On Monday, the Office of Student Life sent a survey to students asking for input on the recent additions to the Union Building.
The university participates in a consortium of schools that utilize standardized surveys. A year ago, Student Life sent out a survey to collect data about students' usage of the UB. This happened before renovations had been made to the UB, including the addition of the Civic, Global and Professional Opportunities office and the new seating above the dining hall where the terrace rooms were formerly located.
"I just took pieces of that survey and re-administered it so that we could see if students felt differently about using the Union Building now than they did a year ago because of those changes," said Cindy Babington, vice president for Student Life.
The standardized survey sent out last year comprises the majority of the survey this year, but some questions have been added regarding International Student Services and Civic, Global and Professional Opportunities.
The results may play a role in future changes to the UB.
"There are some questions on there that ask what things students would like to see in the Union Building," Babington said. "So going down the road, as we get into the campus plan, we do anticipate that there will be some additional changes to the Union Building so that data can come in very handy."
The survey also contains questions about the variety of food offered at the Hub.
"I don't know that actual quantitative information is as helpful for food, but there are a lot of comments about food," Babington said. "That would be something that I would want to hand off to Steve Santo (director of Dining Services) and to the Dining Services committee for them to take a look at."
The survey will remain open until early next week, and results will be compiled shortly after.
"Maybe close to 300 (students) responded already," Babington said. "We'll send out a reminder so that we can enhance that a little bit."