Campus Climate

SMSU Campus Climate Survey 2019

The survey is open to the campus community:

February 1 — February 21, 2019

How to take the survey:

An email with a link to the survey will be sent out to @SMSU.edu and @my.SMSU.edu addresses.
Table tents will be set up in the dining center with a QR code linking to the survey.

SMSU is participating in this pilot project with five other Minnesota State system campuses to help us understand our campus climate and foster an environment of equity, inclusion, and listening to all voices.

Project Timeline:

Early 2019	Spring 2019	Late Spring 2019
- IT and survey prep - Survey implementation	- Data collection - Campus focus groups - Reports from OERG	- Pilot results gathered - Communicating results - Inform system strategies

Purpose. Campus climate assessments are intended to support the efforts of the institution to create and sustain a diverse, respectful, inclusive community, and improve the working, living, and learning environment for students, faculty and staff.

Campus climate studies provide a baseline of data that helps the institution better understand how members of the campus community relate to one another on a daily basis, and allows the institution to determine what is working and what is not.

Participation. Participation is voluntary and anonymous. There are no consequences for not completing the survey. Participants may skip any question. Participants who finish the survey will have the option to enter a drawing for prizes which will be held after the survey window closes. The entering your name in the drawing does not identify your survey responses; they remain anonymous.

Prizes include:
140 – SMSU Diversity Soccer Club jerseys

6 – $25 Barnes & Noble gift cards
8 – SMSU t-shirts
3 – Stanger Bobbleheads
3 – 50th Anniversary Coffee Table book: The Southwest Story as told by the Mustang Family

Focus Groups:
April 3, 2019

On April 3, 2019, a number of focus groups will be convened to continue the conversation about our campus climate. If you would like to participate in one of our focus groups, please RSVP to JAY.LEE@SMSU.EDU with the specific focus group you'd like to be a part of.

Focus groups will include:

- Men of color
- Women of color
- Latinx/DACA students
- Student-athletes of color
- LBGTQ students
- Student organization reps (students speaking on behalf of a student club/organization)
- Pell-eligible students of color and American Indian students
- Non-Traditional Students
- Adult Learners (Gold College)
- Parents of Students
- Faculty, staff, administration from communities of color
- International faculty, staff, administration

Campus Sponsors:

SMSU Human Resources Office and the Office of Diversity & Inclusion

For more information, contact the SMSU Campus Diversity Officer: Jay Lee at jay.lee@smsu.edu

For tech support related to this survey, contact Ben Nwachukwu at ben.nwachukwu2@smsu.edu

The project is funded in part by a grant from the SMSU Foundation.