Psychology Professor Dr. Gary Brown’s Psychology 480 Senior Seminar class is currently conducting a student satisfaction survey for UTM as part of a research project.

The survey will indicate which aspects of the university students are satisfied with and which they are not satisfied with. The results of the study will be presented to the chancellor and his staff at a budget planning meeting in the spring.

“This will give the budget committee a better idea of what students want,” said class member Katy Beres, a senior Psychology major from Franklin.

Students are conducting the survey by visiting student organizations, as well as calling randomly selected students on the telephone and inviting students who have not been contacted to fill out the survey online.

This is the first year for Brown’s class to conduct a study like this one.

“I am so excited to be a part of a study that has the potential to really change things here at UTM. I always hear students talking about things they wish were different, and now is their chance,” Beres said.

The class will have the results ready by the end of the semester for the spring presentation. “We want to see what students really think about different areas of the university. This could be important if we do not have tax reform in Tennessee and areas have to be cut,” said Brown on the expected outcome of the study.

The study is available online at http://surveys.utm.edu:80/wsurveys/s/82-fege/ through Thursday, Nov. 20. All students are invited to participate by the psychology class.