Tuesday
10/05/04
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So, do you like my new outfit? What do you mean you didn't notice!?
We've spent some time fixing up the site; the Quote of the Moment, sidebar, and homepage are all New and Improved! We're trying to move the design of our site out of the early '90s and into the current millennium. For non-artsy folks like us, that just means boxes with rounded corners. Mmmm... rounded corners...
In other news, we finally convinced Ross and Kasey to get their act together and post some new content. It wasn't easy to get those two to do an honest day's work - let's just say the elimination of the assault rifle ban was most timely! There are also some new Hilarious Posts for your amusement and new Quotes of the Moment. And most important of all, you have added nearly 3,000 evaluations over the course of two months. Amazing! We'll make you deal: you keep on writing about your profs and we'll keep on working on the site. Rounded corners for everyone!
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Tuesday
08/03/04
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Why, hello there. I know it has been awhile since we've talked, but that doesn't mean we don't love ya, baby. So What's New with you? As for us, you may have noticed that our domain has changed from MyProfessorSucks.com to ProfessorPerformance.com. The new name gives a kinder, gentler feel to our corner of the web and makes us sound less like a fetish porn site than ever before!
Also of note is that we just recently passed 50,000 professor evaluations. We are amazed at how the site has grown over the years; you have our warmest thanks for your support. Our current goal is to streamline and improve ProfessorPerformance - we're working to bring you new content, better aesthetics, and a brand new homepage. We're taking our time to perfect the beat, and yes, we've still got love for the streets.
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Sunday
01/05/03
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* BIG NEWS *
In perhaps the biggest announcement to be posted on this page thus far, we have made the decision to change our domain name.
Yes, "MyProfessorSucks.com" will now become ?
To help us choose a new name, we need your help.
However, some of you may be wondering: why? Why did you decide to change the name in the first place?
While it was a complicated and difficult decision, the following reasons stood out:
1. Our current name is often thought of negatively when first encountered by students and professors alike. While we never think it's fair to judge a book by its cover, we do realize it happens.
2. The focus of our site is slowly changing. While we pride ourselves on being a destination for professor evaluations, we soon will be adding more features that will create a one-stop "college community" site. These will include forums and games and may also include classifieds for students, student auctions, personalized e-mail addresses, student submissions and a picture rating feature. We hope that our new name perhaps says "community" more than "professors" to interested students.
3. Potential advertisers have been turned-off by our current name. None of us got into MyProfessorSucks.com to make money, which is good, because we haven't. While we wouldn't mind owning an island or something, we would rather attract quality advertisers to our site to we can spread the word using advertisements (such as ads placed in campus newspapers). But without a less controversial name, it is difficult to find advertisers willing to take a chance.
So, those are some reasons why the change will occur. Please understand that little will change besides our name. Our content, staff and purpose will remain the same: we haven't been bought by AOL or anything. So help us find our new name...
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Saturday
01/04/03
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Some folks have asked us: how many student evaluations is a grade based off of? It's a good question, as a "C+" grade based on 23 evaluations might bear more weight than an "A+" grade with only one.
So today we have implemented a numerical system for all school and A+ club pages which shows our users exactly how many evaluations have been posted for the professor in question. Right next to the professor's grade , you'll see a number and the word "evals" (example: 8 evals).
So, you want to know how many folks have evaluated a particular professor? Now you know...in one glance.
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Monday
12/16/02
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We've been hearing from quite a few of you that you were tired of all the advertisements on our site...
We hear ya! Today we removed 33 percent of all graphical ads on our site, including the tall "skyscraper" ads that used to line the right side of most pages.
While we do need advertising revenue to help promote MyProfessorSucks.com, we will not annoy our users immensely to do it.
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Saturday
11/23/02
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We improved upon comment reporting today by adding a field that allows the person submitting the comment to also include their e-mail address.
This will allow us to contact the person if we have questions and also e-mail them with our decision about whether we have deleted, edited or moved the comment in question.
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Sunday
10/27/02
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It's been a busy weekend here at MyProfessorSucks.com.
For starters, we gave our database a good cleaning, combining or deleting more than 100 duplicate professor entries.
Secondly, we have added an additional 25 subjects your professors might teach. Originally we had 43 subjects, now it's a good 68. Below you'll see a list of the new subjects.
Animal Science
Athletics
Biochemistry
Botany
Classics
Communications
Consumer Science
Creative Witing
Denistry
Emergency Services
Environmental Studies
Ethnic Studies
Exercise Science
Fine Arts
Graphic Arts
Industrial Technology
Information Technology
Interior Design
Linguistics
Microbiology
Nutrition Science
Speech
Theology
Urban & Regional Planning
Zoology
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Thursday
10/24/02
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Our founder's mom was a Hooiser and Indiana University grad, so we were thrilled when a story appeared today in the Indiana Daily Student. It was written by Kerry Wilfert.
