Name: Pol Herrmann

Official title at Iowa State: Associate professor, John and Deborah Ganoe Professor in Business

As a student, what was your favorite part about your first year in college?: 

Meeting new friends who all shared a common professional objective.

As a student, what were some challenges you faced in your first year in college?: 

Understanding a large variety of new difficult concepts while finding time for sport and social activities.

What is some advice you would offer new ISU students?: 

During the first weeks of classes, spend as much time as possible reading, preparing and trying to determine the level of work required to achieve academic objectives. As time passes, it becomes increasingly difficult to determine the time and effort required to adequately prepare coursework.