Summary Reports

Recreational Sports (Rec Sports) partnered with various campus offices to host De-Stress Fest. This program was held on March 4, 2025, and the program was designed for participants to know the importance of self-care, participate in activities to lower stress, and learn about campus resources. Participants were assessed at the event after engaging in the activities to gauge what students learned about self-care. Student Affairs Planning, Assessment & Research (SAPAR) worked with Rec Sports since 2018 to assess De-Stress Fest either through providing demographics of student attendees or administering a survey.

The Division of Student Affairs (DSA) Marketing & Communications (MarComm) supports departments and division committees in marketing efforts to several stakeholders, including division staff members and affiliate units who directly support the division. Marketing & Communications want to determine how DSA employees like to receive and consume internal communications, as well as the most effective ways to communicate with DSA employees. MarComm will use these results to improve how information is shared with division employees, including updates, resources, and announcements. While Student Affairs Planning, Assessment & Research has worked with Marketing & Communications on previous assessment projects, this is the first time to focus on DSA employees.

The Student Government Association (SGA) Legislative Relations advocates for Texas A&M students on a variety of concerns. The Legislative Relations committee wanted to learn about students’ sources of financial aid, any gaps in financial aid, and their awareness of financial resources. SGA wanted to specifically understand if first-generation students had any differences in these financial matters compared to non-first-generation students. Student Government Association has worked with Student Affairs Planning, Assessment & Research (SAPAR) in the past; however, this was the first time SAPAR helped with an assessment focused on students’ financial insights.

The Don & Ellie Knauss Veteran Resource and Support Center (VRSC) at Texas A&M University wanted to understand better the experiences of the military student population, especially challenges they may face in academics, finances, their overall wellbeing, and peer engagement, as well as students’ experiences with Vet Camp. This is the fourth time Student Affairs Planning, Assessment & Research has worked with the Veteran Resource and Support Center in assessing the needs of student veterans; the last time was in 2019.

New Student & Family Programs (NSFP) created learning outcomes and then used rubric style electronic surveys to assess the learning of all their student employees as a result working within their department. Student employees in all roles were included; common learning outcomes were created during fall 2023 and five rubric style electronic assessments developed for front desk workers, Aggie Parent and Family Ambassadors (APFA), New Student Conferences en Español Student Coordinator, NSFP Orientation Team Leads (OTL), and Orientation Leaders and Assistants (OL/OA). The assessments were to be used by the students to self-report their learning and performance, as well as enable their supervisors to evaluate what they observed regarding each student employees learning and performance. The following reports the aggregate results of those assessments.

Multicultural Services hosted the first Level-Up 2 Lead Summit (L2L) on September 14, 2024. The summit was open to students from Texas A&M University. The students who attended the summit were given a pre- and post-survey to better understand how they perceived their leadership skills and to obtain feedback about their summit experiences. This is the first year Multicultural Services worked with Student Affairs Planning, Assessment & Research (SAPAR) to assess the summit.

Graduate and Professional Student Government (GPSG) sponsored a virtual session and an in-person session of Grad Camp held on August 7th (virtual), and August 24th iIn-person). GPSG has worked with Student Affairs Planning, Assessment & Research (SAPAR) since 2009 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.

Substance Misuse and Violence Prevention (SMVP, formerly Health Promotion) within Student Life offers workshops providing educational support for the STAND Up campaign on the Texas A&M University campus inviting Aggies to Step In and Stand Up against sexual harassment and sexual violence. In 2023-2024, two separate programs were offered: the STAND Up Overview, an hour-long presentation intended to provide general information about the impacts of trauma related to experiencing power-based personal violence, and the STAND Up Workshop, a three-and-one-half hour workshop designed to provide a more thorough understanding of impacts of trauma related to experiencing power-based personal violence. Surveys were distributed at the end of the Overviews and STAND Up Workshops to measure participants’ learning and satisfaction. This is the fifth time Student Affairs Planning, Assessment & Research worked with Student Life to assess the STAND Up trainings.