To see the story, click here.
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Wednesday
10/23/02
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Another day, another feature introduced to make finding and evaluating your professors even easier. Prevously, if you wanted to find a professor, but we'ren't sure of their last name, you had to surf through each letter of the alphabet.
But today, we've introduced SHOW ALL links. one is located in the Professor Search Box on your school's main page and the other is located at the bottom of all internal school pages (it's located just to the left of the individual letters of alphabet).
So, if you want to see ALL profs at your school, now you can do it in one click...
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Thursday
10/17/02
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A few guys on our staff are University of Florida grads, but I'm sure they'd have no problem with the article that appeared in Florida State's FSView & Florida Flambeau. If they do, well, they're fired. The article was penned by Travis Miller.
To see the story, click here.
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Wednesday
10/16/02
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Texas may larger than quite a few foreign countries, but until today we hadn't appeared in print in any Texas college newspapers.
That changed when Southwest Texas State's University Star included us on their editorial page.
To see the editorial, click here. Make sure ya scroll down to "Web site grading of teachers doesn’t suck."
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Friday
10/11/02
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Today we implemented a new feature that will make it easier for users to let us know which comments perhaps don't belong: comment reporting
While we do have filters in place meant to catch libelous, defamatory, slanderous or profane posts, occasionally some slip through the cracks. If you see a comment that you think should be looked at by our staff, just click the link which says: Should this comment be removed or edited? Click here to learn more. It's that easy!
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Tuesday
10/08/02
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Hellooo Connecticut! We've broken into CT for the first time today after the University of Connecticut's Daily Campus ran an article on us (written by Layla Shlack).
To see the story, click here.
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Monday
10/07/02
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There's nothing as refreshing as starting off a week with a whole wave of students visiting our site for the first time.
Prior to today we were virgins at Kansas State University (no, not literally!). We had no evaluations posted at KSU, but I'm sure this will change after a great article by Amy Preston for The Kansas State Collegian.
Her article examines our site and a similar evaluation site being developed at KSU.
To see the story, click here.
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Monday
10/07/02
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Everyone's got an opinion and the editors at the Kansas State Collegian are no different. In an editorial they stated that site like MyProfessorSucks.com are "supplying a worthwhile service to students because they hold teachers accountable for the validity of their classes."
To see the full editorial, click here.
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Friday
10/04/02
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For the fourth time in 14 months, an Illinois student paper has featured MyProfessorSucks.com in an article.
The Daily Northwestern, student paper of Northwestern University, printed an interesting article by Erica Futterman on how our site can be a possible alternative to Northwestern's university electronic evaluation process.
To see the story, click here.
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Friday
10/04/02
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With about half of our staff in Florida, it's extra special when student papers in the Sunshine State review our site.
The Oracle, student paper of the University of South Florida, featured us in an article by Kevin Capp. It was also the top featured story on the OracleOnline's main page.
To see the story, click here.
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Friday
10/04/02
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Ouch! I think our butt cheeks are just as red as Standford Univiversity's school colors after its student paper, The Stanford Daily ran a stinging article on non-official evaluation websites today.
As much as we would love to believe that even bad press is good press, it does bother us that the only slant on the entire article was: 'is an evaluation website worth a single Ramen Noodle if it doesn't authenticate that every evaluation is made by an actual student?'
Who else WOULD be posting? Hmmm... Hey, you teenagers, high school dropouts and retirees better quit posting evaluations on our site!!!
Anyway, to see the story, click here.
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Thursday
10/03/02
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Starting today it will be even easier to find the professor you're looking for. We've added Search Boxes to both the start page (where the U.S. and Canada maps are located) and on each school page.
Simply type in your professor's last name, hit "submit" and all matching professors will be shown. Also, on the school pages you can search by subject (in case you can't quite remember or spell that last name).
This was a big feature lots of students asked for on our post-evaluation survey. Keep the suggestions coming, we'll keep making it easier to use our site!
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Monday
09/30/02
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MyProfessorSucks.com welcomes University of Virginia students to our site! Today we were featured in an article by Lauren Akselrod in The Cavalier Daily.
To see the story, click here.
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Friday
09/27/02
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Despite being published in 20+ college newspapers, MyProfessorSucks.com has never been featured in a paper from a school in any of the the West Coast states.
Until now...
A great article about our site appeared today in The Daily Evergreen, the student paper of Washtington State University.
