Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 58.58
Liaison Margaret Lo
Submission Date July 14, 2022

STARS v2.2

Ball State University
EN-13: Community Service

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.67 / 5.00 Kara Westfall
Assistant Director of Student Life
Student Affairs
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Does the institution wish to pursue Part 1 of this credit (student participation in community service)?:
Yes

Total number of students:
24,441

Number of students engaged in community service:
947

Percentage of students engaged in community service:
3.87

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

Total number of student community service hours contributed annually:
18,209.97

Number of annual community service hours contributed per student:
0.75

Does the institution have a formal program to support employee volunteering during regular work hours?:
Yes

A brief description of the institution’s program to support employee volunteering:
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.

Does the institution track the number of employee community service hours contributed through programs it sponsors?:
Yes

Total number of employee community service hours contributed annually through programs sponsored by the institution:
520

Website URL where information about the institution’s community service programs is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
The United Way Day of Action is a university sponsored community service program. Additional information can be found here: https://www.bsu.edu/web/unitedway/day-of-action

Additional information about volunteering as an employee can be found here: https://www.bsu.edu/about/administrativeoffices/community-engagement/get-involved/volunteering-as-an-employee

Other University sponsored programs include:

1) Angels for Life Blood Drive: This is one of the community service projects of the Ball State Staff Council, the Angels for Life Committee has been working with the Indiana Blood Center since 2008 holding blood drives on campus.
In 2021, events were held in March, May, September, and 178 units of blood was donated by Ball State faculty, staff, and students which saved up to 534 Hoosier hospital patients. Additional information can be found at https://www.bsu.edu/about/administrativeoffices/staffcouncil/angelsforlife.


2) Angel Tree Wrapping Event: This is an annual event where the Ball State Community comes together to help children and their families around the holidays. In 2021, 161 Ball State students, faculty, and community members sponsored 260 Delaware County children who were removed from their homes during the holiday season. They provided approximately 1,560 gifts. 81 students volunteered a total of 199.55 hours wrapping all of the gifts for the children.

3) Adopt a Family: Each year the Staff Council collaborates with the Salvation Army to "adopt" families during the Christmas season. In 2021, 2 families with a total of 9 children were adopted. Staff Council members wrapped over 250 gifts and received a total of $1,736 monetary donations which were used to purchase presents, gift certificates and other gift cards. Information about this event can be found at: https://www.bsu.edu/about/administrativeoffices/staffcouncil/adopt-a-family

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