SURVEY OF FULL TIME UAS JUNEAU ACADEMIC STAFF ABOUT WORKSPACE

  1. In which UAS building is your primary workspace located?

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    8 0 NA
    Anderson Building : 0
    Egan Library : 1
     
    Egan Classroom Wing : 0
    Hendrickson Building : 2
     
    Hendrickson Annex : 0
    Hendrickson Annex Extension (education) : 0
    Mourant Building : 2
     
    Natural Sciences Research Lab : 0
    Novatney Building : 1
     
    Soboleff Building : 2
     
    Soboleff Annex : 0
    Student Recreation Center : 0
    Technical Education Center : 0
    Whitehead Building : 0
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  3.  Which UAS academic unit are you in?

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    7 1 NA
    School of Arts and Sciences : 3
     
    School of Career Education : 1
     
    School of Education : 2
     
    Egan Library : 1
     
    School of Management : 0
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  5.  How long have you been employed at UAS?  (choose one)

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    8 0 NA
    Less than one year : 1
     
    1-3 years : 3
     
    4-8 years : 2
     
    9-12 years : 1
     
    13 years or more : 1
     
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  7. In thinking about the location of your IDEAL university-assigned workspace, please rank the following according to your personal preference (1=highest)

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    8 0 NA
    Proximity to faculty offices
    1 : 1
     
    2 : 1
     
    3 : 0
    4 : 1
     
    5 : 2
     
    6 : 2
     
    7 : 0
    8 : 0
    unranked : 1
     

    Proximity to space for group meetings (e.g. conference room)
    1 : 0
    2 : 1
     
    3 : 3
     
    4 : 2
     
    5 : 0
    6 : 2
     
    7 : 0
    8 : 0
    unranked : 0

    Close to convenient parking
    1 : 0
    2 : 0
    3 : 0
    4 : 0
    5 : 1
     
    6 : 1
     
    7 : 5
     
    8 : 0
    unranked : 1
     

    Proximity to other staff members in your department or program
    1 : 2
     
    2 : 4
     
    3 : 0
    4 : 0
    5 : 1
     
    6 : 0
    7 : 0
    8 : 0
    unranked : 1
     

    Proximity to school leadership (e.g. dean/director)
    1 : 1
     
    2 : 0
    3 : 0
    4 : 2
     
    5 : 1
     
    6 : 1
     
    7 : 1
     
    8 : 1
     
    unranked : 1
     

    Proximity to areas frequented by students
    1 : 2
     
    2 : 0
    3 : 0
    4 : 1
     
    5 : 2
     
    6 : 1
     
    7 : 1
     
    8 : 0
    unranked : 1
     

    Access to shared resources (e.g. printer/copier, kitchenette)
    1 : 0
    2 : 2
     
    3 : 5
     
    4 : 1
     
    5 : 0
    6 : 0
    7 : 0
    8 : 0
    unranked : 0

    Other (please specify)
    1 : 2
     
    2 : 0
    3 : 0
    4 : 0
    5 : 0
    6 : 0
    7 : 0
    8 : 2
     
    unranked : 0

    Comments:
    Selected: ARRAY(0x1596a14)
    Co-location important among faculty & staff
    Selected: ARRAY(0x159c314)
    Private and quiet
    Selected: ARRAY(0x159e804)
    A break room with kitchenette in the Soboleff building would be nice.
    Selected: ARRAY(0x159ec44)
    Private space to advise students.
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  9. In thinking about the design of your IDEAL university-assigned workspace, please rank the following according to your personal preferences (1=highest)

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    8 0 NA
    Ability to hold a confidential conversation without being overheard
    1 : 4
     
    2 : 3
     
    3 : 0
    4 : 1
     
    5 : 0
    unranked : 0

    Quiet space for focused work
    1 : 1
     
    2 : 4
     
    3 : 0
    4 : 3
     
    5 : 0
    unranked : 0

    Sufficient space for materials or equipment associated with your duties
    1 : 3
     