To see the story, click here.
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Thursday
09/26/02
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A double dose of Pennsylvania this week, as an article was published today about our site in the Temple News, a student newspaper of Temple University.
To see the story, click here.
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Friday
09/20/02
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In an interesting coincidence, we were printed today in a second paper this week that goes by the name The Collegian. This time it is the student paper of Penn State University.
To see the story, click here.
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Friday
09/20/02
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Whew! Busy week for news articles! Today The Setonian, the student paper of Seton Hall did an article on our site.
To see the story, click here.
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Wednesday
09/18/02
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Hello Colorado! Today we found our way into a great article in The Collegian, the student paper of Colorado State University.
To see the story, click here.
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Thursday
09/12/02
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MyProfessorSucks.com was featured today in a great article found in the Daily Beacon (U. of Tennessee at Knoxville).
You can view the article by clicking here.
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Wednesday
08/28/02
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Today we have launched a bold new approach to getting the word out about MyProfessorSucks.com: our "Campus Rep Program."
This program will establish one MyProfessorSucks.com student representative at every school in the U.S. and Canada whose sole purpose is to advertise our site and get their classmates to check it out.
In exchange for their efforts, our reps will be paid cash.
Interested in becoming a rep for your school? Send an e-mail to kasey@myprofessorsucks.com
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Saturday
08/03/02
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Today we turned 1-year old!!!
Thanks to everyone who has helped to make MyProfessorSucks.com a success and not another .com failure.
We look forward to bringing you even more exciting featuresa and improvements. Keep your eyes peeled...we're just getting started.
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Saturday
07/13/02
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In our never-ending saga to make MyProfessorSucks.com easy-to-use, we have reversed the order that professor comments appear in.
Starting today, the newest evaluations a professor receives will appear towards the top of his or her page (previously the newest evaluations were at the bottom of the page or on subsequent pages).
Yep, you'll now get the "freshest" evaluations on your professors. Hope it helps!
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Sunday
07/07/02
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We've added a survey to our site that will appear after a user submits an evaluation.
While completely optional this survey will really help us to improve the site, as well as gauge which features our users might want to see in the future.
Feel free to fill it out after you rate your favorite (or worst) professor...
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Thursday
06/27/02
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It might be summer for most college students, but we're staying busy!
Today we moved to a new server, so we can better serve our users. Hopefully you will notice an increase in speed and ease of use...
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Saturday
06/15/02
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We made an improvement to our E-Postcards today, allowing users to "preview" a card before actually sending it.
Enjoy!
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Wednesday
04/10/02
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We're in print for the second time in Canada, this time in a great article by Dahlia Liwsze
in The Concordian, the student paper of Concordia University in Montreal.
To see the story, click on this link.
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Thursday
03/28/02
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Today we made it even easier to find the professor you're looking for. We have added easy-to-use "alphabet" menus to all school pages.
Previously, if you wanted to find a professor whose last name started with "P", you had to scroll through multiple pages (for every professor whose name started with letters "A" through "O").
Now you just click "P" and you're there! Gotta love simplicity!
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Friday
03/22/02
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MyProfessorSucks.com has crossed the border into Canada! We appeared today in an article in Imprint, the student paper of U. of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada.
You can view the article by clicking here.
In other news we have added 15 more cards to our e-Postcards section. Check them out!
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Thursday
03/21/02
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A great feature was printed today about our site in the The Collegian, the student newspaper of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
To see the feature, click here.
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Thursday
03/14/02
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Today we have launched a new design for our entire site.
You'll notice our logo has changed, as well as many of our pages.
For starters, we have added 500+ Canadian colleges, universities and community colleges to our site. This addition will allow our northern neighbors to finally utilize our site as well. To see the Canadian map and locate a Canadian school, click here.
We also have new pages, such as Kasey on College, Games, e-Postcards, and new features, such as the ability to be informed by e-mail when a new evaluation is posted for your professor.
Have we been bought out? Sold? Nah...just making things better. Enjoy the new look and features!
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Thursday
02/14/02
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Our site was featured today in a column by Susan Dickinson in The Voice, the student paper of the U. of Bloomington in Pennsylvania.
To see the story, click on this link.
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Monday
01/07/02
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MyProfessorSucks.com hit the airwaves today as part of a story on The Digital Survival Guide, which is aired in the U.S., Canada, Hong Kong & Guam.
To see the story, click on this link.
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Wednesday
12/05/01
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Today we launched a new feature on the site - Quote of the Moment.
At the top of every page you'll see a short, usually humorous quote. We'll be adding hundreds of quotes in the near future. Our hope is that you'll never see the same quote twice.
