Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 59.20
Liaison Elaine Durr
Submission Date Feb. 27, 2024

STARS v2.2

Elon University
EN-13: Community Service

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.01 / 5.00 Bob Frigo
Assistant Dean of Campus Life
Director of the Kernodle Center for Civic Life
"---" 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:
6,337

Number of students engaged in community service:
3,171

Percentage of students engaged in community service:
50.04

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:
78,002

Number of annual community service hours contributed per student:
12.31

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:
Elon has a Staff Volunteer Program. Regular full-time staff working 30+ hours per week are allowed up to sixteen (16) hours of paid volunteer service leave per calendar year. Volunteer service leave hours do not rollover from year to year and cannot be cashed out at the end of employment. The hours must be spent with one of Elon's many active community partners.
https://www.elon.edu/u/sac/get-involved/

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:
832

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:
The provided number of students engaged in community service and the number of community service hours is based on undergraduate student self-reporting to the Kernodle Center for Civic Life (during the 2022-2023 academic year). The total number of students figure is all undergraduate students from the 2022-2023 common data set.
The total number of employee community service hours contributed annually through programs sponsored by the institution represents the Staff Volunteer Program in calendar year 2023.

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.