Participate in the Gallup Campus Climate Survey

On Oct. 4, 2021, University of Nebraska (NU) President Ted Carter joined the Chancellors of each University of Nebraska campus to announce an effort to determine the strengths and opportunities each campus has to be a great and welcoming place to teach, learn, study, and serve.

You can read the message from the President and Chancellors to students here.

You can read the message from the President and Chancellors to employees here.

About the Survey

Beginning Monday, Oct. 11, all students, faculty, and staff will receive an email from Gallup with details on how to complete their surveys. Each survey, one for employees and one for students, will remain open until Friday, Nov. 5.

Each person will receive a unique link to their survey from Gallup. The survey will take 10 minutes to complete and can be done through any electronic device with access to a web browser.

Details collected by the survey is confidential and will only be shared as combined data in groups. To protect confidentiality, composite statistics will not be reported for any group with fewer than five respondents.

NOTE: Please be sure to check your email spam or junk filters if you do NOT receive an email from Gallup on Monday, Oct. 11.

To the Students of the University of Nebraska System

Next week you will receive an email from Gallup, a nationally known survey firm, inviting you to participate in a university-wide campus climate survey. We’re writing to encourage you to complete the survey to help us learn how we can become a better University for all of our students.

We know you are balancing classes, jobs and campus activities, and we have intentionally kept the survey short and straightforward. It should take no more than 10 minutes to complete, and may be done from your desktop or smartphone. You’ll be asked for your opinions on areas like your education, campus diversity and inclusiveness, and your relationships with other students and faculty. Your answers will be completely confidential.

Your campus will use the aggregate data to develop action plans for building a more engaging, inclusive and welcoming environment. This year’s survey results will also create a baseline set of data that we can use for comparison in future years to assess whether our action plans are making a difference.

Our 51,000 students are No. 1 priority, and we are committed to ensuring that you receive the best possible education, that you feel safe and welcomed, and that you’re cared for as a person with unique strengths and perspectives. We know there is always room for improvement – and that’s where your voice comes in. Your input on this survey will help us become a stronger University not only for you, but future generations of students.

Please be on the lookout for an email from Gallup next week. Thank you in advance for your willingness to participate in this important process, and we wish you continued success this fall semester.

Sincerely,

Ted Carter

President, University of Nebraska

Douglas A. Kristensen, J.D.

Chancellor, University of Nebraska at Kearney

Ronnie D. Green, Ph.D.

Chancellor, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D.

Chancellor, University of Nebraska Medical Center

Joanne Li, Ph.D., CFA

Chancellor, University of Nebraska at Omaha

Dear Colleagues,

Next week you will receive an email from Gallup inviting you to participate in a university-wide campus climate survey. We are writing to encourage you to complete the survey to help us gain a broad assessment of our strengths and opportunities in making the University of Nebraska a great place to teach, study and serve.

The survey should take no more than 10 minutes to complete, and may be done from your desktop or smartphone. It will be open for four weeks. You’ll be asked for your opinions on areas like workplace satisfaction, diversity and inclusion, and communication. Your answers will be completely confidential, so we’d ask you to be as candid as possible.

A separate survey assessing our students’ experience will be sent to all University of Nebraska students during the same time period.

Ultimately, each campus will use the aggregate data to develop action plans for building a more engaging, inclusive, welcoming environment for all members of our University community. Where particular colleges or units show areas of strength, we may learn best practices that can be applied elsewhere. Importantly, this year’s survey will also create a baseline set of data for us that we can use for comparison in future years to assess whether the strategies we develop are making a difference.

It is one of our highest priorities to make the University of Nebraska an outstanding place for our faculty and staff – our greatest asset – to work. We know there is always room to do more. We also recognize it is not enough to simply state our commitment to improvement. We must also turn our intent into action. Your voice matters in that regard, and we will rely on your feedback to help us become a stronger university.

Thank you in advance for your willingness to participate in this important process, and thank you for all you do for the University of Nebraska.

Sincerely,

Ted Carter

President, University of Nebraska

Douglas A. Kristensen, J.D.

Chancellor, University of Nebraska at Kearney

Ronnie D. Green, Ph.D.

Chancellor, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D.

Chancellor, University of Nebraska Medical Center

Joanne Li, Ph.D., CFA

Chancellor, University of Nebraska at Omaha