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Report Title | Brief Description | Sponsoring Department | Summary Report | Completed |
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Rec Sports Rec-A-Palooza F24 Summary Report | 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. | Recreational Sports | Rec-Sports-Rec-A-Palooza-F24-Summary-Report.pdf | 11/08/2024 |
2023-2024 Green Dot Training and Overview Summary Report | Through Student Life within the Division of Student Affairs, Green Dot provides two ways to educate interested people about bystander intervention strategies and violence prevention. Students, faculty, staff, and interested community members can either participate in an overview, an introduction to Green Dot concepts or participate in the more in-depth intervention training. Participants of both groups were given a survey to assess the program and how it affected their understanding of related concepts. This is the eighth year that Student Affairs Planning, Assessment & Research has worked with Student Life to help them assess the Green Dot programs. | Student LIfe | 2023-2024-Green-Dot-Training-and-Overview-Summary-Report.pdf | 10/29/2024 |
Res Life CGSO Camp Sponsors Assessment Summer 2024 | 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. | Residence Life | Res-Life-CGSO-Sponsors-Summer-24-Summary-Report.pdf | 10/23/2024 |
Residence Life NSC Assessment Summer 24 | Each summer, the Conference and Guest Services Office (CGSO) with Residence Life hosts numerous camps and conferences in Residence Life facilities. CGSO works with New Student and Family Programs, a unit in Student Life, to host new students and family members who choose to stay on campus during their New Student Conference (NSC). CGSO wanted to get feedback from both students and family members to improve their processes for future NSC guests. This is the second time CGSO worked with Student Affairs Planning, Assessment & Research on this project. | Residence Life | Res-Life-CGSO-NSC-Summer-24-Summary-Report.pdf | 10/23/2024 |
Howdy Week 2024 | 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 15-20, 2024. New Student and Family Programs (NSFP) wanted to understand students’ experiences attending the Fall 2024 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-2024-Summary-Report.pdf | 09/13/2024 |
DSA Leadership Academy for Developing Supervisors Follow-Up - 2024 | The Division of Student Affairs offered a week-long professional development opportunity for division staff members who recently moved into a supervisory position or would likely move into a supervisory position soon. The Leadership Academy was held May 13 – 17, 2024. Student Affairs Planning, Assessment & Research assisted the planners in gathering feedback from the participants at the end of the training to understand their experiences attending the Leadership Academy. The planners wanted to assess the participants several months after the training to understand what aspects of the training had the most long-term impact. This was the first time the Leadership Academy was held and Student Affairs Planning, Assessment & Research (SAPAR) helped with the follow-up assessment. | Student Affairs Planning, Assessment & Research | Leadership-Academy-Follow-Up-Summary-Report.pdf | 08/30/2024 |
Fall Leadership Conference - 2024 | The 72nd annual Fall Leadership Conference (FLC), was held August 13 – 15, 2024. Student leaders (delegates) were assessed to understand their experiences at the conference, including listening to various speakers, participating in group discussions, and networking opportunities with other student leaders, former students, faculty, and staff. MSC FLC has worked with Student Affairs Planning, Assessment & Research since 2002 to assess their conference. | Memorial Student Center | Summary-Report-MSC-FLC-2024.pdf | 08/29/2024 |
Craig Brown and Sue Smith International Leadership Program in the United Kingdom Summer 2024 | MSC Programs coordinates the Craig Brown and Sue Smith International Leadership Program in the United Kingdom (Brown-Smith) summer study abroad trip to the United Kingdom for incoming freshmen who qualify as National Merit Scholars. This year, the three-week-long trip was in July 2024. Trip participants were assessed through an electronic survey after returning from the trip at the beginning of their first semester at Texas A&M University in an effort to gauge the overall impact of this experience on these students. This is the first time Student Affairs Planning, Assessment & Research (SAPAR) worked with the MSC to assess the Brown-Smith experience. | Memorial Student Center | Summary-Report-Brown-Smith-UK-Program-2024.pdf | 08/22/2024 |
Ethics and Decision Making Workshop Evaluation 2023-2024 | The Student Conduct Office (SCO) 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 sixth year Student Affairs Planning, Assessment & Research assisted SCO in assessing this workshop; this year the workshop was offered in both in- person and virtual formats. | Other | EDM-2023-24-Evaluation-Summary-Report.pdf | 08/16/2024 |
