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Building Community: Inside & Out. Connie Beck Dr. Timothy Doyle. Welcome!. What institutions are you from? What level of practitioner are you? Grad Student? First Year? Mid Level? Seasoned?. As a result of this session:.
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Building Community: Inside & Out Connie Beck Dr. Timothy Doyle
Welcome! What institutions are you from? What level of practitioner are you? Grad Student? First Year? Mid Level? Seasoned?
Which of these pictures best describes your approach to programming?
Students expressed dissatisfaction with non-academic experiences • Students were not connected to the City of Memphis • City of Memphis was seen as a problem, not an asset
Step 2: BUILD • Undergraduate enrollment: 1,684 • Percent of Undergraduate enrollment by gender: Men: 48.7% • Women: 51.3% • By race/ethnicity: • American Indian or Alaskan Native: 0.4% • Asian: 5.5% • Black or African American: 30.0 • Hispanic/Latino: 7.1% • White: 40.1% • Two or more races: 2.8% • Race/ethnicity unknown: 9.9% • Non-resident alien: 4.3% • (Enrollment data Fall 2016) • First-year residency: 57.8% • Assess which programs would meet the needs of our campus culture and student population.
Step 3: UNIFY • Helped connect Student Activities Council to the mission to unfold Friday Night & Saturday programming and gave them an opportunity to partner alongside myself.
CBU Talent Show • Invited the whole campus to participate • Had a various group and individual performances illustrated throughout the program from singing, dancing, poetry reading, rhythmic gaming, and even wrestling. • Students asked if we were going to do this program again
International Food Festival • 7 Different Countries Represented • International Students were invited to participate • Gave students opportunity to engage students with their culture and celebrate where they came from • So many students asked if this was going to be showcased again next year
Grizz 5k • Tickets to the Memphis Grizzlies Game • Entry fee to the race • Personalized shirt • Donation to the Grizzlies Foundation • Continuing Partnership with the Memphis Grizzlies • Exposed to 60 other companies around the City of Memphis • Exposed to various demographics of Memphis
Salsa & Ballroom Dancing • Dance instructor from Blue Suede Ballroom was invited to teach Salsa & Ballroom Dancing. • Attracted a Large portion of Hola CBU students. • La michoacana popsicles were distributed to all students
Film Showings:Black Panther, Wonder, 10 Things I Hate About You, & Avengers
We Want To Hear From You! • How does your campus provide outlets for on campus and off campus programming? • What programs have you experienced to be successful and why? • What ways do you assess your programming to ensure that it meets the needs of your students?
Hope for Future • Create goals & Outcomes for each Friday Night & Saturday program. • Create exit surveys for each program to measure how well the program met the needs of the students who participated.
Questions? Comments? Connie Beck: cbeck1@cbu.edu Coordinator of Student Activities Christian Brothers University Dr. Timothy Doyle: tdoyle1@cbu.edu Associate Vice President of Student Life & Title XI Coordinator Christian Brothers University