When thinking about my capstone for some reason I can't help but to relate it to the work I am currently doing within my role as the Program Coordinator for Student Activities at RIC. I do love my job and the work that I get to do for students each and every day. As our upper administration has had some changes there are a lot of unclear expectations at times and honestly I think some of the expectations are unrealistic. While planning events for students on campus I am often asked after "how many students attended your event?" to which I reply with a concrete number. The number I provide never seems to be good enough. It seems that my department only cares about the number of people attending my programs rather then the quality of the program or even what students got out of attending the program. When we read from Victoria's book "What do you do that can't be measured?" my brain ran wild with this question when it comes to the work I do with event planning. I think I want to explore our students interests and really get feedback from the students on what kinds of programs they would like to see, what things would entice them to attend and even why they don't attend programs. I want to look at the demographics of our campus, where our students come from, how many jobs they have to hold in order to pay their tuition, if the are caretakers for family members etc. There are many different factors that go into programming and I want to be intentional with the kinds of programming we offer, when we offer the programs and even how we advertise. I am not sure how I can frame this as a question without using Victoria's question but also how I can narrow down a focus area because this has multiple layers to unpack.
