Chris Betz interview by Katelyn Knutsen, 2013

Interview: Chris Betz

By: Katelyn Knutsen

0:00 Introduction
0:15 Role at TCC - Office Assistant 3 (classified staff) is new position in Arts Humanities Social Sciences division, divisional support, lots of little parts
1:12 International students work
1:40 Started work at TCC as dedicated tutor to international students
2:00 Other departments he supports
2:30 IPad cart wrangler – soft tech IT
3:30 First impressions TCC as a child - remembering basketball players
4:45 Early days of being on campus with father, TCC instructor math teacher.
6:00 Father helped create MATH Lab, and other math classes
6:30 First experience as a student – fall of 1984
7:12 Terrible student – was not ready for college
7:25 Favorite teacher
8:20 The views of TCC and the community
9:10 Campus diversity and demographics – students and faculty
10:10 Ages of students
10:25 Revisits TCC career
10:45 Family
11:15 Didn’t follow advice, working long hours instead
12:00 Kept returning to TCC for classes.
12:35 1994-1995 turning point in college, graduated.
13:00 Father as instructor - Math 107 -
14:00 Anecdote about being in his fathers class
15:00 Strong relationships with teachers
17:45 Changes in staff and faculty – demographics
18:10 Remembers what the staff was like when he was on campus as a kid
18:38 Remembers Sci-fi film festival at TCC when he was young
19:50 Bring back the theater program – missing big chunk
20:18 Why they took away the theater program
21:05 Changes in the campus from when he was a child, to attending, to modern
22:00 Remembers the promise of a new gym from the 70s
22:40 Talks about TCC bus terminal
23:00 TCC meets people at their level, helping with their needs.
23:45 Returned to TCC again, Participated in the SPRUCE program
25:20 Not an official teacher – was working on BA in social welfare
26:20 TCC is in his blood
26:30 His family and their TCC legacy
27:15 What does TCC mean to him
28:20 How does the community respond to TCC / community connections
30:30 What kinds of extra activities/events occur at TCC
31:42 Conclusion