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Monday
11/26/01
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Today we were featured in an article in the Central Florida Future (U. of Central Florida).
You can view the article by clicking here.
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Friday
11/16/01
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Today we were featured in an article in The Flat Hat (College of William and Mary).
You can view the article by clicking here.
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Friday
11/09/01
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MyProfessorSucks.com has made it to the written page yet again. This time we were featured in a short article in The Spectator (U. of Wisconsin at Eau Claire).
You can view the article by clicking here.
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Monday
10/29/01
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We added a new feature to our site today - Hilarious Posts.
On this page you can see some of the funniest posts we've ever received. We'll be adding to it all the time, sofeel free to check back often.
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Thursday
10/25/01
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An article about our site was printed today in the Student Voice (U. of Wisconsin at River Falls).
You can view the article by clicking here.
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Thursday
10/18/01
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We were featured today on BestWebsites.com.my.
You can view their page by clicking here.
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Thursday
10/18/01
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The Badger Herald (U. of Wisconsin at Madison) featured MyProfessorSucks.com in one of their articles today.
You can view the article by clicking here.
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Thursday
10/11/01
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Today we were featured in an article in the Daily Vidette, which serves Illinois State University.
You can view the article by clicking here.
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Thursday
09/27/01
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We appeared in "Quotes of the Midterm" in The Daily Nebraskan (U. of Nebraska).
You can view the quotes by clicking here.
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Tuesday
09/25/01
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MyProfessorSucks.com was featured in again in The Daily Illini (U. of Illinois), this time as a full article.
You can view the article by clicking here.
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Thursday
09/20/01
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Today our site was featured in a brief in The Daily Illini (U. of Illinois).
You can view the article by clicking here.
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Thursday
09/20/01
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Today we were featured in an article in Tufts Daily (Tufts University).
You can view the article by clicking here.
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Thursday
09/13/01
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Today we made some major changes to the site. To avoid the very serious possibility of libel lawsuits from professors, we have implemented a new method of leaving comments for professors.
Starting immediately, students can choose "standard" comments from a list of 30 choices.
You can still submit your own comments by typing them in a type box. However, these comments will not be instantaneously posted to the site. A member of our staff will review each comment to make sure they are not libelous, defamatory or profane.
We see this change as a way to let students continue to evaluate their professors without completely stopping or suspending our operations. Thank you for your understanding.
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Thursday
09/13/01
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We have just been featured in the NetSurf Digest. The following description appeared:
"Grades are often not the final word, as many graduates know. There's employment. Travel. Wealth. Revenge.... And for students at more than 2,800 American institutions of higher learning, there's MyProfessorSucks.com. At this eminently searchable site, where schools are identified and names are named, you can give your profs the grades - good, bad, indifferent - they so richly deserve, in anonymity, without fear of reprisal. Evaluation criteria include coolness, ease, and worth. Currently, the site has a contest with condoms and calling cards for prizes. You may derive satisfaction from the assumption that fellow students as well as innocents in your footsteps will benefit from your academic experience and insight. A few of your profs may, too. http://www.myprofessorsucks.com/"
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Tuesday
09/11/01
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Our site was featured today in an article printed in the Red and Black (U. of Georgia).
You can view the article by clicking here.
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Friday
09/07/01
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We appeared in "Quotes of the Week" in The Daily Nebraskan (U. of Nebraska).
You can view the quotes by clicking here.
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Thursday
09/06/01
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Today our site was featured in an article in The Alligator (U. of Florida).
You can view the article by clicking here.
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Wednesday
09/05/01
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We appeared in an article today printed by The Daily Nebraskan (U. of Nebraska).
You can view the article by clicking here.
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Friday
08/31/01
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We hit the written page again! This time in The Maneater, the independent newspaper of the U. of Missouri at Columbia.
To see the story, click here
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Wednesday
08/29/01
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We're in print! The Daily Egyptian (U. of Southern Illinois) had a pretty nice article about our site.
You can view it by clicking here.
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Wednesday
08/29/01
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Another article featuring our site appeared in the Daily Kansan (U. of Kansas).
You can view the article by clicking here.
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Sunday
07/15/01
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We just received our first editorial review, from About.com's College Life section:
"Like several other sites out there, MyProfessorSucks.com lets you add ratings of your professors and review what others have said. This student-founded site is new so still needs to build its number of ratings, but check out the contests, weekly survey and advice column."
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Thursday
06/14/01
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We've recently implemented a registration process for entering contests. You're only required to register if you want to enter our Calls & Condoms or Launch Giveaway contests.
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Sunday
06/03/01
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Today is our grand launch, so technically everything is new!
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