    2 : 1
     
    3 : 0
    4 : 4
     
    5 : 0
    unranked : 0

    Space for personal file cabinets
    1 : 0
    2 : 0
    3 : 8
     
    4 : 0
    5 : 0
    unranked : 0

    Other (please specify)
    1 : 0
    2 : 0
    3 : 0
    4 : 0
    5 : 3
     
    unranked : 0

    Comments:
    Selected: ARRAY(0x15969f4)
    Private offices important for staff who rank above admin asst
    Selected: ARRAY(0x159c3d4)
    Space to meet with a couple collaborators without scheduling a large room
    Selected: ARRAY(0x159eb94)
    Located within walking distance to student services - Novatney and Mourant.
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  11. In thinking about the environment of your IDEAL university-assigned workspace, please rank the following according to your personal preferences (1=highest)

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    8 0 NA
    Availability of natural light
    1 : 6
     
    2 : 2
     
    3 : 0
    4 : 0
    unranked : 0

    Desirable view
    1 : 0
    2 : 2
     
    3 : 6
     
    4 : 0
    unranked : 0

    Ability to control temperature
    1 : 2
     
    2 : 4
     
    3 : 2
     
    4 : 0
    unranked : 0

    Other (please specify)
    1 : 0
    2 : 0
    3 : 0
    4 : 2
     
    unranked : 0

    Comments:
    Selected: ARRAY(0x159c264)
    Ideally, all are 1s but less ideally, you can't be productive if you are too cold or too hot and have no recourse.
    Selected: ARRAY(0x159caa4)
    Ability to open a Window
    Selected: ARRAY(0x159ed04)
    ADA Accessibility
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  13.  What type of workspace do you currently have? (choose one)

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    8 0 NA
    Private office : 3
     
    Shared office : 0
    Cubicle with a door : 0
    Cubicle without a door : 3
     
    Desk in an open office : 2
     
    Other (please specify) : 0
    Comments:
    Selected: Cubicle without a door
    Next to the entry door, across from another cubicle without a door, next to the "kitchen" for the entire floor and by 2 faculty who hold student meetings.
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  15.  Which of the following qualities does your current workspace have? (check as many as apply)

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    8 0 NA
    Proximity to faculty offices : 5
     
    Proximity to space for group meetings (e.g. conference room) : 4
     
    Close to convenient parking : 4
     
    Proximity to other staff members in your department or program : 5
     
    Proximity to school leadership (e.g. dean/director) : 5
     
    Proximity to areas frequented by students : 4
     
    Access to shared resources (e.g. printer/copier, kitchenette) : 8
     
    Ability to hold a confidential conversation without being overheard : 3
     
    Quiet space for focused work : 3
     
    Sufficient space for materials or equipment associated with your duties : 6
     
    Space for personal file cabinets : 6
     
    Availibility of natural light : 5
     
    Desirable view : 3
     
    Ability to control temperature : 1
     
    Other (please specify) : 1
     
    Comments:
    Selected:
    Window that opens. Not all of my file cabinets fit into my cubicle.
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  17.  How satisfied are you with your current workspace? (choose one)

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    8 0 NA
    Very satisfied : 3
     
    Somewhat satisfied : 1
     
    Neutral : 0
    Somewhat dissatisfied : 1
     
    Very dissatisfied : 3
     
    Comments:
    Selected: Very dissatisfied
    You can hear everyone's conversations. Very disruptive. No place to hang a coat. No control of the temperature It's either too hot or too cold. Very rarely is it an acceptable temperature. No place to hold a department meeting or audio conference
    Selected: Very dissatisfied
    No ability to hold a confidential conversation without being overheard.
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  19.  How much of the time you are in your office do you spend meeting face to face with students and/or faculty? (choose one)

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    8 0 NA
    Less than 20% : 4
     
    20-40% : 1
     
    40-60% : 1
     
    60-80% : 0
    80-100% : 2
     
    Comments:
    Selected: Less than 20%
    Spend more time with staff than faculty / students.
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  21.  The quality that I like MOST about my current workspace is:

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    8 0 NA
    Comments:
    It is private, yet very close to a highly trafficked student center.
    Private office
    The other cubi dwellers are wonderful and interesting people from a variety of programs. There is nothing about this space that says "quality".
    Desk area is large enough to lay out tasks. Sufficient cabinets for manuals and resource materials.
    The ability to have a confidential space where students develop comfort to share more information with me. This is invaluable to the advising process.
    It has the space needed for the many supplies associated with my work & the large, ongoing projects which require access to those supplies.
    The set up of my cubicle.
    Proximity to faculty and classroom.
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  23.  The quality that I like LEAST about my current workspace is:

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    8 0 NA
    Comments:
    The lack of natural light & poor cell reception.
    Lack of proximity to all my staff / general lack of co-location among all staff & faculty.  Lack of common space.
    Heating system was designed for a classroom and despite repeated (and appreciated) attempts by facilities people, it is always either too cold, too hot AND too windy.
    I can hear everyone talking. Very disruptive. Desks areas set up so that you are approached from behind. Very BAD. No flexibility in rearranging furniture to fit personal desires without having to contact the movers. No place to hang a coat.
    The air intake for the building pumps smells directly through the vent in my office. Specifically, when people are smoking outside it smells like it is happening IN my office. Also it always smells like whatever is in the cafeteria (bacon, etc.)
    None.
    I'm not have a confidential conversation without being overheard.
    No space to hold confidential conversations without being overheard.
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  25.  What ONE THING would make your current workspace more inviting and appealing?

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    7 1 NA
    Comments:
    Access to windows.
    A complete redesign of all offices & work spaces so the layout makes more sense. Soboleff is awkward and feels uninviting.
    doors
    COLOR. Gray is Blah.
    Nothing.
    Being able to have a confidential conversation without being overheard.
    Private/confidential space for meetings.
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  27.  What ONE THING would make the overall campus workplace setting more inviting--a place that you'd like to spend more time with colleagues and students?

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    8 0 NA
    Comments:
    In and outdoor spaces for meeting with colleagues and students.
    More common areas for staff - as in, a real room and not the hallway.
    A place with healthy and delicious food to eat, to have coffee and pastries and to hang out during breaks. The cafeteria is not any of these and the new brick courtyard will not fulfill the need for a dry, comfortable gathering spot.
    Add a photo mural of the Juneau mountains to the Registrar/ Financial Aid wall. Everyone knows they are at the University of Alaska Southeast, especially by the time they have entered the building.
    More purposeful use of space. There is a mish-mash of cubicles, old furniture, storage cabinets in hallways, etc. ALL THE TIME. It looks like we are constantly in a state of moving, or trying to shove someone into a closet/nook in the wall, cubicle, because we have nowhere else to put them.
    There are huge discrepencies in space. Some faculty/staff have no office space, yet there is an entire room dedicated to power tools for the art department that only ONE person has key card access to. More thought should go into how our disorganization and lack of space reflects on us as a professional institution.
    Less stress regarding workspace issues.
    Being able to have a confidential conversation without being overheard.
    Student Union Building
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  29.  What other comments do you have about improving uas work spaces and the overall UAS work place environment?

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    5 3 NA
    Comments:
    Private office for staff who rank above admin asst, and all faculty.  Conference room for Arts & Sciences.  Kitchenette for Arts & Sciences.  Co-location among staff & faculty (instead of being spread out in 6 buildings).
    What with converting classrooms to offices, access to staff centers for preparing lunches, doing dishes, getting water have been centralized in rooms with sinks causing noise, traffic, smells and generally disrupting work. There needs ti be a staff/faculty lounge at regular intervals throughout the campus so that someone's work spaces don't turn into another person's kitchen.
    A storage room that is adequate is essential. A conference room should be required for all office areas that use the cubicle format to allow for audio conferences and department meetings.
    A careful look at how staff/faculty are actually using their space is a great idea. Looking at how each employee spends their time, and if they need private space or not, proportionately is important. Space seems to operate on a basis of either seniority, or how much of a pain in the ass you are, currently.
    Faculty need to have offices not cubicles in order to maintain FERPA requirements.
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