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 Input boxes lauded as success

   By Jason Hochstatter
   IV Leader Staff, Oct. 19, 2006

    This fall marks the first anniversary of the input boxes that have been around campus to give students, faculty staff and community members a chance to comment on how things are at IVCC.
    If anyone has a comment on what’s going on at IVCC, they may use one of the forms that are located next to the input boxes throughout IVCC. The forms are are “not just for improvements, but also for both praises and concerns,” said Renée Prine, the counselor involved in the project.
    If someone is interested in having the college get back to them about their comment, it will happen. Prine said, “if the person requests to be contacted, they will be contacted within the week.”
    While all of the comments are confidential, “if the individual does not sign their name, we can’t get back to them,” said Sandy Beard, the administrative assistant for student services. The input box program actually started in the 2004 Continuous Quality Improvement Network Summer Institute.
    The University of Wisconsin had been working with an input box program, and the idea was brought back to IVCC. The boxes themselves were put up in Spring 2005, while the program was implemented in Fall 2005. As to the success of the program, Prine said, “Absolutely. People are using them and they have legitimate concerns.” Beard said that the program has been “absolutely a success.”

 

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