North Carolina State University
2006 Baccalaureate Alumni Survey
Department of Poultry Science

Instructions:

The Department of Poultry Science is very interested in your opinions, and believes that as an alumnus/alumna you can provide us with useful information to help us evaluate and improve our program. We appreciate you taking the time to answer these questions.

To answer a question, click on the bubble for the answer you are choosing. Once you have answered all the questions, you must click on the SUBMIT button at the end of the form to submit your answers.

Part A: Employment

1. Since graduation, have you ever worked in the poultry industry or in a poultry-related field?
Yes
No (mark your response then skip to question 3)

2. Are you currently employed in some aspect of the poultry industry?
Yes (mark your response then skip to question 4)
No

3. If you answered "no" to question 1 or 2, please suggest your basis for pursuing opportunities in a non-poultry related field (mark all that apply):	Yes	No
a. Better work hours / more flexible work schedule	Yes	No
b. Better salary	Yes	No
c. Better benefits	Yes	No
d. Location	Yes	No
e. Better physical work environment	Yes	No
f. Pursued graduate program (in what field? )	Yes	No
g. Pursued professional program (Veterinary Medicine, Human Medicine, Law, etc.)	Yes	No
h. Other Other reason for pursing non-poultry job	Yes	No

4. Of the courses you took as an undergraduate, which ones enabled you to best meet the expectations of your present position?

Part B: Post-Graduation Interaction with Faculty

5. Have you had any significant interaction with Poultry Science faculty following graduation?
Yes
No (Mark your response then skip to question 7)

6. If you answered yes to question 5, please list the faculty involved.

Part C: NC State Poultry Science Website

7. Have you ever accessed the NC State Poultry Science Department web site? That is: http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/poultry/index.htm
Yes
No (mark your response then skip to question 11)

8. How would you rate the clarity of the information on the web site?
Very clear
Somewhat clear
Not very clear
Not at all clear

9. How useful was the information on the web site?
Very useful
Somewhat useful
Not very useful
Not at all useful
No opinion

10. Do you have any suggestions for improving the Department web site?

Part D: Continuing Education

11. How likely is it that you would take an "online" or web-based Poultry Science course?
Very likely
Somewhat likely
Not very likely
Not at all likely

12. How likely is it that you would take an intensive poultry "short course" if it were available through NC State?	Very likely	Somewhat likely	Not very likely	Not at all likely	No opinion
a. during a one or two week period in the summer?	very likely	somewhat likely	not very likely	not at all likely	no opinion
b. over one or two three-day weekends?	very likely	somewhat likely	not very likely	not at all likely	no opinion

13. Please suggest topical areas that you would like to see developed for "short courses" or for web-based delivery.

Part E: Conclusions

14. Please suggest potential departmental course offerings that you would have liked to have taken, if they had been available.

15. Please provide any suggestions that you would like to see the department implement to improve its undergraduate program.

16. Would you be willing to work with Poultry Science faculty and students to help recruit high school students into the NC State Poultry Science undergraduate and Agricultural Institute programs? If so, please provide your up-to-date contact information. (Note: Any contact information you provide will not be connected in any way to your responses to any questions, but rather provided to the appropriate Poultry Science department administrators in a separate file.)

Name:
Mailing address:
Phone:
Fax:
E-mail:

Are there any specific high schools that you would be willing to help contact to talk about the opportunities in Poultry Science? If so, please list:

Thank you for providing this information to us. It will be most helpful in our attempt to improve our NC State Poultry Science programs.

When you are satisfied with all your answers on this page, click on the Submit button.

If you do not see a college/department survey or a "Thank You" message after clicking on the submit button, please go back and click on "Submit" again. If the problem persists, please contact us at (919) 515-7520 or email studentsurveys@ncsu.edu

We appreciate your time and assistance!