Well-Being Assessment
The UNM Student Well-being Assessment will be conducted from October 14, 2024 through November 4, 2024. The assessment is designed to assess student well-being and assist UNM in developing services, programs, and policies aimed at improving the well-being of the entire campus community. Findings from this assessment will be used to improve overall student support services and well-being initiatives across the university, including Main, HSC, Law, Gallup, Los Alamos, Taos, and Valencia campuses.
Participation in the assessment is completely voluntary and confidential. Students will receive a one-time link to the online survey via UNM email.
Please contact the Dean of Students Office at doso@unm.edu if you have any questions or concerns about the survey.
FAQs
Eligible students will receive an e-mail to their preferred e-mail address from well-being@unm.edu. The subject line will be “UNM Student Well-Being Assessment”. Each e-mail will contain a unique link to the informed consent form and survey. You will receive a couple reminders to complete the assessment, so don’t worry if you missed or cannot find the original e-mail! Dual-credit students – please see “I am a dual-credit student, and I didn’t receive a survey link. Can I still participate?”
ACHA stands for the American College Health Association. ACHA supports collegiate well-being initiatives through research efforts like the Lobo Well-Being Assessment. Learn more about ACHA here.
All identifiable information (e.g., your name, e-mail) will be removed from the information collected in this project. To ensure confidentiality, e-mail addresses are destroyed by ACHA before data are compiled and shared with UNM. Any reports or publications based on this research will use only group data and will not identify you or any individual as being affiliated with this project. You may answer only some questions, or you may choose not to participate in the survey at all. If you feel that answering specific demographic questions might reveal your identity, you may leave them blank.
There is no direct benefit to participating in the well-being assessment. However, findings from this assessment will be used to improve overall student support services and well-being initiatives across the university, including Main, HSC, Law, Gallup, Los Alamos, Taos, and Valencia campuses.
There may be some personal discomfort with the content of certain questions. For example, there are questions regarding happiness, anxiety, depression, loneliness, social anxiety, life satisfaction, self-esteem, optimism, coping, sense of belonging, and meaning and purpose in life. If you’d like to talk with someone about issues addressed in the survey, you may contact the Dean of Students Office at doso@unm.edu, visit mentalhealth.unm.edu or to contact one of these national resources.
Yes! Branch campus students are encouraged to participate. Your response will help us improve student support services and well-being initiatives at your campus.
Dual-credit students are ineligible to complete the Well-Being Assessment.
All students who submit a survey will be automatically entered into a random drawing for one of 100 $50 Amazon gift certificates! The drawing will take place on November 5th after the survey close date. Winners will be notified via their UNM e-mail address on November 5th or 6th.
A random drawing will be conducted on November 5th, 2024. You will be contacted with more details about how to receive your incentive, if your name is drawn.
