Overall Rating	Gold
Overall Score	77.56
Liaison	John Pumilio
Submission Date	Oct. 11, 2022

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Colgate University
EN-13: Community Service

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	3.38 / 5.00	John Pumilio Director of Sustainability Sustainability Office

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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:

2,676

Number of students engaged in community service:

2,275

Percentage of students engaged in community service:

85.01

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:

35,000

Number of annual community service hours contributed per student:

13.08

Part 3. Employee community service program

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:

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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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Website URL where information about the institution’s community service programs is available:

https://www.colgate.edu/about/offices-centers-institutes/dean-college/max-shacknai-center-outreach-volunteerism-and

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

According to our 2020 student exit survey, 85% of seniors reported participating in community service or volunteer work. Information obtained from Karen Cheal in Institutional Research. Two specific programs that focus on community service include the COVE and the Upstate Institue.

The COVE organized 750 student volunteers with 23,000 hours of direct, hands-on volunteer service hours while the Upstate Institute's Field School supported 30 students with 12,000 hours of direct community service.