GULL Week

Monday - Monday, September 11-18, 2023

Demonstrate your academic excellence and help make SU an even better university. Every student matters!

STUDENTS:

For fall 2023, there are two ways of participating in GULL Week: in-person and virtually. Please use the link below to sign up for one of the traditional GULL Week sessions taking place in an SU computer lab, or indicate on the form that you will participate virtually. If you participate in GULL Week virtually, you will take assessments in Canvas ( MyClasses) and you will follow instructions in your Canvas course to access and complete the assessments when most convenient. You may participate in virtual GULL Week on your own device (laptop PC or MacBook only), or you can use any computer on SU’s campus. PLEASE NOTE: the assessments can only be completed using Respondus Lockdown Browser, which will not work on a tablet or Chromebook, so if you plan to select Option 2 and use your own device, it must be a laptop or MacBook. We recommend completing GULL Week assessments either in a traditional in-person session or virtually on a university computer!

Student Sign-up for a GULL Week Session

Demonstrate your academic excellence and help Salisbury University serve you better! View previous GULL Week winners.

FACULTY:

Please complete the form below to request a GULL Week participant list for your course(s) and/or a T-shirt to promote GULL Week in your classes. Faculty that request a participant list will receive it via email from UARA within a month following the end of GULL Week – after all the participation information has been processed.

Request a GULL Week participant list

About GULL Week

Gaining Understanding as a Lifelong Learner (GULL) Week occurs in the early part of fall semesters. During GULL Week undergraduate students participate in assessments. The information gathered during GULL Week will be used by SU to demonstrate skills and knowledge that SU students develop and to improve the General Education program. Your participation is needed and important to the University!

Please visit the General Education Outcome Assessment Reports website to see results and reports from previous GULL Week assessments.
Why students participate
Every student matters! Your participation can help us:
- know where you are in terms of skills and knowledge
- know about your opinions, behaviors, and general feedback
- identify what we are doing well and where we can focus on improving
- inform revision of our GenEd curriculum
- inform revision of your major's curriculum
- continuously improve students' experience at SU
The more the merrier! Low samples of student data will not accurately represent what is really happening with student learning and outcomes at SU, but large enough samples will allow meaningful data, results, and evidence-based decision-making.

Participated in GULL Week before? Please participate again! Not only do we rotate the assessments we administer in GULL Week, but we also hope to have students take the same test several times during their time at SU so we can see if there is any change. For instance, has your Information Literacy improved from when you were an incoming student to a year or two later?

Still not convinced? Want to know what's in it for you? Here are few more reasons to spend an hour of your time helping us improve SU:
- Extra credit or other course incentives - ask your instructors!
- GULL Week participants can get an amazing t-shirt designed by an SU student on a first-come, first-served basis - a new design for each GULL Week!"
- Help your College or School win recognition with the highest percentage of GULL Week participants
- Help ensure that the learning experiences available at Salisbury University are truly exceptional!

Show your school spirit

by demonstrating how much you have achieved related to SU's General Education Student Learning Goals.