Campus survey will be administered in February

Grand Valley’s campus community will be invited to take an anonymous survey in February and give their answers to questions about what it’s like to learn, live and work at the university.

The myGVSU Survey is the fourth campus climate study since 1994. Internally driven, co-chairs of the study Neal Rogness and Jeanne Arnold said they would like 100 percent participation from students, faculty and staff members. They also said great strides in Grand Valley’s inclusion efforts have been generated by the results of prior studies.

“People may not know that establishing the Women’s Center, hiring more international faculty, adding the Children’s Enrichment Center and many more successes have resulted from past studies,” said Rogness, professor of statistics.

The survey will be administered online from February 1-14. Sue Rankin, senior research associate at the Center for the Study of Higher Education at Penn State University, was hired as a consultant to help guide the survey’s formation and to tabulate results. Rankin is a noted expert on campus climate studies.

Arnold, vice president for Inclusion and Equity, said results of the survey will be reported to the campus community next spring. “We want everyone to know that this is a very transparent study,” she said.

For more information about the survey, visit www.gvsu.edu/mygvsu.