NC State's Gay, Lesbiam, Bisexual, and Transgender (GLBT) Center launched a survey that will close on February 15, 2013.
The Center seeks as much participation as possible to better assess the current perception of the climate by those in NC State's GLBT community. The data is critical to shape, educate, and define the efforts of the GLBT Center, the Office for Institutional Equity and Diversity, and NC State as a whole in regard to GLBT initiatives and practices in the coming years.
Participant recruitment efforts include flyers and social media (e.g., twitter, Constant Contact, facebook, HootSuite and OIED mailing lists). However, the survey is open access (meaning participants don't need to login with their unity IDs) and is hosted by Qualtrics.
Survey participants must be:
- 18 years of age
- A member of the GLBT Community
- Affiliated with the University as faculty, staff, student, or alumni (if alumni, only if they graduated during or after the fall semester of 2011)
Participation is voluntary and the survey responses are anonymous. Access the survey at: go.ncsu.edu/glbtclimatesurvey.
Questions about survey procedures can be directed to Dr. Bekah Jaeger, Justine Hollingshead, or Leslie Ware. Please see the flyer for more information.
By Jenn Scott, Assistant Director for Interpersonal Violence Prevention, NC State Women's Center
The reality of interpersonal violence on college campuses is abysmal. One in 5 women will experience a sexual assault before she graduates. Only 5% of them will report it to law enforcement, and some will never tell anyone. So many more will experience dating violence and street harassment and shrug off their hurt because that's "just the way it is." Young men who are assaulted are even more likely to be silent in the face of shame and stigma around male rape.
