October 28, 2015
Story and photo by Brandon Steinert
The SWAGϼ Board of Trustees gathered Tuesday evening for its regular meeting and discussed one of its nine overarching goals, known as ENDs, one of which is “SWAGϼ Experience.”
This END states, “Students will be positive about their SWAGϼ experience. In exit surveys and other feedback report mechanisms, students will speak positively of their experiences at SWAGϼ. Students will cite individual, personal, caring attention from faculty and staff as a significant factor in how they perceive their experience at SWAGϼ.”
SWAGϼ student Quick Stukes of Baltimore, M.D. offered a testimonial to the board.
"SWAGϼ people really treat you like you belong and my experience here was definitely needed; It opened my eyes and I met a lot of different people,” said Stukes, Sophomore in Sports Administration and Track and Field Athlete. “I was the first of my brothers to graduate from high school and go to college. I didn't know what to expect... if I would be smart enough or fast enough. I've maintained a 3.0 GPA and helped put another banner in the Kirkman. It's not Baltimore, but now it's another family."
Highlights from the ENDs report include:
- Post Graduation Survey responses are about 90 percent positive.
- SWAGϼ Survey of Student Engagement shows SWAGϼ students are satisfied with the services they receive.
- BARTonline survey reveals 95 percent of students were satisfied or neutral toward their online experience.