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Report Title | Brief Description | Sponsoring Department | Summary Report | Completed |
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Parent and Family Assessment - Spring 2020 | New Student and Family Programs (NSFP) provides outreach to Aggie families because they understand how families contribute to students’ college success. According to its website (https://familyprograms.tamu.edu/), the Aggie Parent & Family Program collaborates with campus partners to “work with parents to help them understand the student experience, support student learning, and empower students to take personal responsibility for their social and academic choices.” New Student and Family Programs wanted to gather feedback about parents and family members’ communication with the university as well as to understand the experience parents and families receiving communication regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. | Offices of the Dean of Student Life | Parent-Family-Summary-Report.pdf | 07/20/2020 |
Sully Statue Survey Spring 2020 - Student Senate/SGA | The Student Senate wanted to collect input from the Texas A&M University student body regarding the statue of Lawrence Sullivan (Sul) Ross that is located in the Academic Plaza and options surrounding its future presence on campus. Student Senators developed survey questions and contacted Student Life Studies to assist in survey editing, distribution, analysis and report of the survey results so the Senate can report the findings to Texas A&M administration and to the student body. The following summarizes the key findings and data resulting from the survey. | Student Organization | Summary_Report.2_7-3-2020.pdf | 07/02/2020 |
MSC Aggie Cinema Survey Fall 2020 | The Memorial Student Center (MSC) Aggie Cinema committee is responsible for organizing movie screenings for the Texas A&M University student population. Due to COVID 19 gathering restrictions, MSC Aggie Cinema offered students (on-campus residents) access to a movie/tv streaming service in lieu of in-person movie screenings during the fall 2020 semester. MSC Aggie Cinema wanted to determine students’ satisfaction with the service and future interest in continuing with the service. The attached reports summarizes the results of the survey. | Memorial Student Center | Summary-Report-Aggie-Cinema-2020-sff.pdf | 01/26/2021 |
Live@Noon: A Summer Series 2020 | New Student and Family Programs (NSFP) in the Offices of the Dean of Student Life sponsored Live@Noon: A Summer Series, a summer series of virtual book discussions with faculty and fellow students, open to all new students. This program replaced previous years’ in-person Summer Reading programs held during Howdy Week. Live@Noon: A Summer Series outcomes were to help new students acclimate themselves to the virtual college classroom experience, learn to interact with professors and meet fellow freshmen about to attend Texas A&M University. Participants were surveyed in early September to assess their experiences and gain their feedback regarding the value of the program to them. The attached report summarizes the results of the survey. | Offices of the Dean of Student Life | [email protected] | 03/02/2021 |
Sustainability Awareness Initiative | The Department of Residence Life facilitates various sustainability initiatives, programs and resources for on-campus residents. The department wanted to assess the awareness of their sustainability initiatives, resources and programs among on-campus residents, as well as these students’ involvement in these initiatives and programs. The report summarizes the results of the survey assessment. | Residence Life | Summary-Report-Sustainability-Initiative-Awareness-fall-2020.pdf | 02/22/2021 |
MSC Spencer Leadership Conference Evaluation Spring 2020 | The MSC Spencer Leadership Conference focuses on leadership development through the exploration of three pillars: Self-Aware Leadership, Innovative Leadership, and Selfless Leadership. Approximately 44 student delegates attend pre-conference programs during the fall semester, and attend the conference held in Dallas in January. The conference includes programs and small group discussions featuring leaders in business, industry, education and public service. Delegates were surveyed to assess their experiences and learning during the conference as well as during pre-conference events. The following report summarizes the results of those surveys, and details recommendations based on those results. | Memorial Student Center | 2020-MSC-Spencer-Report-Final-version.pdf | 03/30/2020 |
SBSLC 2020: Igniting the Dream: I the Flame, We the Fire | On January 16 -18, 2020, the Southwestern Black Student Leadership Conference (SBSLC) held its 32nd annual conference at Texas A&M University. A series of surveys were developed to assess the student participants’ experience attending the conference overall, the organizations at the Career and Graduate School fair, 16 participants’ experience at the Charles E. Williams II Advanced Leadership Institute (ALI), and the 72 attending advisors. The following report summarizes the results of those surveys, and recommendations based on the results. | Multicultural Services | SBSLC_2020_Summary_Report_Final.pdf | 04/06/2020 |
Sex in the Dark Workshop 2019-2020 (Health Promotions ODSL) | Sex in the Dark is a workshop conducted by Health Promotion (HP) to increase the knowledge of students in regards to their sexual health. Learning outcomes developed for Sex in the Dark workshop include participants reporting increased knowledge of healthy sexual behaviors, and able to recite the proper steps to apply a condom as a result of attending the workshop. | Offices of the Dean of Student Life | Sex-in-the-Dark-2019-2020-Summary-Report.pdf | 05/12/2020 |
