Conference

Sharing Student Experiences: Impact on the Participants of a CALS Listening Session

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Abstract

In December 2016, the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) held the first in a series of student listening sessions with the Dean. The primary goals of this session were 1) to provide a space where multicultural students could openly discuss their campus and community experiences and share ideas to improve that experience and 2) to allow our Deans' leadership team to hear about specific issues in our college that were adversely impacting the student experience directly from our students.

During this session, the coordinators will describe the approach used in designing this session, including meeting space configuration, student invitation process, and rules for the administrative participants. Students that participated in that first listening session will discuss how this session impacted their college experience, what components of the experience were most meaningful to them, and how we could have improved the experience. Representatives from the Deans' leadership team will discuss the impact on them personally and how it affected CALS priorities. Finally, we will discuss some of the changes that occurred in direct response to suggestions or concerns raised during those meetings.