Student surveys changing campus
Michael Zulauf | Staff Writer
Issue date: 12/2/09 Section: News
The next time you get a student survey in your e-mail, don't be so quick to delete it-your response actually matters in more ways than you may think. Nathan Lindsay and the Division of Student Affairs have recently launched an initiative to show students that their input in student surveys makes a huge difference in the way things are done around campus. While most students may feel their voice doesn't matter, Student Affairs is here to show you that it does make a difference, and in a big way.
Sophomores Elizabeth Payton and Hannah Lee both had something to say about student surveys.
"I usually don't do them because I feel my answers won't actually make a difference," said Lee.
"Generally when I see an inbox [message] from UNCW I usually just delete it because I feel most surveys are a waste of time and won't affect me," said Payton.
Nathan Lindsay, director of Student Life Assessment here at UNCW, is the man in charge of determining how students feel about life on campus outside of the classroom, and what kinds of changes students want. If you have ever received an e-mail asking you to fill out a survey about your experiences here at school, it most likely came from his office.
After the tremendous amount of student feedback from surveys in the past few years, Lindsay and his office wanted to demonstrate their appreciation to all students by showing them how their survey answers were actually changing things. This sparked them to start an initiative know as "We've Heard Your Voice."
The initiative, which started this past summer, shows students examples of things being changed on campus because of student input. This includes plans for a larger recreation center, changes in the tutoring center, and changes in the career center.
Currently, there are over 60 changes that the Division of Student Affairs has implemented just from reading student surveys. These changes can be seen on flyers hung around campus that outline what students have said on the surveys, and how these offices have responded to the feedback by making improvements.
Sophomores Elizabeth Payton and Hannah Lee both had something to say about student surveys.
"I usually don't do them because I feel my answers won't actually make a difference," said Lee.
"Generally when I see an inbox [message] from UNCW I usually just delete it because I feel most surveys are a waste of time and won't affect me," said Payton.
Nathan Lindsay, director of Student Life Assessment here at UNCW, is the man in charge of determining how students feel about life on campus outside of the classroom, and what kinds of changes students want. If you have ever received an e-mail asking you to fill out a survey about your experiences here at school, it most likely came from his office.
After the tremendous amount of student feedback from surveys in the past few years, Lindsay and his office wanted to demonstrate their appreciation to all students by showing them how their survey answers were actually changing things. This sparked them to start an initiative know as "We've Heard Your Voice."
The initiative, which started this past summer, shows students examples of things being changed on campus because of student input. This includes plans for a larger recreation center, changes in the tutoring center, and changes in the career center.
Currently, there are over 60 changes that the Division of Student Affairs has implemented just from reading student surveys. These changes can be seen on flyers hung around campus that outline what students have said on the surveys, and how these offices have responded to the feedback by making improvements.
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