Pre-Pandemic and Pandemic Career Center Student Partipation Division of Student Affairs Assessment 360

Title: Pre-Pandemic and Pandemic Career Center Student Participation

Presenters: Jeremiah Sawyer

Department: Career Center

Abstract: COVID 19 broadly impacted the world and resulted in many aspects of work life to find virtual options. This study was conducted to elucidate how utilizing Webex and other digital platforms to conduct job fairs and appointments impacted student participation. Data was collected via CSM’s Symplicity Software (UMBCworks) and Qualtrics. Student demographic and participation numbers were compared during Fall 2019 and Spring 2020 (last in-person semesters) to Fall 2020 and Spring 2021 (first virtual years) in Microsoft Excel and Access. Data showed that while student participation in job fairs and appointments dropped (a trend observed across the nation by many universities), overall satisfaction with job fairs and appointments remained high. In future studies, we would like to further discover hidden barriers students face when accessing appointments and job fairs in virtual spaces.

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Title: Together Beyond November: A Multi-Layered Approach to Building Community through Dialogue

Presenters: Jeff Cullen, Ph.D., David Hoffman, Ph.D., and Romy Hübler, Ph.D.

Department: Center for Democracy and Civic Life and Student Conduct and Community Standards

Abstract: Election 2020 was broadly hyped as the most important election of our lifetimes. The twin pandemics of COVID-19 and systematic racism have ravaged our country and commentators accurately described the American electorate as being hyper-polarized. Given the foreseeable chaos and uncertainty that would follow Election Day, the Center for Democracy and Civic Life, Initiatives for Identity, Inclusion, and Belonging (or i3b), the Counseling Center, and leading campus educators in the use of restorative practices collaborated on Together Beyond November, a train-the-trainers program to prepare campus opinion leaders to facilitate conversations in their networks to debrief the outcome of the elections, to normalize the anxiety and uncertainty that UMBC stakeholders might feel in the days after, and to build or re-build community on campus. This video describes the experiences of 18 Together Beyond November facilitators and participants who we interviewed. Following a methodology rooted in social constructivism, we encouraged interviewees to make meaning of their own experiences as participants in and facilitators of Together Beyond November workshops. A preliminary analysis of qualitative interview data revealed six prevalent themes pointing to the importance of the workshops in building community and supporting participants during a turbulent election year.

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Title: Residential Engagement and Connection During Fall 2020

Presenters: Amanda Scally and David Shanks

Department: Residential Life

Abstract: The purpose of this study is to explore residential students' attitudes toward virtual and in person engagement during COVID-19. The pandemic has caused many engagement opportunities to be facilitated virtually. This data will be used to develop engagement opportunities to help students build connections on campus. To collect this data, residents were sent an 8 Question Mixed Methods Qualtrics Survey in Fall 2020. Residential Life programming (virtual or in person) led to 20% of respondent's ability to make a new connection. This study reveals that in person events were the most meaningful for students even though they have limitations due to social distancing guidelines.

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Title: COVID-19's Impact on Event Organizing and Programming

Presenters: Courtney Campbell, Jason Fowler, Emma Muccioli

Department: Campus Life

Abstract: The Campus Life SAARC committee group conducted our research analyzing COVID-19’s Impacts on Event Organizing and Programming. Our primary focus for this research was virtual events during COVID-19. We hope to inform decision-making related to post-COVID-19 event support, as well as inform virtual event best practices. We hope this research allows event programmers to foster success through effective and engaging programming.Our research sample was student organization leaders and departmental event planners, and we reached them via qualtrics survey through email and myUMBC. We used K-Means Clustering to review who reported virtual event success. K-Means Cluster Analysis is a form of data mining which groups observations based upon their shared characteristics using the k-nearest neighbor algorithm.In light of the anticipated increase in virtual and hybrid events, this group recommends that DoSA, Campus Life, and the university as a whole investigates options to improve how virtual and blended-model (hybrid) events are supported on campus. Additionally, this group intends to continue this research over time and in greater detail to gauge how the ever-changing environment impacts event planning and hosting on campus.

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