Symposium Speaker Evaluation Survey

Symposium Speaker Evaluation

Your input regarding the Syracuse Symposium will help with planning and programming for next year. And you will have a chance to win a $100 gift certificate from Starbucks!

This confidential survey will only take a few minutes to complete. We greatly appreciate your time and feedback.

1. Please tell us about yourself.

Please tell us about yourself. Undergraduate, senior

Undergraduate, freshman,sophmore, junior

Graduate student

Syracuse Alumni

Faculty

University Administration

Syracuse area resident

Other (please specify)

2. Please fill in the information below and include your email address and telephone if you want to be entered to win the Starbucks $100 gift certficate and be notified of next year's Symposium events.

Please fill in the information below and include your email address and telephone if you want to be entered to win the Starbucks $100 gift certficate and be notified of next year's Symposium events. Name:
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3. How did you hear about the Symposium and the event you attended? Select all that apply.

How did you hear about the Symposium and the event you attended? Select all that apply. Daily Orange ad

Syracuse New Times ad

Newspaper article

SU Website

SU News

Friend

Faculty/Administrator

Other (please specify)

4. Please identify the Symposium speakers you attended, select all that apply.

Please identify the Symposium speakers you attended, select all that apply. Howard Bond, Photography as Art, Sept. 10

Janna Levin, Sept. 17

Alan Wallach, Luminism: Light/Landscape in mid-19th Century Am., Sept. 24

Barry Anderson, Photographer, Video Artist, Sept. 29

Lily Kong, Geographer, Religious Scholar, Oct. 1

W.J.T. Mitchell, Oct. 8

Edwidge Danticat, author, The Dew Breaker, Oct. 14

Richard Dyer: Darken Our Lightness, Oct. 15

George Crabtree: The Energy of Light, Oct. 28

Marian Wright Edelman, children's rights advocate, Nov. 3

James Schmidt, The Limits of Enlightenment, Nov. 5

Ira Glass, Journalist, host of "This American Life," Nov. 17

Deborah Willis & Carrie Mae Weems, A conversation: Posting Beauty, Nov. 19

5. My favorite speakers were.... (pick at least 2, if appropriate)

My favorite speakers were.... (pick at least 2, if appropriate) Howard Bond, Photography as Art, Sept. 10 Janna Levin, Sept. 17 Alan Wallach, Luminism: Light/Landscape in mid-19th Century Am.,Sept. 24 Barry Anderson, Photographer, Video Artist, Sept. 29 Lily Kong, Geographer, Religious Scholar, Oct. 1	W.J.T. Mitchell, Oct. 8 Edwidge Danticat, author, The Dew Breaker, Oct. 14 Richard Dyer: Darken Our Lightness, Oct. 15 George Crabtree: The Energy of Light, Oct. 28 Marian Wright Edelman, children's rights advocate, Nov. 3	James Schmidt, The Limits of Enlightenment, Nov. 5 Ira Glass, Journalist, host of "This American Life," Nov. 17 Deborah Willis & Carrie Mae Weems, A conversation: Posting Beauty, Nov. 19
Why?

6. Please rate all the speakers you heard on the following criteria.

	Excellent	Very Good	Good	Fair	Poor
Presentation of subject matter	Please rate all the speakers you heard on the following criteria. Presentation of subject matter Excellent	Very Good	Good	Fair	Poor
Visuals used	Visuals used Excellent	Very Good	Good	Fair	Poor
Speakers' enthusiasm for topic	Speakers' enthusiasm for topic Excellent	Very Good	Good	Fair	Poor
Your interest in topic prior to attending	Your interest in topic prior to attending Excellent	Very Good	Good	Fair	Poor
Your interest in topic after attending	Your interest in topic after attending Excellent	Very Good	Good	Fair	Poor

7. Please rate the Film Festival "Illuminating Oppression" that was held from September 10-17.

	Strongly Agree	Somewhat Agree	Agree	Totally Disagree
Subject matter was very interesting	Please rate the Film Festival "Illuminating Oppression" that was held from September 10-17. Subject matter was very interesting Strongly Agree	Somewhat Agree	Agree	Totally Disagree
Visually arresting	Visually arresting Strongly Agree	Somewhat Agree	Agree	Totally Disagree
Fillms were thought provoking	Fillms were thought provoking Strongly Agree	Somewhat Agree	Agree	Totally Disagree
I would definitely attend next year	I would definitely attend next year Strongly Agree	Somewhat Agree	Agree	Totally Disagree

Other (please specify)

8. My favorite films were (select at least 2, if appropriate):

My favorite films were (select at least 2, if appropriate): Up The Yangtze

Rightful Place

The Sari Soldiers

Is it Just a Game? 3

Under Construction

Flying Inside My Body

Pray The Devil Back To Hell

Morality TV and The Loving Jihad - A Thrilling Tale

Still Human Still Here: Destitution of the Refused Asylum Seekers

Behind Forgotten Eyes

Is it Just a Game? 2

Why?

9. Please identify the performances and exhibitions you attended, select all that apply.

Please identify the performances and exhibitions you attended, select all that apply. Lynn Manning: Weights, Sept. 15

Shen Wei Dance Group, Sept. 24,25

Society for New Music, Light, Oct. 18

Winslow Homer's Empire State: Houton Farm & Beyond, 8/18- 10/11

Barry Anderson, Intermissions, 8/14-10/21

Howard Bond, Retrospective, 9/8-1/14,2010

10. My favorite performances and exhibitions were...pick at least 2, if appropriate.

My favorite performances and exhibitions were...pick at least 2, if appropriate. Lynn Manning: Weights, Sept. 15

Shen Wei Dance Group, Sept. 24,25

Society for New Music, Light, Oct. 18

Winslow Homer's Empire State: Houton Farm & Beyond, 8/18- 10/11

Barry Anderson, Intermissions, 8/14-10/21

Howard Bond, Retrospective, 9/8-1/14,2010

11. Looking back on this year's Syracuse Symposium, would you have liked to have:

Looking back on this year's Syracuse Symposium, would you have liked to have: More speakers/lectures

More films

More exhibits

More performances

None of the above, seemed about right

12. Would you attend the Syracuse Symposium next year?

Would you attend the Syracuse Symposium next year? Yes

Maybe

Why or why not?