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T E R R Y H A N L O N

O F F I C E O F R E S I D E N T I A L L I F E

V A S S A R C O L L E G E

Weekend Events Survey Results

About the Survey

Created in conjunction with

Residential Life

Campus Activities

VSA

Administered March 22nd – April 1st, 2012

Opened March 22, 2012

Closed April 1, 2012

Respondents

615 (25% of Student Body)

563 Completed (23% of Student Body)

Overall Satisfaction with Weekends

1. What does this mean?

2. Did our events impact this?

3. If so, could we do better?

5% 17%

65%

13%

Very Unsatisfied Unsatisfied Satisfied Very Satisfied

Weekend Night Expectations/Hopes

0% 20%

40% 60%

80% 100%

Dancing

Drinking

Seeing Friends

Working

Watching movies/TV

Meeting someone new

Playing games …

Location of Weekend Nights

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

Event Marketing Effectiveness

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

Posters in the College

Center/ACDC

Flyers in the Houses Facebook

Word of Mouth Online Campus

Calendar

Pregaming for Campus Events

• What were your expectations?

• Is this an issue?

• What can we do?

21%

20%

39%

20%

Very Much Disagree Disagree Agree Very Much Agree

Perceptions on events offered

Multiple options…

…but “nothing to do”?

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%

100%

"Nothing to do" on a weekend

There are multiple options of events to

attend each weekend

Very Much Disagree Disagree Agree Very Much Agree

Diversity of Programming

0%

25%

50%

75%

100%

Different types of activities and events offered

More events in the Hudson Valley

More events in NYC

Very Much Disagree Disagree Agree Very Much Agree

Average Event Satisfaction

0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1

1.2

1.4

1.6

Average based on attendance and scale (Very Unsatisfied: -2, Unsatisfied: -1, Satisfied: 1, Very Satisfied: 2)

Attendance Satisfaction

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

One Two or Three

Four or Five

Haven't Missed

One

None

Lectures and Speakers

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

Very Unsatisfied

Unsatisfied Satisfied Very Satisfied

Attendance Satisfaction

0

50

100

150

200

250

One Two or Three

Four or Five

Haven't Missed

One

None

A cappella Shows

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

Very Unsatisfied

Unsatisfied Satisfied Very Satisfied

Attendance Satisfaction

0

50

100

150

200

250

One Two or Three

Four or Five

Haven't Missed

One

None

Theatre Performances

0

50

100

150

200

250

Very Unsatisfied

Unsatisfied Satisfied Very Satisfied

Attendance Satisfaction

0

50

100

150

200

250

One Two or Three

Four or Five

Haven't Missed

One

None

All Campus Parties (i.e. Villard Room)

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

Very Unsatisfied

Unsatisfied Satisfied Very Satisfied

Attendance Satisfaction

0

50

100

150

200

250

One Two or Three

Four or Five

Haven't Missed

One

None

Comedy Shows

0

50

100

150

200

250

Very Unsatisfied

Unsatisfied Satisfied Very Satisfied

Attendance Satisfaction

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

One Two or Three

Four or Five

Haven't Missed

One

None

Large ViCE Concerts

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

Very Unsatisfied

Unsatisfied Satisfied Very Satisfied

Attendance Satisfaction

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

One Two or Three

Four or Five

Haven't Missed

One

None

Small ViCE Concerts (No ViCE, ViCE Jazz, etc.)

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

180

200

Very Unsatisfied

Unsatisfied Satisfied Very Satisfied

Attendance Satisfaction

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

180

One Two or Three

Four or Five

Haven't Missed

One

None

Mug Nights

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

Very Unsatisfied

Unsatisfied Satisfied Very Satisfied

Attendance Satisfaction

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

One Two or Three

Four or Five

Haven't Missed

One

None

Film Screenings

0

50

100

150

200

250

Very Unsatisfied

Unsatisfied Satisfied Very Satisfied

Attendance Satisfaction

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

One Two or Three

Four or Five

Haven't Missed

One

None

UpC Events

0

50

100

150

200

250

Very Unsatisfied

Unsatisfied Satisfied Very Satisfied

Favorite Events of the Year (as of 4/1)

# Event

1 100 Nights

2 Halloween Weekend

3 Lectures/Panels

4 Mug Nights

5 Student Comedy Shows

6 Jazz Nights/Small Concerts

7 Student Theater

8 Serenading and Concert

9 Shiva Rave

10 Day-Glo Toga

# Event

11 Seven Deadly Sins

12 ABC Party

13 Harvest Ball

14 ViCE Comedy Show

15 Dormal Formal

16 Senior Housing Parties

17 Yule Ball

18 A cappella Shows

19 Low Anthem Concert

20 Film Screenings

If you could change one thing…

Top Ten Suggestions

More variety in events

More substance-free/less drinking/less pre-gaming

More variety of music/live music

Better use of campus spaces

Better publicity

More off-campus events

More socially interactive events/able to meet new people

Events to start earlier

More events in general

Spread events out in the calendar

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