Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 65.38
Liaison Jeremy King
Submission Date Feb. 28, 2019
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

Denison University
EN-13: Community Service

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.40 / 5.00 Jeremy King
Campus Sustainability Coordinator
Office of the President
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Part 1 

Number of students enrolled for credit (headcount; part-time students, continuing education, and/or graduate students may be excluded):
2,219

Number of students engaged in community service (headcount):
1,150

Percentage of students engaged in community service:
51.83

Part 2 

Does the institution wish to pursue Part 2 of this credit (community service hours)? (if data not available, respond 'No'):
Yes

Total number of student community service hours contributed during the most recent one-year period:
40,885

Number of annual community service hours contributed per student :
18.42

Optional Fields 

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
http://denison.edu/campus/get-involved/service-opportunities/alford-center

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Does the institution include community service achievements on student transcripts?:
Yes

Does the institution provide incentives for employees to participate in community service (on- or off-campus)? (Incentives may include voluntary leave, compensatory time, or other forms of positive recognition):
Yes

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A brief description of the institution’s employee community service initiatives:
The University encourages all employees to be engaged in community service and makes every effort to provide flexible scheduling to accommodate these activities. As part of the Tenure process for teaching faculty, community service makes up 1/3 of the criteria along with teaching and research.

Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Denison maintains an internal password protected website where most of this information resides. Public access web pages have limited information on this topic.

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.