Unit Name: Student Life - Office of Student Activities
Unit Mission: The Office of Student Activities serves to enrich the co-curricular experience of students in the areas of personal development,
leadership, and community involvement. To this end, the Office assists individuals, student organizations, and the student government in
determining and realizing goals;, manages major College events, and serves as an accessible student advocate and liaison.
Work Sheet for Unit Level Institutional Assessment
Unit Goal
Link to ESF Goals (by #)
Method(s) of Assessment
and Targets
Results of Assessment
(Data)
-Provide leadership
training, as well as
opportunities, for all
students on campus
through a variety of
venues including
workshops, educational
sessions, student-led
program committees, and
one-on-one advising.
Goal 2: Provide an
outstanding student
experience.
-Surveys provided
immediately following
Orientation Leader
Training, Mentoring,
leadership conferences,
and the Undergraduate
Student Association (USA)
sponsored events. USA
events were also
debriefed through
informal discussion and
the officers took notes.
Leadership:
-Provide more training
sessions on leadership
development.
-One-on-one meetings
with students also provide
informal assessment as to
how programs are
working. The Emerging
Leaders Series will be
closely examined for 20112012 by conducting focus
groups with the
participants.
-Provide consulting and
advising on program
development including
direct advisement and
Goal 2: Provide an
outstanding student
experience.
-Between one-on-one
advising meetings,
roundtable discussions
with students and
Mentoring:
-Increase the financial
support of the Mentoring
program.
Orientation Leaders:
-Returning Orientation
Leaders would like to see
different speakers during
training.
-Orientation Leaders
would like to improve the
relationship with RAs in
Centennial Hall.
-OLs felt extremely
comfortable stepping out
of their comfort zone,
being active listeners, and
learning to work
collaboratively with their
peers.
-More intentional training
for new officers
throughout the beginning
of the semester.
Implementation Plan
(Changes resulting from
Assessment)
-Organize and implement
an Emerging Leaders
Program (result from
previous year).
-Reallocate money in the
S-52 account to allow the
Mentor program to have
more funds to plan trips.
-Further implementation
plans will be visited once
the Emerging Leaders,
Mentoring, and Leadership
Conference programs end.
The annual report, which
is completed in June, will
highlight more feedback
and possible
improvements to these
programs.
-Update Student
Organization Manual with
correct information and
more details.
mentoring to student
organizations and leaders.
In cooperation with the
Office of Counseling and
Disability Services, provide
social and recreational
activities to promote
balance, wellness, and
stress relief to help
students to increase their
productivity in the
classroom and their
overall satisfaction with
the college experience.
Goal 1: Enrich academic
excellence in both
undergraduate and
graduate education.
-Provide opportunities for
students to further
connect with their
communities on a local,
national, and international
basis through the
development of
Goal 2: Provide an
outstanding student
experience.
Goal 2: Provide an
outstanding student
experience.
Goal 5: Strategically build
and enhance partnerships
and collaborative
advisors, as well as
attending general events,
there is opportunity to
assess and advise their
program development.
Encouragement of
assessment after
programs is also done.
-Periodic update from USA
and Student Life.
-More visibility between
USA funding guidelines
and student organization
budgets.
-Better relationships
between student
organizations and their
advisors.
-More distinct
programmatic use of
SAPB’s budget is evident in
preliminary observations
of that group’s function.
-Evaluations and focused
discussions will take place
immediately following the
program that assesses
what knowledge has been
gained. The focus of this
goal will be regarding the
Red Watch Band program
that is launching mid-fall
semester 2011. Detailed
evaluations and follow-up
conversations will take
place.
-Surveys are provided to
students after programs to
ensure intended goals are
accomplished.
-Insomniacs programs
continue to be a major
success both in terms of
attendance and the overall
leadership skills that are
developed by students
hosting these events.
Community partners are
asked to provide feedback
-Revisit LEAD series
curriculum and seek
diverse speakers.
-Improve USA’s finance
codes and provide
Treasurer roundtable
discussions once/twice per
semester.
-Organize advisor
meetings each semester
and one-on-one
appointments as
necessary.
-Explore developing a new
mission and purpose for
Student Activities
Programming Board with
new membership and
more intentional
programming objectives.
-Continue to develop
Insomniacs programs and
explore the possibility of
adding more of them (if
budget allows).
Saturday of Service (during Saturday of Service:
Orientation):
 The program will
 93.6% of students
continue during
responded that it was an
Orientation with
“excellent” (73.5%) or
improvements to the
“good” (21.1%)
presentation students
experience
hear beforehand to
community partnerships
and faculty collaboration.
relationships.
Goal 6: Respond to the
needs of society.
and suggestions for future
collaborations. Continued
membership on
community- and campusbased committees to gain
insight into how ESF can
further develop reciprocal
relationships. In all
surveys and informal
communications, feedback
is sought regarding how
ESF can provide
meaningful assistance to
respond to societal needs.
 81.9% responded that
through this event, they
learned the importance
of public service
 Community partners
responded that the
students’ participation
was valuable and
necessary for the parks’
upkeep.
 While rating high,
students still need to
know more about why
this project is important
to our community.
First-Year Service Projects:
 This program is
currently being
evaluated after each
project. Students are
taking surveys after
each project and
partners are providing
feedback as to how
the program can be
improved.
General:
 Community partners
are looking for better
ways to communicate
with students and
faculty regarding their
needs and
opportunities to
collaborate.
 Students want more
opportunities to
connect with the
community on various
levels
learn more about the
importance of public
service.
 Each year, we will
communicate with
park representatives
to understand how
students can be best
prepared for this
experience.
First-Year Service Projects:
 Improvements will
depend upon
feedback, but current
plans are to further tie
this into the Learning
Community/First Year
Experience so that it is
a well-rounded
experience.
General:
 To further connect
community partners
to campus, develop a
booklet with
information about
community
organizations.
 Redesign the website,
and utilize other
methods for
connecting with
partners.
 Continue to plan
service projects
 Create a student
advisory board to
further guide the
Community Service
and Service-Learning

-Provide a positive
transitional experience for
new incoming students
and their families to ESF’s
campus.
Goal 2: Provide an
outstanding student
experience.
-Provide an evaluation
immediately following
Orientation (both fall and
spring) to constituents.
This would include
separate surveys to firstyear students, first-year
families, and transfer
students. Feedback
ensures that the
orientation program will
continue to evolve based
on their needs.
Faculty need better
information regarding
how to incorporate
service-learning into
their courses.
-More diversity initiatives
or a program focusing on
diversity and inclusion
during Orientation.
-Shorter session on the
academic experience at
ESF for both first-year and
transfer students.
-Further examination of
the Orientation program
vs. the 132 presentations
and how we pick which
topics are presented.
-Have advisors attend
when the advising sessions
are taking place.
function.
 Work with the Faculty
Governance
committee on public
service to identify
faculty needs and
explore methods for
communicating
information.
 Explore how the
committee might work
together to plan a
workshop for faculty.
-Implementation of “There
is More to My Story” (new
during Fall 2011
Orientation).
-Separated out Civility and
Academic Integrity in the
132 sessions by providing
a Civility workshop during
Orientation.