http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/35276 http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/38524 University of Wisconsin-River Falls: student health survey summary Speerstra, Mandy Trechter, David This report is a compilation of the results of the American College Health Association's National College Health Assessment (Version 2), which was completed by students on the University of Wisconsin-River Falls campus in February of 2009. The assessment was administered electronically, and included the 65 questions developed by the American College Health Association, along with seven questions added by Student Health Services at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. 56 p. http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/38522 UWRF CAFES Internship Program Evaluation Hadley, Shelly Trechter, David The motivation for this study was to evaluate intern experiences of the College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences (CAFES) students at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls (UWRF). The CAFES Internship Office wanted to understand and improve the internship experience of CAFES students. 41 p. http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/35512 Farm succession, survey report, 2009 Janke, James Trechter, David Hadley, Shelly The purpose of this study was to gather information about the experiences of Wisconsin farmers who had completed a succession plan to transfer the ownership of the farm. The survey was sponsored by the University of Wisconsin-Extension in order to guide development of educational programs to meet the evolving needs of Wisconsin farmers. 26 p. http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/35409 UW-River Falls summer school survey Fall 2004 Trechter, David Parks, Denise A questionnaire was designed and administered to determine who the current clientele are for summer school, what their preferences are in terms of course offerings, their plans and motivations for attending in the coming year, and what the competition might have that gives them an advantage in attracting UW-River Falls students to their summer school program. 14 p. http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/35407 UW-River Falls parking survey Trechter, David Parks, Denise This survey was developed for the UW-River Falls Parking Office to solicit their views about parking on and around campus. The survey was sent to faculty and staff, students living in River Falls, and commuter students. 22 p. http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/35405 Hudson adult education survey Trechter, David Parks, Denise A questionnaire developed for the City of Hudson to study the Adult Education needs in the area. 28 p. http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/35403 UW-River Falls student alcohol consumption opinions focus group report Parks, Denise Trechter, David Student Health Services asked the SRC to conduct focus groups to explore the views of students about alcohol consumption and the impact of responsible drinking campaigns. 13 p. http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/35401 UW-River Falls vision and values survey: Fall 2005 Trechter, David Parks, Denise Hadley, Shelly Conducted during the Fall of 2005, this on-line survey sought opinions in seven areas. Respondents were asked to describe the campus, offer what its core values should be in the 21st century, and describe their vision for the institution. In addition, respondents could offer an opinion on UW-RF's strengths, suggest its future defining characteristics, offer what changes would be needed to accomplish those characteristics, and weigh in on how Chancellor Don Betz should be spending his time. The UW-RF Vision and Values Survey produced almost 10,000 discrete comments from nearly 600 students, faculty, staff, and community members. 42 p. http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/35399 UW-River Falls external stakeholder survey report Trechter, David The Survey Research Center (SRC) sent questionnaires to 505 people with whom UW-River Falls' faculty and staff have worked in recent years; 204 returned the survey. 95% of survey respondents said that UW-River Falls is "important" or "very important" to their organization and 99% said the University is "important" or "very important" to the region. The picture that emerges from this survey is of a university that is deeply engaged with its external stakeholders, a university whose services are highly valued, and whose existence is seen as critical to the region. The numeric results and the open-ended comments are powerful affirmations of our efforts to work with the broader community. 16 p. http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/35397 UW-River Falls faculty staff survey report Trechter, David Hadley, Shelly Janke, James Parks, Denise Gunter, Ramona A survey of UWRF faculty, staff and students found, among other things, that there is broad faculty participation in research, scholarly and creative activities (e.g. nearly 30% of all UWRF faculty report having received external grant funding); faculty are very positive about their programs (78 percent think their program is good or excellent at developing critical thinking skills; faculty feel that UWRF is modestly successful in developing critical intellectual capacities in our students (writing, speaking, critical thinking, independent learning, problem solving); despite substantial dissatisfaction with aspects of work-life on campus (salary and benefits, classrooms, offices, facilities, etc.), nearly three-quarters of faculty and staff said they are ?very satisfied? or ?satisfied" with their job; most faculty and staff are aware of key elements of the strategic planning process. 21 p. http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/35395 UW-RF dining services meal plan participant survey report Hadley, Shelly Trechter, David Janke, James Parks, Denise Gunter, Ramona The motivation for this study was to evaluate preferences and gather opinions of meal plan participants at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls (UW-RF). Dining Services at UW-RF wanted to understand how to best meet the needs of meal plan participants as they prepare a contract for a new food service provider. 75 p. http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/35393 Reducing UW-River Falls' energy use and carbon emissions: briefing document Trechter, David Fry, Blake The purpose of this briefing document is to provide some background information about energy use on campus and to outline the options we have for reducing our carbon emissions as we move "off the grid." 24 p. http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/35391 CAFES 2008 new student survey report Glenn, Megan Trechter, David Hadley, Shelly During Academic Day, September 2, 2008, incoming freshmen and transfer students in the College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences (CAFES) were asked to complete a one-page questionnaire designed to find out how they learned about UW-River Falls as an option for their tertiary education, what factors most influenced their decision to come here, what sorts of contact they had with the University prior to matriculating and how committed they feel to UW-River Falls and their current major. A limited amount of demographic information was also collected. This report summarizes the 310 responses that were returned. Based on the approximately 420 freshmen and transfer students admitted to CAFES for Fall 2007, the estimates contained in this report should be accurate to within plus or minus 2.6 percent. 12 p. http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/35389 Dairy steer managment survey report, 2009 Hadley, Shelly Trechter, David The Dairy Steer Management Survey was developed to find out to what extent 2008 program participants retained the information covered in dairy steer management workshops and, also, to find out if they have integrated these practices into their operations. 25 p. http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/35387 Assessment of globalization efforts at UW-River Falls: strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats Trechter, David Hadley, Shelly The goals of this survey were to assess the degree to which the UW-River Falls campus has institutionalized our internationalization/globalization efforts and what our strengths, weaknesses opportunities and threats are with respect to this strategic priority. 72 p.