Assessment

• The Student Well-being Institutional Support Survey (SWISS) is a voluntary, opt-in, online survey administered as a collaboration between Loyola University Maryland and the Institute for Well-being at Butler University. This survey gathers information from undergraduate and graduate students regarding their perceptions of how well Loyola supports various aspects of their well-being. 
• For more information about the SWISS at Loyola, please see below or contact jparcover@loyola.edu

• Survey Opens: Tuesday, October 15 at 10:30 a.m.
• Survey Closes: Tuesday, November 5
• Time to complete: 15-20 min

 Incentives:

All students who fully complete the survey will be entered into a drawing to win one of several prizes!

• 1 x weighted blanket
• 1 x camping hammock
• 1 x $100 gift card to the campus Bookstore
• For every week the survey is open, one student per class year will win a $20 Starbucks gift card
• All students are also eligible to receive a free t-shirt, and other fun swag, while supplies last! Stop by our tabling event on the Quad on Wednesday, October 16!

Survey Background:

• Starting in Fall 2024, Loyola plans to administer the SWISS every three years. In October 2024, all undergraduate and graduate students at Loyola will be invited by email to participate in the SWISS. The student input from the SWISS will help identify aspects of Loyola’s supports systems that are in need of adjustments in order to better encourage the overall well-being of our students.
• The SWISS collects information about students' basic needs, demographics, and their perceptions of supports their institutions provide for various aspects of their wellbeing. Broadly, the aspects studied include intellectual, social, mind/body, diversity, and meaning/purpose.
• SWISS asks questions about how your experiences at your institution support various aspects of your wellbeing such as academic, social, mental and physical, and diversity. Responses to this survey will be used by leaders at your school to improve institutional support for student wellbeing, as well as by researchers who are interested in how wellbeing is supported at campuses in the United States.
• Find Out More
  • Learn more about SWISS 
  • See results below from SWISS administrations at Loyola

• The SWISS has a set of base survey questions. View the current survey instrument administered in Fall 2024, including questions/response options that are specific to Loyola.
• In addition to the base survey questions, Loyola has requested students to respond to other question sets. See those additional question sets below, by administration year.

 2024

• Student Well-being and Belonging Question Set

• Initial results for the 2024 SWISS survey will be available starting late Fall 2024, with the final report to be published in Spring 2025.