Below are the proposed questions students plan to ask, though clarification and follow-up questions may also be posed (which is why notes are helpful to them). We encourage you to read the questions and reflect on your memories before the interview. Take time to gather your thoughts and consider how much you want to share with the public record. You may want to jot down some notes beforehand and bring them with you. If there is anything you’d like to discuss that isn’t included in our list of proposed questions, feel free to bring it up in your interview! Or, if you decide you do not want to answer a question, simply tell the student you would rather not. You can skip a question any time and without explanation. You may also stop the interview and withdraw your participation at any point.

1. Would you please briefly describe your parents & your overall memories of your childhood?

2. What were the events that led to your attending MSCW?

3. Can you tell me about your experience in the dorms? What do you remember about your roommate and dorm room?

• Follow-up: Did you decorate your room in any way, and if so, could you describe it?
• Follow-up: Did you have a “dorm mother”? If so, was she particularly strict or lenient?
  

4. Could you describe a typical day for you as a student?

5. What are some of the particular rules you remember following on campus? Did you consider the rules restrictive?

6. What traditions or traditional events did you participate in on campus? Can you describe those?

7. Were you involved in any campus activities, clubs, or sports?

• Follow-up: If you were in a social club, what are some of your memories from your social club days?
  

8. Tell me about your close friends from your college years. What you did for fun?

• Follow-up: What was your favorite thing to do on weekends? Was there much to do in Columbus?
• Follow-up: Do you still keep in touch?
  

9. How about academics? What do you remember most about the classes you took at MSCW?

• Follow-up: Who was your favorite professor while at you were at the W? Why was he or she your favorite?
• Follow-up: Did you have a favorite subject?
• Follow-up: What was your least favorite subject or class?
  

10. Is there a person you met at MSCW who really changed the course of your life by something that he or she said or did? If so, please explain.

11. The late ‘60s and early ‘70s saw a lot of change in the state, the country, and the world. Do you recall any major events that were taking place while you were a student? How did these affect you and/or the college? Do you remember how people on campus reacted?

12. MUW officially desegregated in 1966. How would you describe racial attitudes during the time you attended MSCW? Do you remember opinions about racial desegregation expressed by students and/or faculty at MSCW?

13. How do you feel about MUW now admitting men?

14. What did you do immediately after graduation?

• Follow-up: What was your first job?

15. The ‘70s saw a lot of change concerning women’s place in society. At the time, what were your expectations for having a career and a family? How did that go for you? What are your reflections on those experiences, looking back?

16. What is the most valuable life lesson from MSCW you’ve remembered through the past 50 years?

17. What would be your best advice to a current “W” woman, or to current students generally?