Minutes+from+August+4+meeting

= Minutes from August 4, 2009 Meeting =

To: Liz Schuman, Kelly Medinger, Jeff Kelly, Mark Hergan, Brett Adams, Dan Barnhart, Mary Furst From: Cheryl Sunderland Subject: Notes from subcommittee meeting held on 1/28/2009 Date: August 5, 2009 cc: Peggy Baldwin and Benchmark group

Here are my notes from our planning meeting on August 4. Please let me know if I have recorded anything inaccurately. 1. **Those attending** – Liz, Jeff, Brett, Dan, Mary and moi. 2. We spent most of our time discussing how to **acquire the data** we will need. Those thoughts are summarized below. Anyone else notice Dan is assigned many of these tasks? How can we adjust? Kelly and Mary need assignments … 3. **Questions we may want to ask** (depending on the group) – · What would you like to do this year? · What do you do to relax? What did you do over the summer? · Based on your experiences at SU, what are the events we currently do that you think engage the students? · Do you have ideas that could enhance student experiences at SU? · Students tell me all the time that _. 4. **Miscellaneous** – · Let’s use the Friday Free hour to reach out to groups. · Sue doesn’t see a problem with distributing a survey at the August 18 faculty/staff meeting, if we want to …
 * ** Audience ** || ** Method/Vehicle ** || ** Who is responsible ** || ** Notes ** ||
 * Academic Departments || Focus group; attend department meeting || Liz || Liz will determine when groups are meeting; we will share the responsibility of reaching out to these groups. We’ll concentrate on the areas that know the students best. ||
 * Administrative Departments || Focus group; attend department meeting || Liz ||^  ||
 * Faculty Council || Focus group; attend department meeting || Liz ||^  ||
 * Deans Meeting || Focus group; attend department meeting || Liz ||^  ||
 * Freshmen || Freshmen Seminar classes || Dan || He will also enlist Hope in coordinating this effort. ||
 * Coaches || Focus group || Brett || ||
 * Advisors, RDs, RAs || Focus group || Dan || ||
 * Villager Staff || Focus group || Cheryl || ||
 * Mustang Crew || || || We didn’t cross this out, nor did we assign anyone to this group ||
 * SU community || Survey or online poll || || Again, we checked this activity but did not assign anyone. ||
 * Attendees || Info card/ interview those who attend events; talk to students as they wait in lines at the bookstore, registrar’s office, cafeteria, etc. || All || Initial efforts to focus on Welcome Picnic. ||
 * SU community || Blog/ SU Connections || Dan || ||
 * || Facebook || Mark || “Ten things I’d like to see at SU” might be a place to start. ||
 * Students || Student clubs and organizations || Dan || ||
 * SU community || Sodexo || Cheryl || What food do students like best? What can we learn from other Sodexo sites? ||
 * SU community || Suggestion Boxes || Dan || ||
 * Students || Review current survey data || Mark || We already have lots of information. Let’s use it! ||
 * SU community || Website || Mark || Add a photo to those that rotate on the home page – something that highlights entrepreneurship, starting new clubs or planning new events ||
 * ** Ideas we didn’t select ** || || || ||
 * Residents || Survey on move in day || || ||
 * Employees who are parents of current students || Focus group || || ||
 * || Online bulletin board || || ||
 * || Kiosk || || ||
 * || Feedback from students; emails and in person || || ||
 * || Admitted student questionnaire || || ||