Summary Reports

Student Life Health Promotion (HP) staff offered 2022 Hullabaloo U instructors a series of 40-minute lessons to facilitate as part of the Hullabaloo U curriculum during their fall 2022 courses. The first lesson, My Aggie Wellness Journey, was intended to be delivered between August 24, 2022, and September 30, 2022. Students participating in the lesson were offered an open link or a QR code to access a survey at the end of the lesson, which assessed whether the students met the learning outcomes and whether they were receptive to and participated in lesson activities. The attached report summarizes the results of the assessment.

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.

The Sex in the Dark workshop, conducted by Health Promotion (HP), is designed to increase students’ knowledge of their sexual health. Learning outcomes developed for Sex in the Dark workshop include:

• Participants will report increased knowledge of healthy sexual behaviors.
• Participants will be able to recite the proper steps to apply a condom.

Surveys were developed to measure participants’ learning, as well as gauge participants’ overall impression of the program and perceptions of the facilitators of the program. Programs offered in 2021-2022 were both in-person and virtual. The attached report summarizes the results of the survey.

The LGBTQ+ Pride Center (Pride Center) hosted the Rainbow Resource Fair on Thursday, September 8, 2022, for students, faculty, and staff. Rainbow Resource Fair is an event that connects Aggies and provides opportunities for those attending to learn about affirming student organizations, religious organizations, and available campus resources. In addition to the in person event, the Pride Center hosted a virtual Rainbow Resource Fair the following week through the Pride Center’s Instagram page. The Pride Center wanted to assess the experience of those who attended the event. This is the fourth time Student Affairs Planning, Assessment & Research helped the Pride Center assess the Rainbow Resource Fair.

Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) provides suicide awareness and prevention training workshops for students, faculty, and staff. CAPS wanted to know if participants were learning the information covered during the training and their comfort level in talking about suicide to others. Additionally, CAPS wanted to understand what participants thought about the training and how to improve it in the future. This was the first time Student Affairs Planning, Assessment & Research assisted CAPS in assessing their suicide awareness and prevention training.

The department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports or the Rec) strives to serve all Texas A&M students. The Outdoor Adventures staff recognized that they did not have female students use the climbing wall at the same level as male students. They wanted to understand why female students did not use the climbing wall and what staff could do to encourage more female students to utilize the facilities. To understand the experiences of female students, a focus group was conducted with female students who regularly utilized the Rec Center but did not use the climbing wall regularly. While Outdoor Adventures has worked with Student Affairs Planning, Assessment & Research (SAPAR) before, this was the first time for this specific project.

Starting in the summer of 2020, Student Affairs Planning, Assessment & Research (SAPAR) staff members began scheduling meetings with clients several weeks after assessment projects were completed. The purpose of these follow-up meetings was to find out what information from the report stood out to clients, how clients might use or share the results, or if there was any additional analysis Student Affairs Planning, Assessment & Research could provide. The department wanted to gather feedback from clients to know if these short follow-up meetings were beneficial or if the department could do something to make them more helpful. This is the fourth time this assessment was administered since the fall of 2020.

Student Assistance Services (SAS) is one of the units in Student Life where students are often referred to 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 fourth time this assessment project has been conducted.