Bates College
EN-13: Community Service
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
4.06 / 5.00 |
Tom
Twist Sustainability Manager Facilities |
Does the institution wish to pursue Part 1 of this credit (student participation in community service)?:
Total number of students:
Number of students engaged in community service:
Percentage of students engaged in community service:
Does the institution wish to pursue Part 2 of this credit (community service hours)?:
Total number of student community service hours contributed annually:
Number of annual community service hours contributed per student:
Does the institution have a formal program to support employee volunteering during regular work hours?:
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.
Does the institution track the number of employee community service hours contributed through programs it sponsors?:
Total number of employee community service hours contributed annually through programs sponsored by the institution:
Website URL where information about the institution’s community service programs is available:
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.
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.
The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.