Student leaders and staff at Whitman College have long been excited to plan co-curricular programs. They’ve understood that engagement is crucial to student success inside the classroom and, eventually, in the workforce.
Yet, every program—and the budget allocated for it—used to be a shot in the dark.
With no reliable way to track engagement and assess program outcomes, the Student Affairs team lacked strategy behind their engagement offerings. They had to rely on gut instincts, which often meant too much money was spent on programs that failed to support co-curricular learning—if students even attend in the first place. Hefty budgets benefited too few students and even fewer learning outcomes.
Student learners shared the staff’s frustrations, which helped lead the charge for change.
Student Government was thrilled to discover the tracking capabilities and data analytics of Modern Campus Involve. Enthusiasm also quickly spread to intramural and club sport teams, along with the Career and Community Engagement Center.
The Rocky Horror Picture Club was also one of Involve’s first champions at Whitman. After some quick training, the club’s leaders were easily able to check-in around 500 attendees (more than a third of the student population), using card-swipe technology powered by Involve on their mobile devices.
Other student clubs and organizations have also quickly come to understand the value of WhitLife, Whitman’s custom-branded Involve engagement portal. Student Government has even tied budget requests to the use of WhitLife, which further incentives student learners to engage their peers and showcases Involve’s value to other departments in the college.
Gone are the days of guesstimating students’ interests. By understanding which programs and organizations have engaged the most learners recently, Whitman is making better budgeting decisions for the present and the future.
Many previously unengaged students are also showing up to events and joining student orgs for the first time—all with minimal staff effort. Students were motivated on their own to reach out to their peers and point unengaged students toward WhitLife.
All told, Dunn and her team discovered that 72% of students attended at least one event per semester. It’s a number they’re excited to boast about, plus that knowledge is enabling them to develop strategic plans for engaging uninvolved students.
And if staff or students ever need technical support or a partner to support their goals, they know that Modern Campus’s customer success team has their back.
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