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 Department of Residence Life manages approximately 11,300 bed spaces across 37 residence halls and apartment buildings on campus. The housing application for new applicants to live in on-campus housing for the following academic year opens in early fall and runs through late spring. The Department of Residence Life wanted to assess the September 2023 – May 2024 application process to get feedback on the overall process. This assessment focused on new housing applicants, including current students who did not live on campus and admitted students who would start enrollment in fall 2024. This was the first time Student Affairs Planning, Assessment & Research assisted with this project.

Fish Camp is an optional extended orientation camp that 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 incoming freshmen who did not attend Fish Camp to understand their first semester at Texas A&M University and learn what Fish Camp could do in their marketing and programming for more students to attend. Additionally, Fish Camp wanted to compare the experiences of students who attended Fish Camp with students who did not attend Fish Camp. This is the eighth time Fish Camp has specifically sought feedback from non-participants.

T-Camp, sponsored by Aggie Transition Camps (ATC), is an extended (three-day) optional orientation camp for students transferring to Texas A&M University. T-Camp wanted to assess the transfer students who did not attend T-Camp to understand their first semester at Texas A&M, the reasons why they did not attend T-Camp, and find out if there are things T-Camp can do in their marketing and programming for more students to attend. This is the first time T-Camp has specifically sought feedback from non-participants. The attached report summarizes the results of the survey and provides recommendations to ATC staff based on the data from those results .

Off Campus Student Services (OCSS) supports students living off campus in the Bryan/College Station area, including helping students understand leases and find housing. Off Campus Student Services hosted a community luncheon on October 24, 2024, to educate local citizens on events, neighborhood codes, and being good neighbors. Off Campus Student Services staff will use this information to inform future programs and student support. This is the third time Student Affairs Planning, Assessment & Research worked with OCSS to assess their community luncheons.

Recreational Sports (Rec Sports) hosts Rec-A-Palooza annually as a part of Texas A&M’s Howdy Week programming, welcoming new and returning students to campus each fall. Rec-A-Palooza is hosted at the Student Rec Center as a means to introduce attendees to both the Student Rec Center and to all that Rec Sports as a department has to offer, including Intramural Sports, workout equipment, Outdoor Adventures, Aquatics, and employment opportunities. Rec-A-Palooza took place on August 18, 2024. This is the first time that Student Affairs Planning, Assessment & Research worked with Rec Sports to assess this event.

The Student Government Association (SGA) wanted to gather feedback from Texas A&M University Sports Pass Holders and Non-Sports Pass Holders in Fall 2024. SGA was seeking feedback to help shape the future of how students pull tickets for football games at Texas A&M. Student Government Association has worked with Student Affairs Planning, Assessment & Research in the past; however, this was the first time for this assessment focus as it related to students’ feedback on the Ticket Pull system.

Each summer, the Conference and Guest Services Office (CGSO) with Residence Life hosts numerous camps and conferences in Residence Life facilities. CGSO works with camp and conference sponsors to ensure that the spaces are booked properly and that the guests will have what they need during their stay in the facilities. CGSO wanted to assess the experiences that camp and conference sponsors had working with their office to improve future partnerships. This is the second time CGSO worked with Student Affairs Planning, Assessment & Research on this project.