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Report Title | Brief Description | Sponsoring Department | Summary Report | Completed |
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Ethics and Decision Making Workshop Evaluation 2020-2021 | The Student Conduct Office (SCO) within the Offices of the Dean of Student Life wanted to assess the learning and overall experiences of students attending the Ethics and Decision Making (EDM) Workshop. The survey intended to assess whether students could identify and list influences on their values and decisions, and understand strategies for making decisions. The survey also requested participants’ feedback about the effectiveness of the facilitators. This is the third year Student Life Studies has assisted SCO in assessing this workshop; the report attached summarizes the results of the evaluations and highlights key findings and recommendations for improvement. | Offices of the Dean of Student Life | EDM-2020-21-Evaluation-Summary-Report.pdf | 09/28/2021 |
Fall 2023 Howdy Week | Howdy Week is a campus-wide collaboration to serve as Aggieland’s official welcome for all new and returning students. Howdy Week occurs the days before the start of the semester and was held on August 17-22, 2023. New Student and Family Programs (NSFP) wanted to understand students’ experiences attending the Fall 2023 Howdy Week. Student Affairs Planning, Assessment & Research has worked with New Student and Family Programs assessing coordinators involved with Howdy Week since 2017. The first time to assess students occurred in 2021. | Student LIfe | Howdy-Week-2023-Summary-Report.pdf | 09/20/2023 |
Fish Camp 2019 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, seven sessions ran from July 27th through August 17th, 2019. 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 Organization | Summary-Report-Fish-Camp-2019-Participant-Survey.pdf | 01/15/2020 |
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 |
Fish Camp Non-Participant Survey - 2021 | Fish Camp, an optional extended orientation camp, provides a transition from high school to college for approximately 6,000 incoming freshmen. Fish Camp has assessed different aspects of the program since 2000. Fish Camp wanted to assess the freshmen who did not attend Fish Camp to understand their first semester at Texas A&M and find out if there are things Fish Camp can do in their marketing and programming for more students to attend. This is the sixth time Fish Camp has specifically sought feedback from non-participants. The last time non-participants were assessed was in 2018. | Student Activities | Summary-Report-2021-Fish-Camp-Non-Participant.pdf | 05/05/2022 |
Fish Camp Non-Participant Survey - Fall 2023 | Fish Camp, an optional extended orientation camp, provides a transition from high school to college for approximately 6,000 incoming freshmen. Fish Camp has assessed different aspects of the program since 2000. Fish Camp wanted to assess the freshmen who did not attend Fish Camp to understand their first semester at Texas A&M and find out if there are things Fish Camp can do in their marketing and programming for more students to attend. This is the seventh time Fish Camp has specifically sought feedback from non-participants. The last time non-participants were assessed was in 2021. | Student Activities | Summary-Report-2023-Fish-Camp-Non-Participant.pdf | 12/19/2023 |
Fish Camp Participant Assessment - Summer 2022 | According to its website (http://fishcamp.tamu.edu/mission/), Fish Camp strives to “welcome freshmen into the Aggie Family by sharing the traditions and values of Texas A&M University and building long-term relationships that embody the Aggie spirit.” Fish Camp operates as a student organization and is housed in the Department of Student Activities. This year, eight sessions were held in person from July 23rd through August 9th, 2022. Fish Camp used to be a four-day camp at Lakeview Methodist Conference Center in Palestine, TX. However, starting in 2021, and continuing in 2022, Fish Camp was shortened to three days. Fish Camp leaders and advisors 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 Affairs Planning, Assessment & Research to assess participants’ camp experience since 2000. | Student Activities | Summary-Report-Fish-Camp-2022-Participant-Survey.pdf | 04/12/2023 |
Fish Camp Participant Evaluation - Summer 2023 | According to its website (http://fishcamp.tamu.edu/mission/), Fish Camp strives to “welcome freshmen into the Aggie Family by sharing the traditions and values of Texas A&M University and building long-term relationships that embody the Aggie spirit.” Fish Camp operates as a student organization and is housed in the Department of Student Activities. This year, eight sessions were held in person from July 24th through August 13th, 2023. Fish Camp used to be a four-day camp at Lakeview Methodist Conference Center in Palestine, TX. However, starting in 2021 Fish Camp was shortened to three days. Fish Camp leaders and advisors wanted to understand the participants’ camp experiences and how Fish Camp affected, if at all, the start of the fall semester for those who attended. Fish Camp has worked with Student Affairs Planning, Assessment & Research to assess participants’ camp experiences since 2000. | Student Activities | Summary-Report-Fish-Camp-2023-Participant-Survey.pdf | 12/18/2023 |
