Feb 21
To:
From: "K. Tracy Barnes" <Katharine_Barnes@brown.edu>
Subject: Brown Student Survey - Be heard!

Dear <Salutation> <Last_Name>:

Dean Bergeron wrote to you recently regarding the 2007 Enrolled
Student Survey.  The survey asks you to describe various aspects of
your undergraduate life and to suggest ways to strengthen and enhance
the undergraduate experience at Brown.  As Dean Bergeron indicated,
your assessment is of particular consequence during this time of
significant change and renewal at Brown.  The administration pays
close attention to student surveys and your input is highly valued.
This year we are surveying all undergraduates on campus.

Using the link below, you may respond via the Web Survey Project at
MIT.  We ask, if at all possible, that you respond using the on-line
survey.  If you are unable to respond on the Web, please email Karen
Leonard, in the Office of Institutional Research, at
Karen_Leonard@brown.edu and we will make a paper version of the survey
available to you.  Please know that your confidentiality is assured in
either format.  Both versions contain an identifier that will be used
only to confirm that you have returned the survey.  The identifying
link is destroyed once confirmation occurs, and then your responses
are entered into a database containing no personal identifiers.
Furthermore, all reports that are generated will be aggregate and
statistical in nature.

Those who complete the survey will be entered into a raffle for a
chance to win some great prizes.  We will have a raffle for each
class:

* First-years - one first-year will win the best number for their
  class in the housing lottery
* Sophomores - one sophomore will win the best number for their class
  in the housing lottery
* Juniors - one junior will win a $250 gift certificate to the Brown
  bookstore
* Seniors - one senior will win a table package (a table and 10
  tickets) at Campus Dance.  

The sooner you complete the survey, the greater your chance of winning
a prize: complete it by midnight on February 28th and you will be
entered into the raffle three times!  To make things more interesting
we will hold an additional raffle for the class with the highest
percentage of classmates responding -- one student from that winning
class will receive a 30GB iPod.

To access and complete the survey on-line, please click the following
link:

[URL]

This is a unique link assigned to you.  For this reason, it is very
important that you do not share it or forward this email to anyone
else.  Also, please save this email should you wish to complete the
survey at a later time.

If you encounter any problems while taking the survey, please contact
Karen at Karen_Leonard@brown.edu.

Sincerely,

K. Tracy Barnes '83, Coordinator
Office of Institutional Research
Box 1862, Brown University