Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 53.05
Liaison April Thompson
Submission Date Sept. 22, 2023

STARS v2.2

Creighton University
EN-13: Community Service

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.14 / 5.00 April Thompson
Project and Reporting Coordinator
Office of Sustainability
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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:
10,151

Number of students engaged in community service:
994

Percentage of students engaged in community service:
9.79

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:
37,441.25

Number of annual community service hours contributed per student:
3.69

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:
Creighton offers 16 hours of paid time off for employees to participate in community service.

Since 2006, Creighton has participated annually in the national program, Empty Bowls. The program "pairs ceramics students from the Department of Fine and Performing Arts with the Siena/Francis House homeless shelter in Omaha. Students create artful ceramic bowls, most in the $5-$10 range, that can be purchased along with a soup-and-bread meal courtesy of Sodexo and Rotella’s Bakery. All proceeds benefit the homeless shelter. The public is welcome to attend.

Visit https://www.creighton.edu/community for more information about Creighton's involvement in the community,

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:
1,269

Optional Fields 

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:
For more information about Creighton's involvement in the community, visit
- https://www.creighton.edu/cu-community/service

New Office of Academic Service Learning office and website: https://www.creighton.edu/geo/academicservicelearning/

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