Data & Donuts: Bethel Ad­min­is­tra­tion Reaches Out to Stu­dents for Hon­est Feed­back

Every other year a Stu­dent Sat­is­fac­tion Sur­vey is sent out to every stu­dent on cam­pus. 

This year, the sur­vey was called “Data & Donuts.” Donuts from Krispy Kreme, as well as draw­ings for gift cards, were ad­ver­tised as a way for stu­dents to come to­gether and give hon­est feed­back on the sur­veys. The ti­tle of the sur­vey this year was “Your Opin­ion Mat­ters.”

“We want to bet­ter un­der­stand what stu­dents are sat­is­fied with and what we need to im­prove on to in­crease stu­dent sat­is­fac­tion,” said Terry Elam, vice pres­i­dent of en­roll­ment man­age­ment. “We are also in­ter­ested in know­ing what is im­por­tant to stu­dents.” 

Past stu­dent sur­veys have been a suc­cess. Many things have changed due to re­cent stu­dent feed­back: more li­brary study rooms have been pro­vided, ad­di­tional open dorm hours were added, ad­di­tional food op­tions at SG, ad­di­tional park­ing lights and in­creased avail­abil­ity of ath­letic fa­cil­ity hours. 

The goal of the sat­is­fac­tion sur­vey is to get feed­back from 400 plus sur­veys. As of Sept. 10, there were just un­der 200 sur­veys com­pleted. All stu­dents are highly en­cour­aged to take the sur­vey and leave any feed­back that they feel is im­por­tant. The sur­vey closes Sept. 29.