Findings of campus climate survey to be discussed

Findings from the myGVSU survey, the voluntary survey completed by students, faculty and staff members, will be detailed during campus meetings in late September.

Sue Rankin, of Rankin and Associates, will explain her findings at open meetings for the campus community on September 29-30. Rankin was hired by Grand Valley in 2010 to administer the survey; she is a noted expert in the field of climate studies.

Members of the campus community are invited to any of the meetings detailed below:

• September 29: Kirkhof Center, Grand River Room, 10-11:30 a.m.; Cook-DeWitt Center, 4-6 p.m.
• September 30: Cook-DeVos Center for Health Sciences, Hager Auditorium, 9-11 a.m.

An executive summary of the results will be available online at www.gvsu.edu/mygvsu one week before the meetings.

The survey ended February 18. Overall, 29 percent of all students, faculty and staff members participated in the anonymous survey.

Neal Rogness, co-chair of the Campus Climate Study committee, said student participation was at 24 percent, or 6,053 students. More than half of all staff members, 55 percent, completed the online survey; and 45 percent of faculty members participated.

The myGVSU Survey is the fourth campus climate study. Many positive changes have occurred at Grand Valley since the university started conducting such studies. These changes include establishing the Inclusion and Equity Division, Team Against Bias and LGBT Resource Center.