Quality 1/5Difficulty 3/5
Shouldn't be a professor, extremely condescending, makes everyone uncomfortable, and is difficult to be around. She doesn't want you to learn anything; she just wants to prove she is right.Rate My Professors ↗
Current instructor
Kelly Nyhoff
What students say
Original student reviews · all captured dates
Quality 5/5Difficulty 4/5
Prof. Nyhoff cares deeply about her students and strives to guide them in learning the correct material for quizzes. Quizzes account for 43% of the grade, so take them seriously and complete the reading. She does her best to make the material engaging, and I found it interesting, but some readers might find the readings boring. Great class.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 1/5Difficulty 5/5
Truly awful professor and human being. She's condescending, creepy, and rude. She will target certain students and try to humiliate them as much as possible. You can tell she reeks of insecurity and takes it out on her students. We'd often joke about how bad she was before she'd enter class each morning.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 4/5Difficulty 2/5
Prof Nyhoff is super sweet and clearly cares about all students. Class was relatively stimulating with cases and guest speakers but easy enough to not stress over. She is a little insecure in her teaching style and seeks validation which can be awkward, but overall a fine class and worth taking if you're interested in ESG/CSRRate My Professors ↗
Quality 1/5Difficulty 2/5
The bigger issue with this class is just how MHR 300 is set up. However, she does not help the experience at all. Lectures are surface level and mostly common sense, yet she still manages to be very condescending. I cannot recall a single thing I learned from this class.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 1/5Difficulty 5/5
This professor has an obnoxious amount of coursework. The lectures are boring and dry. I would never take her class again.Rate My Professors ↗
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Classes with Kelly Nyhoff
FINANCE 457
Entrepreneurial Finance
3 creditsEntrepreneurial Finance discusses tools for financing new ventures and the institutional settings impacting their financing conditions.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.57 GPA, 85.2% A/AB (n=27 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.50 GPA, 77.8% A/AB (n=45 letter grades).
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2023–Spring 2026FINANCE 757
Entrepreneurial Finance
2–3 creditsEntrepreneurial Finance covers valuation methods and practical tools for making financing decisions in highly uncertain startup environments.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.59 GPA, 72.7% A/AB (n=11 letter grades).
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2023–Spring 2025 · limited sampleMHR 300
Managing Organizations
3 creditsManages people and organizations covering diversity, decision making, motivation, leadership, influence, strategy, culture, and change management.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Past student reviews · Kelly Nyhoff
Students reported that Professor Kelly Nyhoff gave helpful lectures for quizzes, which accounted for 43% of the grade, though some found the quizzes difficult and the grading strict. While several reviews described ambiguous instructions and harsh grading, others noted she was eager to help and that following rubrics closely led to success.
historical GPA · grades
Fall 2022–Spring 2026Recorded teaching history
Distinct courses recorded per term
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| Term | Course | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Spring 2027 | FINANCE 457 | Entrepreneurial Finance |
| Spring 2027 | FINANCE 757 | Entrepreneurial Finance |
| Spring 2027 | MHR 300 | Managing Organizations |
| Fall 2026 | MHR 300 | Managing Organizations |
| Fall 2026 | MHR 310 | Challenges & Solutions in Business Sustainability |
Teaching history may be incomplete. Course pages contain course-specific feedback and citations.
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