30% Complete Employee Engagement Survey — So Far

Nearly a third of NC State faculty and staff have completed the UNC System Employee Engagement Survey since the survey went live 10 days ago. The deadline for completing the online questionnaire is Monday, April 11, although it’s likely the UNC System will extend the survey one week.

This year’s survey is particularly important as the university resets priorities in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Employees took the 2020 survey just weeks before the pandemic hit the United States, upending business as usual and forcing NC State to reduce campus operations.

“The pandemic changed so much about the way we work,” says Tim Danielson, NC State’s new associate vice chancellor for human resources. “This year’s survey lets us look at our processes and priorities with fresh eyes — to see what’s working and what we may be able to improve.”

Danielson urges all employees to weigh in.

“在高等教育我的时间,我从来没有成功过at an institution that reached out to every employee to hear their thoughts and concerns,” he says. “I hope everyone takes this opportunity to have their say. Even if changes don’t always come as quickly as we hope, they won’t come at all unless we all speak up.”

Survey results augment other efforts to include employees in the university’s decision-making process, such asstrategic planning, the Staff Senate and the Faculty Senate.

“NC State has a strong tradition of shared governance,” says RaJade M. Berry-James, chair of the faculty and a professor of public administration. “The survey is another way for faculty to participate in setting priorities to further the mission and advance strategic initiatives at our university.”

Response Rates So Far

Response rates vary across the university’s colleges and units. The chancellor’s office is leading the pack, with 62% of its 39 employees finishing the survey so far. The Provost’s Office and University Advancement are next in line with response rates of 54% and 51% respectively. The Graduate School leads the colleges with a response rate of 41%.

All full-time, permanent employees should have received an email providing a link to the survey from ModernThink, the survey administrator. If you didn’t receive a survey email or if you can’t find it, contact the ModernThink helpline at (888) 684-4658.

See below for the response rates for select colleges and units as of Wednesday, April 6.

Category	Total Employees	Total Responses	Percent Responding
All NC State employees	8,508	2,521	30%
Unit
Office of the Chancellor	39	24	62%
Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost	41	22	54%
University Advancement	183	94	51%
Office of External Affairs, Partnerships and Economic Development	47	23	49%
Office of Information Technology	281	122	43%
Office of Instructional Programs	216	93	43%
NC State University Libraries	177	75	42%
Enrollment Management and Services	95	36	38%
Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity	30	11	37%
Office of Research and Innovation	224	79	35%
Nonwovens Institute	20	7	35%
Office of Global Engagement	43	15	35%
Division of Academic and Student Affairs	511	167	33%
Office of University Interdisciplinary Programs	14	4	29%
Office of Finance and Administration	1,397	343	25%
Athletics	237	48	20%
College
Graduate School	29	12	41%
College of Education	212	75	35%
College of Engineering	787	243	31%
威尔逊学院的纺织品	104	31	30%
College of Veterinary Medicine	601	179	30%
College of Natural Resources	311	62	29%
College of Sciences	484	137	28%
Poole College of Management	177	49	28%
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences	1,786	434	24%
College of Design	95	23	24%
College of Humanities and Social Sciences	454	108	24%