The UNK Loper Programming and Activities Council is sending out a homecoming survey to the student body via email on April 10. The survey gives students an opportunity to share their thoughts on last year’s homecoming and a chance to influence the 2025 homecoming theme.
This year marks the first time LPAC has given students outside the organization the opportunity to contribute to selecting the homecoming theme.
“The main goal of the LPAC homecoming survey is to get the general student body voice involved in the decisions that go into homecoming,” said Walker Gullicksen, LPAC homecoming co-chair and student program coordinator. “Homecoming is more than just an LPAC, Fraternity and Sorority Life and student organization event. It’s an event that brings the whole campus and community together.”
The homecoming survey is a short-answer format conducted through Google Forms.
“We want student opinion,” said Emma Bond, president of LPAC. “We want to make sure that they are able to have a strong voice and play a role in the decisions that LPAC is making. The more engagement and feedback we get, the better homecoming we can plan that will cater to all sorts of students and things they’re looking forward to.”
Students can suggest specific homecoming themes through the survey.
“It will most likely have a very big influence on deciding,” Gullicksen said. “We want the survey to be an understanding of what the student body wants. We’re more likely to lean toward one idea if the majority vote favors it.”
LPAC is the main organizer of UNK’s homecoming events.
Past UNK homecoming themes have included Louie’s Harvest Homecoming, a fall theme; “Press Play at UNK,” a gaming theme and “Far, Far Away at UNK,” a storybook-inspired theme. LPAC organizes several events throughout homecoming week each year, including a pep rally, downtown window painting, Loper Feud, a lip sync competition, a parade and many other activities.
LPAC members aim to boost student engagement with the homecoming survey.
“I think it would be good for students to have a survey for homecoming and have that student engagement aspect,” said Tyler Peterson, a junior studying art education.
LPAC members plan on using the survey in future years to get student feedback.
“It’s definitely something that we’re going to be implementing going forward,” Bond said. “I think it’s really wonderful that we’re taking the time to directly reach out to students and organizations to make sure that their voices are heard in the homecoming survey.”
