Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 66.69
Liaison Margaret Lo
Submission Date Dec. 16, 2015
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.0

Ball State University
EN-12: Community Service

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.56 / 5.00 Laura Montoye
Asst. Director
Office of Student Life
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Number of students engaged in community service:
6,734

Total number of students :
18,255

Does the institution wish to pursue Part 2 of this credit (community service hours)?:
Yes

Total number of student community service hours contributed during a one-year period:
82,507

Does the institution include community service achievements on student transcripts?:
Yes

A brief description of the practice of including community service on transcripts, if applicable:

Community service hours are reflected on an academic transcript through our office when there is official enrollment in an academic course.

In addition, Student Life will provide documentation for a student if a student requests a record of community service through that office (this would be for service not related to earned university credit)


Does the institution provide incentives for employees to participate in community service (on- or off-campus)?:
Yes

A brief description of the institution’s employee community service initiatives:

The university allows employees to spend up to a total of 416 compensable hours in a fiscal year in performing outside service activities for a governmental entity or one or more 501(s)(3) not-for-profit organizations as determined in the sole discretion of and with the prior approval of the employees supervisor.


The website URL where information about the institution’s community service initiatives is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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