SACS Reaffirmation
| Objective | Installation Of Surveillance Cameras | |
| Residence Life will continue the installation of surveillance cameras in residence halls Associated Goals: Enhanced Technology |
| Indicator | Reported vandalism The amount of vandalism that occurs in the residence halls will be measured based on the monetary amount reported by residence hall staff each fiscal year. |
| Criteria | Reduction in vandalism rates Vandalism rates will be close to or mirror rate reported in 2006-07. |
| Finding | Expected constant or reduced vandalism rate The amount of money billed for vandalism for the academic year 2007-08 was only $3,440.00, which is a significant decrease from last year''s total of $10,351.88 |
| Action | Installation of surveillance cameras King Hall cameras were installed for Fall 2007 - completed in October of 2007. The reported costs of vandalism this year was $3,440.00, which is a significant decrease from last year''s total of $10,351.88 |
| Objective | Web-based Services | |
| Web pages will be utilized by student residents to electronically handle all assignment-based business with the department, such as applications, renewal, roommate matching and other services. Associated Goals: Enhanced Technology |
| Indicator | Quality of Life Survey (regarding intentional use of web pages) Intentional use of the web pages for performing assignment-based business will be measured by the frequency of students choosing to perform their business tasks over the web. |
| Criteria | Implementation of additional web-based housing services At least 60% of student surveys will show an interest in handling more housing business over the web pages. |
| Finding | Expected increase in using web pages for business Survey results show that 86.21% of survey respondents are using our current web-based services and 76.6% would like an increase in what services we are able to provide on line. |
| Action | Increase web-based housing services Due to survey results, we will work on adding more services on-line. We are currently working on a roommate matching program to be implemented for 2008-09, and will request on-line hall and room transfer requests for the future. |
| Objective | Web-based maintenance reports | |
| A program will be created in order for students to be able to report maintenance via the web pages. Associated Goals: Enhanced Technology |
| Indicator | Implementation of web-based maintenance reporting system Implementation of web-based reprting system for residence hall students. |
| Criteria | Implementation of web-based maintenance reports An off-site contractor (schooldude.com)will implement a web-based maintenance reporting system for residence hall students. |
| Finding | Expected success of web-based maintenance reportin Installation of program by Schooldude.com was completed in March. Testing will begin with the summer semesters, with full implementation to occur with the Fall 2008 semester, therefore unable to use the Quality of Life assessment for this year. |
| Action | Pursuing web-based maintenance program We have contracted with Schooldude.com to provide web-based services so that students can directly report maintenance concerns on-line. We are going live during Summer Session I and will evaluate at the end of next year. |
| Objective | Residence Hall Programming | |
| Student residents are provided with educational and social programming opportunities to facilitate personal growth and development. Associated Goals: Improvement in Program Development |
| Indicator | Quality Of Life Survey (regarding General Hall Programming) Specific questions within our Quality of Life survey will measure the success of and participation in general hall programming in the areas of Wellness, Diversity, Life Skills, Social Issues and the like. |
| Criteria | Demonstrated student satisfaction with residence hall programming At least 60% of student surveys will show a positive reaction to and attendance at residence hall programs provided by hall staff. |
| Finding | Expected satisfaction with general hall programs Only 45.17 % of the survey respondents said they had attended a hall program. Only 23.64 % responded that the programs increased awareness of social issues and solutions. |
| Action | Improvement in Hall Programming As the results implied that less than 60% of our respondents attended and responded favorably to programs provided in the residence halls, we will be reviewing our programming requirements and looking for ways to improve. |
| Objective | Residence Life Cinema | |
| Create more opportunities for student-targeted programming through media with Residence Life Cinema. Associated Goals: Improvement in Program Development |
| Indicator | Quality Of Life Survey (regarding Residence Life Cinema) Popularity and usage of Residence Life Cinema will be measured as part of the Quality of Life survey. |
| Criteria | Demonstrated student satisfaction with Residence Life Cinema At least 60% of student surveys will show satisfaction regarding the use and popularity of Residence Life Cinema. |
| Finding | Expected success of Residence Life Cinema Survey results show that 68.26% of the respondents are regularly viewing the films on Residence Life Cinema. |
| Action | Residence Life Cinema Will renew contract with company and will advertise more aggressively. Will also push use of discussion guides and movies for Sam 136. |