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6Emily Flint Campus Center located at Franklin Pierce. All though the Campus Center hashigh traffic, the traffic mainly consists of underclassmen. The clubs advertise by usingthe limited amount of five 8 ½ ‘x 11’ flyers. When students are looking at five flyers ofthe 28 clubs on campus, some may get lost in the few seconds they have to read andretain the material presented on the flyer.The students also don’t see how valuable it is to them for the future, because theyare classified as Generation Y, where they take “instant gratification” over “preparing forthe future”. The researchers also asked a freshman his opinion on the matter. Sam Penny,responded by saying, “I’m only a freshmen, with four full years ahead, so there is plentyof time to get involved.”Purpose of the ProjectThe purpose of this research is to find out whether student involvement in studentorganizations can be improved. To do so the researchers will conduct surveys with thestudents on campus and obtain their results. In addition, the researchers goal is to findways to increase attendance at all current organizations. Another goal is to identify theincentives that might help students become more involved with the organizations. Theresearchers will conduct a comparison of student organizations of other universities toFranklin Pierce University.Problem StatementResearch is necessary to determine what Franklin Pierce University can do toimprove student organization involvement.