit of time with our students.  I sometimes will have them for two consecutive semesters.  I provide approximately ten letters of recommendation for graduate school and other continuing programs for our students each year.  Many of my former students have returned to teach or be CLTs in our classes.

Below are a few emails from students:

To: jbouratoglou@citytech.cuny.edu
Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2012
Subject:Thank You

As this semester ends, so does this design challenge. I really appreciate all the feedback I received. Thank you for all the thought and consideration you all had for my design, I feel like I’ve learned; Things I’ll definitely keep in mind  as I pursue my goals.
thank you very much!

To: Jill Bouratoglou <jbouratoglou@CityTech.Cuny.Edu>
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 00:32:28 -0500
Hi professor
Well I just wanted to say thanks for the great semester, thanks for pushing me a little bit more than, what I have been push before in a design class. I developed new ideas you taught thanks to that.