Today's Update: Tuesday, April 7, 2026

April 7, 2026

Dear Student Life Team,

Our university wants to hear from you, and I do, too!

The Ohio State Listening Survey opened yesterday. It’s designed to collect your thoughts and experiences to make the university a better place to work and learn.

This year’s edition of the annual survey will build on the responses from previous Listening Surveys and will be used to inform vital decisions about the future of Ohio State and the Office of Student Life. 

Here is how it works: Yesterday, you should have received an email from Perceptyx, the company administering the survey. with a unique link to access the questions. The survey will take you about five minutes to complete.   

The deadline to participate is Friday, April 24. 

It’s all confidential, and your answers will not be connected to you personally. To ensure privacy, results will be deidentified by Perceptyx and only aggregated at the college and unit level. Leaders will not have access to individual responses. 

More information about the Listening Survey is online.

I strongly encourage you to participate. It’s a Scarlet and Great way to both make sure your voice is heard and to help make Ohio State and Student Life the best we can possibly be.

 

Melissa S. Shivers, PhD
Senior Vice President for Student Life
The Ohio State University