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First-Year and Senior Students: Take the NSSE Survey and You Might Win a $25 Visa Gift Card

headshot of M.B. Reilly By M.B. Reilly (513) 556-1824
2 minute read April 20, 2016

University of Cincinnati first-year students and seniors annually participate in the NSSE (National Survey of Student Engagement) to give the university a grade when it comes to programs, services to students, the student experience and more.

For instance, during last year’s 2015 survey collection,

UC students reported

that they have many more opportunities to gain real-world experiences than students at many other universities.

First-year students and seniors: you have received e-mails from President Santa Ono with your unique identifier and encouraging you to take the survey.

By taking the survey, you will be eligible to win a $25 Visa Gift Card from UC’s Office of Institutional Research.

Fifty such $25 gift cards will be given away in random drawings of survey respondents.

Students who have already won gift cards are

  • Nursing student Kelly Cole
  • A&S student Elizabeth Crase
  • A&S student Olivia Cunningham
  • CEAS student Zachary Harp
  • Nursing student Lauren Hawkins
  • A&S student Melanie Jeffries
  • CCM student Jody Jones
  • A&S student Lindsey Massa
  • A&S student Michael Peschka
  • CEAS student George Reichert
  • A&S student Carolyn Serbinski
  • LCOB student Forest Wilson

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