Bates College
EN-13: Community Service
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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4.06 / 5.00 |
Tom
Twist Sustainability Manager Facilities |
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Part 1. Percentage of students participating in community service
Yes
Total number of students:
1,780
Number of students engaged in community service:
1,062
Percentage of students engaged in community service:
59.66
Part 2. Community service hours per student
Yes
Total number of student community service hours contributed annually:
35,120
Number of annual community service hours contributed per student:
19.73
Part 3. Employee community service program
Yes
A brief description of the institution’s program to support employee volunteering:
Through the Harward Center for Community Partnerships, students may access considerable resources for community engagement, including information about and connections to local partners and projects, cultural competency training, and grant funding to support staff projects. Academic departments require mandatory volunteer work hour quotas for each student to be met.
The Sustainability Office also offers EcoService Days to staff and faculty to help clean up local public lands, glean food from local farms, etc.
The Sustainability Office also offers EcoService Days to staff and faculty to help clean up local public lands, glean food from local farms, etc.
Does the institution track the number of employee community service hours contributed through programs it sponsors?:
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Total number of employee community service hours contributed annually through programs sponsored by the institution:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Academic Community Learning
• More than half of all students engage in academic community-engaged work during their time at Bates.
• In the past year, 1,062 Bates students were involved in more than 35,120 hours of academic communityengaged work through 54 courses and 27 community-engaged senior theses.
• Ten students participated in our Community-Engaged Research Fellows program and ten students
participated as members of our Short Term Action/Research Team (STA/RT), representing several
departments.
Community Volunteerism and Student Leadership Development
• In 2017-2018, 15,620 documented hours of volunteer service were contributed by Bates students.
• Twenty- seven students participated in the Bonner Leader Program, devoting four-to-six hours per week
working in the community and another two hours per week engaged in training and reflection activities.
• More than half of all students engage in academic community-engaged work during their time at Bates.
• In the past year, 1,062 Bates students were involved in more than 35,120 hours of academic communityengaged work through 54 courses and 27 community-engaged senior theses.
• Ten students participated in our Community-Engaged Research Fellows program and ten students
participated as members of our Short Term Action/Research Team (STA/RT), representing several
departments.
Community Volunteerism and Student Leadership Development
• In 2017-2018, 15,620 documented hours of volunteer service were contributed by Bates students.
• Twenty- seven students participated in the Bonner Leader Program, devoting four-to-six hours per week
working in the community and another two hours per week engaged in training and reflection activities.
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