Campus Climate Survey
August 24, 2018
Objective: Campus Climate and Professional Development and Growth for Faculty and Staff is one of the key areas of focus in our strategic plan. In Spring 2018, students, faculty, and staff participated in a climate survey. Your participation was the first step in identifying areas on which to focus this year. The next step in the process is to continue communication regarding the results by convening town hall meetings and unit-level meetings to share more detailed results and begin formulating specific action plans to address the issues and concerns identified.
More information: www.utrgv.edu/strategicplan-2015/strategic-initiatives/campus-climate/action-plans
Contacts: If interested in participating in these important conversations, please email co-chairs Dr. Ala Qubbaj, or Mike James.
Updates
March 4, 2021
UTRGV’s Strategic Plan includes a focus on promoting a welcoming and inclusive campus climate, along with values around engagement, shared governance, leadership, inclusion, and well-being. In 2018, we conducted an institution-wide Climate Survey, and we want to thank everyone for their feedback and diligent work in creating action plans and making progress towards their identified goals to strengthen our campus climate.
We are committed to continually assessing our campus climate and are therefore conducting a climate survey for 2021. Once again, we are partnering with ModernThink to survey all students and fulltime faculty and staff. Your feedback and active participation in this survey are not only appreciated; they are essential to our success. We look forward to sharing the results with the campus community as soon as they are available, toward the end of the Spring 2021 semester.
For more information on the ongoing survey and results, action plans, and progress reports from the 2018 survey, visit utrgv.edu/campusclimate.
April 13, 2020
In Fall 2019, UTRGV departments submitted progress reports on their action plans and commitments to continue their successes and improve areas of opportunity. All scorecards, action plans, and first progress reports are now available via the UTRGV Campus Climate Survey Website. Campus climate liaisons are currently in the process of gathering the second progress reports, and campus climate initiatives and highlights will be shared with our campus community soon.
Thank you for your diligent work towards your identified goals and continued support.
For more information, contact Nicole.Englitsch@utrgv.edu.
October 31, 2019
The Campus Climate Committee recently created a website for important information about UTRGV’s Campus Climate Survey. The website includes climate survey results, action plans and will soon include your first progress reports.
In Spring 2019, UTRGV departments created action plans to continue their successes and improve areas of opportunity. As a result, campus climate survey liaisons are currently gathering the first progress reports on the commitments each area embarked on. UTRGV is committed to move the "needle" in a positive direction. We look forward to your continued support. Please access the UTRGV Campus Climate Survey Website for more information.
March 19, 2019
Since January 2019, division/department-wide meetings have been taking place to review the results of the survey at the institutional, divisional and departmental levels. The Office of Human Resources and the Staff Senate have partnered to develop a group of survey facilitators who attend these meetings and facilitate the conversations regarding the findings of the survey. Each division/department is challenged to develop an action plan focusing on the top 2-3 areas identified as needing improvement. Everyone’s participation is needed in order to ensure that everyone is heard! Action Plans are due in April 2019 and follow up status reporting will be needed in Fall 2019 and Spring 2020.
November 30, 2018
Results of the Campus Climate Survey conducted in the Spring were shared with faculty and staff at town hall meetings held on October 12. In addition to the presentations conducted at the town hall sessions, ModernThink consultant, Rich Boyer, facilitated an interactive meeting with students on November 5 to share student survey results and discuss specific areas of concerns and opportunities for positive change. To continue progress in fostering a healthy campus climate, Mr. Boyer will be visiting UTRGV December 11-13 to meet with university leaders regarding survey results and opportunities at the unit level to address areas of concerns. Upon completion of the visit, the expectation is that campus leaders will implement communication strategies to further share survey data with faculty, staff, and students in their units and develop action plans around the survey results to positively impact the climate and culture in our UTRGV community.