Fish Camp Participant Survey - 2021 | According to its website (http://fishcamp.tamu.edu/), Fish Camp strives to “welcome freshmen into the Aggie Family by sharing the traditions and values of Texas A&M University and building long-term relationships that embody the Aggie spirit.” Fish Camp operates as a student organization and is housed in the Department of Student Activities. This year, eight sessions were held in person from July 25th through August 17th, 2021. Fish Camp is typically a four-day camp at Lakeview Methodist Conference Center in Palestine, TX. However, this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Fish Camp was three days to allow one day between each camp for cleaning. 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-2021-Participant-Survey.pdf | 04/27/2022 |
Freshman Leadership Organization Student Experience - Fall 2020 | The Department of Student Activities wanted to understand the recruitment and motivation of students applying for one of the Freshman Leadership Organizations (FLOs) in the 2020-2021 academic year. Specifically, Student Activities wanted to find out what impact, if any, COVID-19 had on students’ motivation to apply and to look at students’ reasons for applying to a FLO. Student Life Studies worked with Student Activities for the past two academic years to assess students’ experience in Freshman Leadership Organizations. In the past two years, the assessment was in the spring semester; however, for this academic year, the survey content was separated with a fall survey to focus specifically on the recruitment process and a future spring survey to assess students’ experience in their FLO. | Student Activities | Summary-Report-FLO-Student-Experience-Fall-2020.pdf | 12/16/2020 |
Freshman Leadership Organization Student Experience - Spring 2020 | The Department of Student Activities wanted to better understand students’ experience as it relates to their membership in one of the Freshman Leadership Organizations (FLOs). Specifically, Student Activities wanted to look at students’ expectations from their FLO experience, if students actually received what they expected, if there were any unexpected benefits due to their membership, and if students would recommend their FLO to new incoming students. Additionally, the department wanted to learn how supported students felt by their FLO and if this changed as the university moved to a remote environment. Student Life Studies worked with Student Activities last spring for the first time to assess students’ experience in Freshman Leadership Organizations. | Student Activities | Summary-Report-FLO-Student-Experience-2020.pdf | 05/07/2020 |
Grad Camp 2020 | Graduate and Professional Student Council (GPSC) sponsored two virtual sessions of Grad Camp held on August 11th and 12th. GPSC has worked with Student Life Studies since 2001 to assess the experience of counselors and the campers who attend Grad Camp. Both groups of students were sent surveys after attending the virtual camp to obtain feedback about their camp experiences. | Student Organization | Grad-Camp-Survey-2020-Summary-Report-sff2.pdf | 10/09/2020 |
Graduate & Professional Student Government Grad Camp Fall 2021 | Graduate and Professional Student Government (GPSG) sponsored one virtual session and one in-person session of Grad Camp held on August 18th and August 25th, 2021. GPSG worked with Student Life Studies since 2001 to assess the experiences of counselors and the campers who attend Grad Camp. The students were sent surveys after attending the camps to obtain feedback about their camp experiences; the report summarizes the results of those surveys and recommendations based on those results for improving the student experience with Grad Camp. | Student Organization | Grad-Camp-Survey-2021-Summary-Report.pdf | 11/18/2021 |
Graduate and Professional Student Government International Graduate Student Assessment 2022 | The Graduate and Professional Student Government (GPSG) wanted to assess the experience of international graduate and professional students at Texas A&M to identify areas in which GPSG could help improve their student experience and quality of life at Texas A&M. More specifically, GPSG wanted to understand international graduate students’ experiences as they encounter processes unique to international students, like the I-20 processes, using the Terra Dotta system, and processes in applying and participating in Optional Practical Training (OPT). GPSG leadership contacted Student Life Studies (SLS) in the fall of 2021 to assist them in creating and distributing the survey to international graduate students attending Texas A&M University in spring 2022; this is the second time SLS has assisted GPSG with this assessment. The following report summarizes those results. | Student Organization | 2022-International-Graduate-Student-Assessment-GPSG-summary-report.pdf | 04/19/2022 |
Green Dot Bystander Intervention Overview & Training Evaluations 2021-2022 | According to its website (greendot.tamu.edu), Green Dot is an international movement built on the premise that individuals can systematically and measurably reduce the levels of power-based personal violence found in their community. Students, staff and faculty who participated in the Texas A&M Green Dot Bystander Intervention training classes and the Green Dot Overview virtual workshops were surveyed to assess the programs and how attending affected participants’ understanding of concepts related to power-based personal violence. The attached report summarizes the results of those assessments. | Student LIfe | 2021-22-Green-Dot-Training-and-Overview-Summary-Report.pdf | 11/30/2022 |
Report Title | Brief Description | Sponsoring Department | Summary Report | Completed |