Student Affairs 2013 Goal Assessment
1. Enroll a fall 2013 first-time freshman class of at least 1,150 students with an average ACT score equal to or above the state and national
averages. 1243 FTF enrolled for the fall with an ACT Average of 21.75 (19.5 state and 20.9 national)
2. Increase the number of veterans enrolling in Nicholls for fall 2013 by five percent as compared to fall 2012. The number of veterans
enrolled remained stagnant. There was only a .03% increase.
3. Maintain the number of first-time, full-time minority scholarship students enrolling fall 2013 as compared to fall 2012. For Fall 2012, we had
69 FTF receiving scholarships. For 2013, we had 71 students receiving minority scholarships.
4. Increase the number of packaged financial aid students by 5% comparing August 1 figures for 2013 vs. 2012.
Aid Year
Total
Packaged
Prior to
Aug 1
1011
6077
3503
%
Packaged
Prior to
Aug 1
58%
1112
6087
4538
1213
6161
1314
6086
Prior to
July 1
2425
%
Packaged
Prior
to July 1
40%
75%
3724
4573
74%
4480
74%
Prior to
June 1
1323
%
Packaged
Prior
to June 1
22%
61%
0
0%
3734
61%
3001
49%
3907
64%
3399
56%
Please note that the goal of trying to increase the number of packaged financial aid students by 5% comparing August 1 from one year to the
next is no longer a feasible goal. As you can see, we have mastered the number of people packaged by that time consistently for the last 3
years. Since our enrollment/population is really not increasing by that much from year to year, a 5% increase is no longer an effective goal to
shoot for or an accurate measurement to make. Instead, the more positive outcome would be to look at how much we have improved in the %
packaged prior to July 1 or June 1 each year. This shows that students are getting packaged earlier. For now, we can definitely strive to package
students earlier than the year before provided all new year software updates are released by Banner Ellucian and loaded in to our system by our
Computer Services Department in a timely manner. However, this too, at some point, will not be a feasible goal because we don't have any say
in when the new year updates are actually released to schools (usually March if no issues). For a future goal, we may need to isolate and assess a
specific population of students and focus on increasing the % packaged by a certain date, etc. I'll have to think about it. Please share with Dr.
Dial so that we can remove the 5% increase from next year's goals.
5. IMPLEMENT LANDSCAPE PROGRAM FOR AUXILIARY SERVICE UNITS. This goal was not accomplished. It will be
moved to the 2014 Auxiliary Service Goals.
6. Complete Planning for renovation of Game Room and Racquetball Court areas of the Student Union.
Gameroom is pending potential Sodexo renovation. Racquetball court is being utilized as Student Leader meeting space. Both efforts will be
carried forward to 2014.
7. Increase by 1% the rate of first-time, full-time freshmen admitted for fall 2013 and retained for the spring semester 2014, when compared to
the fall 2012 entering class. need to check with IR
8. Increase the number of items receiving satisfaction rates which meet or exceed the national average rating for the ACT Student Satisfaction
Survey or comparable nationally recognized assessment tool for 2012-2013 as compared to 2009-2010.
9. During the 2013-2014 academic year efforts were made to improve, implement and further brand auxiliary service departments as well as
student support services.
10. INCREASE INCOME 2% FOR AUXILIARY BUDGET UNITS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2013-2014 AS COMPARED TO
2012-2013. 10. INCREASE INCOME 2% FOR AUXILIARY BUDGET UNITS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2013-2014 AS
COMPARED TO 2012-2013. The Auxiliary Services overall budget increased 12% for this time period, according
to the University Budget Book.get Book.
11. Maintain or exceed Continuing Education programming levels 2012-2013 vs. 2010-2011.
Attained: Revenue increased from FY 12 to FY13. COB increased from 4.6% to 14.5%
12. Develop long-term facility plan for the Student Union
Although not attained; communication exists between Facilities Dept and Auxiliary Services Dept. Goal will be carried forward to 2014.
13. Complete the preliminary planning process for development of a multi-purpose Continuing Education facility and program.
14.
GREEK ACTION PLAN 2012-13
GOALS
1. “Market” the Greek
message to a broader and
more diverse population
(Residence Halls, Academic
Clubs, Special Interest
Groups, etc.)
2. Develop a Greek “Code of
Ethics” using guidelines from
MR 5-6
3. Conduct annual Greek
Retreat and semester
Leadership Training for
Council Officers
4. Identify ANNUAL
Philanthropy Project that
includes all Greeks.