New Aggies Student Survey 2020: Success after Graduation | All new undergraduate students (First Time in College [FTIC] and transfer), including branch campuses, were invited to complete the New Aggies Student Survey September 8-27, 2020. The survey gathered feedback on a variety of topics including pre-college experiences, sense of belonging, campus climate, potential obstacles, and campus resources. A total of 7,288 students responded to the survey. This report will address the question, “After graduation, how will you know if your time at TAMU was a success?” Overall, 5,580 students made 8,544 unique comments. | Student Life Studies | Success-after-Graduation-Report.pdf | 04/14/2021 |
Fish Camp 2020 Participant Evaluation | According to its website (http://fishcamp.tamu.edu/), Fish Camp “welcomes the freshmen class to Texas A&M each year with the purpose of giving them an opportunity to have fun, make friends, and learn more about life at Texas A&M.” Furthermore, Fish Camp “is led by A&M students who are passionate about making the first year of college a success for freshmen!” This year, due to COVID-19 restrictions, seven sessions were held virtually from July 19th through August 2nd, 2020. Fish Camp wanted to understand the participants’ camp experience and how Fish Camp affected if at all, the start of the fall semester for those who attended. Fish Camp has worked with Student Life Studies to assess participants’ camp experience since 2000. | Student Activities | Summary-Report-Fish-Camp-2020-Participant-Survey.pdf | 03/29/2021 |
Student Assistance Services Student Experience - 2019-2020 | Student Assistance Services is one of the units in the Offices of the Dean of Student Life. According to its website (https://studentlife.tamu.edu/sas/), Student Assistance Services (SAS) “seeks to connect Texas A&M University students with the appropriate guidance, resources, and support to address a variety of personal and academic matters.” Students are often referred to Student Assistance Services for a variety of reasons such as concerning behavior, student death, sexual violence, withdrawal from school, student welfare checks, and general consultation. Student Assistance Services wanted to gather feedback on the experience of students who meet with staff in their office. This is the second time this assessment project has been conducted. | Offices of the Dean of Student Life | Summary-Report-SAS-Student-Survey-19-20.pdf | 06/25/2020 |
Aggie Pregnant and Parenting Student Organization Student Needs Focus Groups | The Aggie Pregnant and Parenting student organization, in conjunction with the Texas A&M University Women’s Resource Center (WRC) contacted Student Life Studies to assist in assessing the needs of pregnant and parenting students on the Texas A&M College Station campus. Early in the spring 2020 semester, all students on the College Station campus were surveyed about their parenting status, as well as interest in participating in subsequent focus groups. The purpose of these focus groups was to inquire about the experiences and needs of Aggies who are parents, or becoming parents while attending the university. The following report summarizes the results of those focus groups. | Student Organization | Aggie_Pregnant__Parenting_Summary-Report-Final.pdf | 09/09/2020 |
New Aggies Student Survey: Success in the First Year | All new undergraduate students (First Time in College [FTIC] and transfer), including branch campuses, were invited to complete the New Aggies Student Survey September 8-27, 2020. The survey gathered feedback on a variety of topics including pre-college experiences, sense of belonging, campus climate, potential obstacles, and campus resources. A total of 7,288 students responded to the survey. This report will address the question, “What do you want to accomplish during your first year at TAMU to consider the year a success?” Overall, 5,580 students made 10,091 unique comments. | Student Life Studies | Success-in-the-First-Year-Report.pdf | 05/14/2021 |
Leadership Education for APIDA Development (LEAD) Conference Spring 2021 | Multicultural Services and student leaders from the Asian President’s Council contacted Student Life Studies to assist in developing an assessment for the 2021 Leadership Education for Asian, Pacific Islander, Desi American (APIDA) Development (LEAD) Conference. This year’s conference was held virtually the evening of April 9 and the morning of April 10, 2021 and the theme of LEAD was "Stronger when Together, Together while Apart." The conference was open to students, staff and faculty from Texas A&M University and from other educational institutions. The following report summarizes the results of evaluation completed by respondents near the end of the conference. | Multicultural Services | 2021-LEAD-Summary-Report.pdf | 05/27/2021 |
Memorial Student Center (MSC) Spencer Leadership Conference Evaluation Spring 2021 | The MSC Spencer Leadership Conference focuses on leadership development through the exploration of three pillars: Self-Aware Leadership, Innovative Leadership, and Selfless Leadership. Approximately 27 student delegates participated in preconference programs, primarily virtual, and attended the conference in-person held in College Station in early March 2021. The conference includes programs and small group discussions featuring leaders in business, industry, education and public service. Delegates were surveyed to assess their experiences and learning during the conference as well as during preconference events. The attached report summarizes the results of that survey. | Memorial Student Center | 2021-MSC-Spencer-Summary-Report.pdf | 04/20/2021 |
Report Title | Brief Description | Sponsoring Department | Summary Report | Completed |