Student Leader Inclusive Learning Outcomes | Student Affairs Planning, Assessment & Research (SAPAR) and staff from the Department of Student Activities met with student leaders from multiple sponsored and affiliated Texas A&M University student organizations to develop student leader learning outcomes relevant to their organizational leadership experiences. These outcomes are associated with the Texas A&M University (TAMU) undergraduate learning outcomes of life-long learning and working collaboratively,but as they were created in conjunction with student leaders, the outcomes more closely related to their experiences as student leaders within their organizations. This was the third year for this exercise; one of the student learning outcomes (SLO) carried forward from last year (associated with the TAMU undergraduate learning outcome of life-long learning); however, a new SLO was created to associate with the TAMU undergraduate learning outcome of working collaboratively. Student Activities staff and student leaders engaged in intentional activities throughout the academic year which incorporated development opportunities for achieving both learning outcomes. In April, an assessment was created to gain insight from student organization leaders about experiences within their student organizations related to their progress in achieving both learning outcomes during the year. The attached report summarizes the results and provides recommendations based on those results. | Student Activities | Summary-Report-StuAct-Student-Leader-Inclusive-Learning-Outcome-project-2024.pdf | 07/18/2024 |
Student Employee Experience 2023-24 | Staff from the Department of Student Activities wanted to understand more about their student employees’ experiences while working in their department. Specifically, staff wanted to identify what marketable skills their student employees learned through working in Student Activities, and whether they felt respected and valued by their supervisors and peers. During the spring semester, Student Affairs Planning, Assessment & Research (SAPAR) worked with Student Activities staff to develop and deliver an assessment to gain insights from their student employees; this was the first time SAPAR helped Student Activities assess their student employees’ experiences. The attached report summarizes the results and provides recommendations to Student Activities based on those results. | Student Activities | Summary-Report-StuAct-Student-Employee-Experience-2023-24.pdf | 07/11/2024 |
HP Alcohol Education Workshop 2023-24 | Students who receive a sanction to attend the Alcohol Education Workshop (AEW) are required to meet with a Health Promotion (HP) staff member prior to their workshop, attend the workshop, and then come back for a follow-up meeting with the HP staff member approximately two weeks after participating in the workshop. Health Promotion wanted to assess whether the students attending AEW met the learning outcomes. The attached report summarizes the results of the assessment, including progress towards meeting the set learning outcomes. | Student LIfe | Summary-Report-AEW-2023-2024.pdf | 07/03/2024 |
GPSG - Student Research Week - Spring 2024 | Student Research Week (SRW) is a four-day competition coordinated by the Graduate and Professional Student Government (GPSG). Students can share their research conducted at Texas A&M either through oral presentations or poster sessions. This year, Student Research Week was held March 18-22, 2024. The Graduate and Professional Student Government wanted to assess the experiences of the competitors, judges, and volunteers regarding their participation in Student Research Week 2024. This is the 17th time Student Affairs Planning, Assessment & Research assisted GPSG in assessing some aspect of SRW since 2006. | Student LIfe | Summary-Report-Student-Research-Week-2024.pdf | 06/24/2024 |
Advisor Summit 2024 | Student Organization Leadership and Development (SOLAD) is a unit in the Department of Student Activities. SOLAD held the fourth annual Advisor Summit on March 27th, 2024, from 8:30 am to 3:30 pm. The Summit is an optional training intended as a time for advisors to network with one another, share ideas, and receive training for their advising role(s). It is also a moment for the SOLAD team to appreciate all that advisors do. According to the Student Activities website, an advisor must be a full or part-time faculty or staff employee at Texas A&M or a local system agency to serve in an advisor role. SOLAD staff will be using the results from these surveys to better understand what advisors gain from attending the Advisor Summit and enhance the training for future years. This is the first year SAPAR has worked with SOLAD to assess the attendees’ experiences. | Student Activities | Advisor-Summit-2024-Summary.pdf | 05/31/2024 |
DSA Leadership Academy for Developing Supervisors | The Division of Student Affairs offered a week-long professional development opportunity for division staff members who recently moved into a supervisory position or would likely move into a supervisory position soon. The Leadership Academy was held May 13 – 17, 2024. The planners wanted to gather information from the participants to understand their experiences attending the Leadership Academy. Additionally, planners wanted to find out how to improve this for the future. This was the first time for the Leadership Academy and the first time Student Affairs Planning, Assessment & Research (SAPAR) helped with assessing it. | Student Affairs Planning, Assessment & Research | Leadership-Academy-Summary-Report.pdf | 05/29/2024 |
Report Title | Brief Description | Sponsoring Department | Summary Report | Completed |