students have higher rates of student involvement, and are more engaged on campus. There are also more efforts made by individuals to educate their peers, faculty and staff. Specific challenge that needs to be addressed: Food insecurity is high with LGBTQ+ students. Intersectionality was explored in the survey. Specifically intersections with disability and LGBTQ+ identity and Pell Grant eligibility and LGBTQ+ identity. and African American students were the least favorable of the institution. Assessment and research perspective There is a booklet being developed, imagery around the survey findings and also quotes from the students will also be utilized from the survey. Those three pieces will be made available and the printed piece (booklet) will be printed and available soon. A PDF will be provided of the booklet, and tables with the data will be available online. When asked about a timeline one was not provided. Campus health survey also has data. The campus climate survey data can be provided to council before the listening session. Next Steps for the survey: Hopefully this will be a springboard to energize the campus community That data will be used to restructure and change the way operation takes place at the leadership level. Council can request a copy of the report, only tables are currently available. Not meant to be a siloed survey, this is supposed to be institution wide. And focused on students. A staff and faculty survey has not been done and is the purview of HR so it would not come out of the same office as the campus climate survey. It was suggested that the survey be used as part of the overall student narrative in conjunction with the listening sessions that happened at the cultural centers. Distribution was from a sampled population, to understand the demographics of campus, to reflect the diversity of the population. Then the data was weighted. Strategies were created from the marginalized student demands to address the challenges, and that strategy has not been shared. University leadership needs to be addressed, and the opportunity is here to engage with new leadership. The leadership response to the survey results was not surprise because of the listening sessions, but it did bring up some opportunities like the campus pantry. The pantry has been built up by Melissa Vito’s office recently from where it was housed and run previously by students. Initiatives for the 2017-2018 School Year Jai Smith, Co-Chair, Andrea Carmichael, Co-Chair Initiatives: Health Care Support for Transgender
students have higher rates of student involvement, and are more engaged on campus. There are also more efforts made by individuals to educate their peers, faculty and staff. Specific challenge that needs to be addressed: Food insecurity is high with LGBTQ+ students. Intersectionality was explored in the survey. Specifically intersections with disability and LGBTQ+ identity and Pell Grant eligibility and LGBTQ+ identity. and African American students were the least favorable of the institution. Assessment and research perspective There is a booklet being developed, imagery around the survey findings and also quotes from the students will also be utilized from the survey. Those three pieces will be made available and the printed piece (booklet) will be printed and available soon. A PDF will be provided of the booklet, and tables with the data will be available online. When asked about a timeline one was not provided. Campus health survey also has data. The campus climate survey data can be provided to council before the listening session. Next Steps for the survey: Hopefully this will be a springboard to energize the campus community That data will be used to restructure and change the way operation takes place at the leadership level. Council can request a copy of the report, only tables are currently available. Not meant to be a siloed survey, this is supposed to be institution wide. And focused on students. A staff and faculty survey has not been done and is the purview of HR so it would not come out of the same office as the campus climate survey. It was suggested that the survey be used as part of the overall student narrative in conjunction with the listening sessions that happened at the cultural centers. Distribution was from a sampled population, to understand the demographics of campus, to reflect the diversity of the population. Then the data was weighted. Strategies were created from the marginalized student demands to address the challenges, and that strategy has not been shared. University leadership needs to be addressed, and the opportunity is here to engage with new leadership. The leadership response to the survey results was not surprise because of the listening sessions, but it did bring up some opportunities like the campus pantry. The pantry has been built up by Melissa Vito’s office recently from where it was housed and run previously by students. Initiatives for the 2017-2018 School Year Jai Smith, Co-Chair, Andrea Carmichael, Co-Chair Initiatives: Health Care Support for Transgender
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