Dear students:

If you’re considering emailing a former professor just to check in and say hi, but are hesitant because you have nothing substantive to say, consider this an invitation to go ahead and send that email. It really means a lot.

@ccjones13 I emailed a former professor who teaches one of the hardest courses in the major and is fairly well feared among students to thank her for all the extra lessons she taught in the PROCESS of going through her class work.