Summary Reports

Student Community Standards (SCS) wanted to assess the learning and overall experiences of students attending the Ethics and Decision Making (EDM) Workshop. The survey assessed 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. Student Affairs Planning, Assessment & Research (SAPAR) has assisted SCS in assessing the workshop since 2018; this year, the workshop was offered in both in-person and virtual formats.

Staff from Student Activities wanted to understand student leaders’ experiences and how they’re learning through these experiences related to the Texas A&M University (TAMU) undergraduate learning outcomes and the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) career- readiness competencies. Student Affairs Planning, Assessment & Research (SAPAR) assisted Student Activities staff in creating an assessment to capture these student leaders’ learning. The assessment focused on the NACE Career Readiness competencies of Leadership, Critical Thinking and Teamwork, measuring the student leaders’ experiences prior to beginning their leadership role in 12th Can student organization and the Traditions Council and then after working in that role for the academic year. The attached report summarizes the results and provides recommendations based on those results.

MSC Aggie Leaders of Tomorrow (ALOT) sponsor TEDx TAMU, which is an independently organized TED event at Aggieland. TEDx TAMU Salons are smaller events held between the main TEDx TAMU conferences. Each Salon features previous TED/TEDx talk videos to spark new ideas and discussion.

Students, staff, faculty, and community members of Texas A&M University have had the ability to report concerning behaviors of those on campus using a Tell Somebody Report (https://tellsomebody.tamu.edu/report/). While reporters always had the option to report anonymously, the reports were not always complete, and without a way to reach the anonymous reporter, it was difficult to follow up or provide support for those submissions. Starting in the 2025-2026 academic year, a new anonymous reporting option, Real Response, was added to the Tell Somebody website that allowed reporters to submit anonymously via an encrypted text message or email. This allowed campus staff to triage reports and follow up with additional questions, while maintaining reporter anonymity. The Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs (OVPSA) wanted to gauge awareness of and use of the Real Response reporting option among Texas A&M-College Station campus students through a survey, with the help of Student Affairs Planning, Assessment & Research (SAPAR). This is the first time this assessment has been distributed.

Página a Página is an educational event hosted by the MSC Committee for the Awareness of Mexican-American Culture (MSC CAMAC) that fosters cultural awareness and appreciation through literature. This yearlong program gives students the opportunity to read and discuss selected literature from Hispanic/Latinx authors. Student Affairs Planning, Assessment & Research (SAPAR) has worked with MSC CAMAC on a variety of projects, however, this is the first time MSC CAMAC is assessing the satisfaction and effectiveness of this program.

Off Campus Student Services (OCSS), a unit in Student Life, established a network of local property managers known as the Good Neighbor Network (GNN). The goal of the Good Neighbor Network was to bring local property managers together with Off Campus Student Services staff to discuss student and community needs and to facilitate engagement opportunities for property managers who were part of the Good Neighbor Network to engage with students. Off Campus Student Services wanted to assess the effectiveness of the Good Neighbor Network and get feedback from property managers on how to improve the Good Neighbor Network experience in the future. This is the second time that Student Affairs Planning, Assessment & Research assisted OCSS with this project.

Recreational Sports (Rec Sports) at Texas A&M University wanted to gather student feedback on their facilities and programs. More specifically, Rec Sports staff wanted to gauge student opinion regarding an expansion plan for a West Campus facility and an accompanying fee increase. Recreational Sports and Student Affairs Planning, Assessment & Research have worked together on a wide range of projects since 2014.

Student Community Standards (SCS) wanted to assess the learning and overall experiences of students attending a new workshop introduced this year, the Traditions & Ethical Alternative Workshop. An evaluation was developed to identify if student participants understood the PREFF (Physical, Reputational, Emotional, Financial, Facilities) model of risk management. This model was introduced through the workbook students partially completed prior to attending then worked through during the workshop. The evaluation also requested participants’ feedback about the effectiveness of the facilitators. The attached report summarizes the findings of the assessment and makes some recommendations based on those findings.