5. Develop a “Catch Greeks
Doing Something Right”
campaign
DATE
COMPLETED
RESULTS
EVIDENCE
January 2012 (I)
Ongoing
Brochures, Flyers,
PDF's on all screens
NPC Executive Board
IFC Executive Board
NPHC Executive Board
May 2012 ©
Goal not met
Greek Management Team
Summer 2012 (I)
Ongoing
RESPONSIBLE PERSON(S)
IFC and NPC Recruitment Vice
Presidents and Counselors. NPHC
Executive Board
Room Reservation
Form and program.
Assessment
March 2012 (I)
-Greek Council
Ongoing
Fall 2007
-Greek Council
Ongoing
Colonel Nicholls
Grave Clean-up and
Nicholls Can Drive
Nicholls Worth /
Yearbook/Letters of
Appreciation
6. Increase Greek
participation in Orientation,
Welcome Back Day and
other major campus events
7. Schedule short regular
meetings with each Greek
Chapter President
Spring 2011
-Greek Council
Ongoing
Letter to Committee
Members
Spring 2010 (I)
Tommy Ponson
Ongoing
The Duhe building in Houma has been designated as a multi-purpose Continuing Education facility. In particular the focus is on workforce
development.
15. All Student Affairs departments have updated their Record Retention Reports as of June 2014. We focused on 3 green initiatives this past
school year : 1) Reusable 3- compartment take out containers, 2) Reusable drink mugs for take out customers, 3) Recycling effort
whereby student help to scrape dishes prior to placing them on the dish belt. This helps to use less energy and less water for our dish washer.
The bookstore has all cardboard picked up by Granier on a weekly basis. We also offer shopping bags made of recycled
materials to our customers.
16. Increase Recreation Center Memberships by 5% for 2013-2014 as compared to 2012-2013.
17. Expand the campus security camera system to include additional student union and food service security areas..
Eleven of 18 cameras installed. Problem with network storage has prevented install other cameras. Access to view video feed has not been
given to SU Director.
18. Implement a proactive community police program for residence halls areas.

Goal Met
The police department received funding from the Division of Student Affairs to fund an officer in the housing area of the university.
This officer in addition to a student officer increase police presence in the housing areas. This officer attended Residential Advisory
Boards meetings on request and conducted follow up investigations on incidents that occurred in the housing areas. In addition to this,
the police department participated in Move in Day and with RA staff training. The police department was recognized for its
community policing philosophy during a 2013 article by local media.
Membership Type
Alumni w/ free credit
Colonel Athletic Assoc.
Faculty/Staff + Spouse
Nicholls Facility Corp.
NSU Alumni Federation
NSU Foundation
PRO-NSU
NSU Retiree + Spouse
Univ. Affiliate
TOTAL
2012-2013
607
1
133
1
10
1
1
17
8
779
2013-2014
829
12
184
1
49
3
4
26
16
1124
Percentage increase
44.2
19. This goal has not been achieved.
Student Affairs Assessment Goal #20 - Career Services will collaborate with Academic Affairs to secure
job placement data for graduates and to communicate current and future workforce demands for
graduates.
Career Services, at least partially, met this goal by:
 Opening an open line of communication with all faculty members at the beginning of each semester by
reminding them of the availability of Career Services Director to visit their classrooms for
presentations and workshops.
 Informing faculty about our on-line database system where students, alumni and employers can
connect about employment opportunities.
 Hosting the Nursing & Allied Health Job Fair for the College of Nursing and Allied Health in February
2013.
 Hosting the Fall 2013 Career Day for all Nicholls’ students and alumni in October 2013
 Collaborating with Alumni Affairs and the department of Petroleum Engineering Technology and
Safety Management in order to co-host our first Colonel Career Panel discussion.
 E-mailing individual faculty members and/or department administrative staff to inform them about
specific employment openings that are related to their areas of study.
21. Develop and begin implementation an annual calendar for the Veterans Services Program. We did begin to implement student activities
calendar for veterans. We planned and executed a field trip around veterans day. We also held receptions at the beginning and end of the
semester. Hosted events during football season and registration and completed a service activity that will be repeated.
22. PURCHASE AND IMPLEMENT ESSENTIAL SOFTWARE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS FOR AUXILIARY
UNITS. This goal was accomplished. Continuing Education and Student Union upgraded their software systems. Housing added
Star Rez. I.D. Card Operations will be upgrading the Blackboard hardware and software this spring. The University is in the process
of utilizing an on-line credit card gateway system to take credit card payments for auxiliary business transactions.
23. Implement electronic collection system for faculty/staff parking fines

Goal Partially Met
Parking Services purchased parking module thru Ticket Trac for online purchases of decals and fines payments. Parking Services
provides Vice President of Student Affairs and Enrollment Services a list of all faculty and Staff who owes fines for Parking
Violations. However, the ability to pay fines online has been held up with the Computer Services and Business Affairs and the ability
to use a credit card online.