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MAKING MATCHES ON CAMPUS Task Force Recognizes Standards and Code Issue Priorities
Established on behalf of educational institutions in 2007, APPA’s Code Advocacy Task Force has earned an influential role in monitoring and influencing the development of standards and codes within the standards-setting process for the education facilities industry. Recognizing costsaving opportunities and risk rationalization initiatives, the task force has made written contributions and adopted changes to new and existing industry codes impacting the educational facilities community. The 2011-2012 Public Policy Agenda highlights the organization’s work and accomplishments within the last 12 months as well as noting ongoing standards and coding development activities tracked by the task force. Among the issues on the agenda is the development of a leading practice document for student residence facilities which is suitable for adoption as model law. To view the document, visit www.appa.org/ standardspublicpolicyagenda.cfm. —Bridget Cunningham From helping freshmen and transfer students acclimate to new environments to preserving feelings of connectedness among upper-level students, clubs and organizations are a valuable resource in establishing a sense of community. While events such as student involvement fairs help promote these groups, students often have difficulty seeking out all the available opportunities that exist on their campus and thus can easily miss out on the one best suited to their interests. Institutions like Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge have responded to this gap by implementing online student surveys, which match students to organizations and clubs on campus. Modeled after a similar assessment at Texas A&M University in College Station, the online survey was a collaborative effort between the student government’s first-year experience program and LSU’s campus life department. To help establish a match, the survey asks students a series of questions about things such as their major, previous involvement in other organizations, and their predicted time commitment. Once the survey has been completed, students are manually matched to registered clubs and organizations, and these matches are then sent to them. To provide further resources, the presidents of organizations are sent a list of the matches as well, and students are told where their matches will be stationed at the campus involvement fairs. “It is imperative that students get involved, and I think we are making a huge step in the right direction with this survey,” says Alli Robinson, student government director of the first-year experience program. Along with its benefits for students, Robinson notes the survey’s positive impact on smaller campus organizations: “If an organization is having trouble recruiting people to join because it is not widely publicized, the student will know about it from the online survey.” —Bridget Cunningham

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Talking Stick - September/October 2011

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Talking Stick - September/October 2011
Contents
Online Now
Vision
Just In
Your ACUHO-I
Transitions
Res Life
Special Focus
Calendar
Making the Most of Assessment Results
Taming the Multi-Headed Beast
Conversations
First Takes
Reporting Out
Welcome
Snapshot
Talking Stick - September/October 2011 - Intro
Talking Stick - September/October 2011 - BB1
Talking Stick - September/October 2011 - BB2
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Talking Stick - September/October 2011 - Cover2
Talking Stick - September/October 2011 - 1
Talking Stick - September/October 2011 - 2
Talking Stick - September/October 2011 - Contents
Talking Stick - September/October 2011 - Online Now
Talking Stick - September/October 2011 - 5
Talking Stick - September/October 2011 - Vision
Talking Stick - September/October 2011 - 7
Talking Stick - September/October 2011 - Just In
Talking Stick - September/October 2011 - 9
Talking Stick - September/October 2011 - 10
Talking Stick - September/October 2011 - 11
Talking Stick - September/October 2011 - 12
Talking Stick - September/October 2011 - Your ACUHO-I
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Talking Stick - September/October 2011 - 15
Talking Stick - September/October 2011 - Transitions
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Talking Stick - September/October 2011 - 19
Talking Stick - September/October 2011 - Res Life
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Talking Stick - September/October 2011 - Special Focus
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Talking Stick - September/October 2011 - Calendar
Talking Stick - September/October 2011 - Making the Most of Assessment Results
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Talking Stick - September/October 2011 - Taming the Multi-Headed Beast
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Talking Stick - September/October 2011 - Conversations
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Talking Stick - September/October 2011 - First Takes
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Talking Stick - September/October 2011 - Snapshot
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