UWF Graduates doing OK

Throughtout the massive posts that seem to discredit UWF, there are some success stories. I guess I will dive into the current curriculum at UWF before going into some of these "success" stories.
The curriculum is similar to any other CS-school out there. Some professors are actually elite. Let me highlight some of the schools that the professors graduated from as well as some of the Ph.D. schools that UWF has to offer:

Massachussetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Math/Operations Research
University of California San Diego (UCSD) - Comptuer Science/Engineering
Ohio State University (OSU) - Computer Science/Engineering
University of Michigan - Mathematics
University of Texas - Mathematics/Philosophy
State University of New York - Stony Brook (SUNY) - Mathematics
University of Cairo - Egypt - Computer Science/Mathematics/Engineering
Michigan State University (MSU) - Computer Science
College of William and Mary - Computer Science/Engineering/Philosophy
University of Southern Mississippi - Computer Science/Engineering/Mathematics
University of Alberta - Mathematics
University of Waterloo - Computer Science/Mathematics
University of Toronto - Computer Science
Purdue University - Mechanical Engineering
University of Ulm - Computer Science/Engineering

The wealth of diversity in the faculty is great. Some of the UWF faculty have even worked for AT&T Bell Labs. Many contracts with NASA, Motorola, and LANL are tied to UWF. However, for some reason, the professors are NOT pursuing options for the students at UWF to jump on board. This is quite unusual. If anything, they are missing out in class, just for their conferences and intense schedule with research on these oh-so-many contracts. Including student participation on some of these projects might even make it worthwhile for attending UWF's CS dept. But I guess that's not a major concern now since they have recently hired a Chemistry professor to take over the Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, and Mathematics departments.

In any event, there is some point to this babbling going on today.
Ah, yes, the success stories.
I've talked about a student gaining entrance into Microsoft from UWF. Though, it was through an "in," so I guess that's a good thing for UWF's reputation.
There are a couple students that are doing really well that are UWF alums.
Currently, they are not residing in the state of Florida anymore, however, they are achieving an income of greater than $65,000 USD (which is higher than the average starting salary for MS graduates) Touche for them!

I guess I'm stuck here writing this blog, and totally wish I could make that type of money, eh?!
Anyways, to each his own. But the point is that UWF indeed has a good faculty, good resources, good contracts for research, as well as good students. The only thing I see lacking is the need for the professors to latch onto students to help them grow and create an environment where the faculty and students can cooperate on a learning and educating plateau. This would totally increase the chances for students to actually have a job by the time they graduate.

And I'm not talking about some of these crappy web development jobs out there that pay $50,000 that does not require much thinking involved. It's time that UWF contribute to the actual research in the area, and that is NOT including IHMC, the non-profit organization that pays up to its type of organization. Yeah, that's right, "NON-PROFIT" and that ain't no joke. I mean, come on. $7.50/hr for undergraduates as being testers... and $10.00/hr for graduate students interning. I think I'd make more at McDonald's on any given day, and that's without a 4-yr degree at a university that IHMC says they sponsor. That's totally bogus, especially since the main head guru used to be a faculty member at UWF. Talk about low-balling the purchase price for a UWF-alum that's concentrated in Computer Science. Some graduates need to actually pay off their bills, not stack them up, even after graduating college!?!

Anyways, that's the need that UWF currently has, and I think, if UWF actually stepped up to the plate, they could definitely spearhead the future technologists to compete with the current market in California, Seattle, DC, and New York. That's my opinion. I mean, the professors at UWF know how to teach, and some of them do it fairly well. Now, all that's left is to actually get some of the professors to care about their students. Why the hell would you even get into teaching if you did NOT care about the students. Are you just saying random things that the students don't understand, and then saying, "I DID MY JOB." What kind of load of crap is that? And what kind of load of crap is it where the professors teach a subject where they haven't dived into fairly much without code. I mean, if your'e going to teach Networks, you should at least know how to do some coding. Your lectures should be at least well-prepared. There is no excuse for not being prepared as a professor. That's your livelihood... no one really cares if you have a pretty face and hooters, teach the damn subject! (not really pointing to anyone but yeah)

Um yeah, so the point is that UWF's faculty is really good, but they should have more of a caring attitude with respect to their students. I recently read an article about Condoleeza Rice, when she was an Associate Professor at Stanford. Students would actually come to her with their problems, not related to school, just their problems. And she said she actually spent time talking to them about their problems, and figuring out the best way to approach the problems. I mean, she's awesome... a teacher that cares, who would've thought that actually would've been important!
But anyways, the point is that UWF is a good school, and their material is the same as any other school, but if they cared more about their students, the students could make a more meaningful impact in the world. But I guess since all the UWF graduates that are doing OK don't care much about that, they're more inclined to go for the jobs that pay more money. Is that really what the CS degree is for? Do we study 4-5 years for a degree to join a financial company that does great things, but why is UWF creating financial programmers/developers? Anyways, I guess students (graduates) will work in whatever field they chose, but at least guide them in the right area... (By the way, there is nothing wrong with being a financial programmer if that's what you want to do, but why do it if it's not.)

On a last note, a professor (who actually cared) asked his student, "You should try to get into a good school for your Ph.D.; you're smart, and I think you have potential. Or you could just get a job and make money, but I thought you might want to do something better than that." This, in essence, drives the spirit that teachers who care are more awesome than teachers who are there to make money and work on their own research.... than say, inspire their students to revolutionize the world.

Any comments?