Sense of Community

JOE DEROMA, KATE MOONEY, COURTNEY MCPHERSON

Purpose
To determine variables that cause people to feel apart of a community.

Background
Sarson and Wright, from the University of Maryland,

did a similar study Possibility of transferring and/or drop-out Four major aspects of sense of community are membership, influence, integration and fulfillment of needs, and shared emotional connection

Why?
To reaffirm membership and integration within

various communities -Dorms -Overall campus Important to make a large campus feel smaller Your freshmen experiences are precedent for your next three years here Help realize things that influence sense of community personally

Our Plan
1) Propose our project

2) Surveyed a group of freshmen

3) Interviewed and photographed numerous

participants 4) Compiled information 5) Discussed outcome 6) Forum/Showcase

Discussion
Turn to the person next you to and say(5 mins)

-One thing that makes you feel apart of a community and why Share with the large group -Something new that was not said in the video

Evaluation of Surveys

Statistics Trust Valid N Missing Mean Median Mode Std. Deviation Variance Skewness Std. Error of Skewness Range 25 Percentiles 50 75 0 4.2222 4.0000 4.00
a

Statistics
Valued 9 0 3.3333 3.0000 3.00
a

Involved 9

Impact 9 0 9 0 4.0000 5.0000 5.00 1.32288 1.750 -.833 .717 3.00 2.5000 5.0000 5.0000

Involved Valid N Missing Mean Median Mode Std. Deviation Variance Range 25 Percentiles 50 75 0 3.8750 4.0000 5.00 1.12599 1.268 3.00 3.0000 4.0000 5.0000 8

Trust 8 0 4.5000 4.5000 4.00

a

Impact 8 0 4.6250 5.0000 5.00 .51755 .268 1.00 4.0000 5.0000 5.0000

Valued 8 0 4.3750 4.5000 5.00 .74402 .554 2.00 4.0000 4.5000 5.0000

3.7778 4.0000 4.00 1.39443 1.944 -1.276 .717 4.00 3.0000 4.0000 5.0000

.97183 .944 -1.600 .717 3.00 4.0000 4.0000 5.0000

1.58114 2.500 -.461 .717 4.00 2.0000 3.0000 5.0000

.53452 .286 1.00 4.0000 4.5000 5.0000

Discussion
Was there anything that surprised you?

Has your view on sense of community changed?

Do you think your sense of community as a freshmen

is important in your overall experience at Virginia Tech? Do you think that living and learning communities foster a higher sense of community? What would tell future freshmen impacts your sense of community the most?

Thank You!