Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 45.10
Liaison Bo Solomon
Submission Date March 3, 2023

STARS v2.2

Drexel University
EN-13: Community Service

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.95 / 5.00 Jen Britton
Director
UCP
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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:
24,205

Number of students engaged in community service:
3,425

Percentage of students engaged in community service:
14.15

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:
27,400

Number of annual community service hours contributed per student:
1.13

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:
Drexel's Dragon Volunteers program offers all part- and full-time benefits-eligible employees paid time away from the work site to pursue a community service activity of their choice. Each employee has up to 16 paid service hours. Options for service activities include opportunities for groups of employees to do a service activity together; individual service activities working with partners identified by Drexel's Lindy Center for Civic Engagement; or independent service activities with a nonprofit organization of the employee's choice.

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:
8,000

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:
Our student service hours reported here represent the number of individuals and hours tracked by the Lindy Center for civic engagement and do not include any activities not reported; due to COVID-19, our service hours are substantially lower than in an average year.

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.