Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 53.91
Liaison Tom Hartzell
Submission Date Dec. 21, 2022

STARS v2.2

Calvin University
EN-13: Community Service

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.27 / 5.00 Andrew Haggerty
Associate Director
Service-Learning Center
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Part 1. Percentage of students participating in community service 

Does the institution wish to pursue Part 1 of this credit (student participation in community service)?:
Yes

Total number of students:
3,799

Number of students engaged in community service:
855

Percentage of students engaged in community service:
22.51

Part 2. Community service hours per student

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

Total number of student community service hours contributed annually:
8,972

Number of annual community service hours contributed per student:
2.36

Part 3. Employee community service program

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:
Calvin encourages staff and faculty to participate/mentor/facilitate service-learning initiatives. Calvin considers this as part of an employee's work that serves the college as well as the community. Staff do not have to use vacation time to participate. Some departments have organized half-day volunteer opportunities for their teams.

Does the institution track the number of employee community service hours contributed through programs it sponsors?:
No

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

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:
Source:
1. The # of students engaged in community service comes from reporting from data held by the Service-Learning Center (S-LC), accessed via the S-LC Director.
2. Headcount total number of students is from the Institutional Characteristics performance year data (IC-3).
3. Total hours is from the same statistical report as Source Note #1.
(Andrew Haggerty)

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.