| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 72.90 |
| Liaison | Kathleen Crawford |
| Submission Date | July 23, 2020 |
Florida Gulf Coast University
EN-13: Community Service
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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4.33 / 5.00 |
Kathleen
Crawford Sustainability Coordinator Environmental Health & Safety |
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Does the institution wish to pursue Part 1 of this credit (student participation in community service)?:
Yes
Total number of students:
13,426
Number of students engaged in community service:
13,426
Percentage of students engaged in community service:
100
Does the institution wish to pursue Part 2 of this credit (community service hours)?:
Yes
Total number of student community service hours contributed annually:
188,174.30
Number of annual community service hours contributed per student:
14.02
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:
Several calls to action are sent out to our employees every year encouraging employee participation in various volunteering events including (but not limited to):
CAMPUS BEAUTIFICATION DAY
The FGCU Staff Advisory Council regularly collaborates with the Tree Campus USA Committee to host our annual Campus Beautification Day. The event takes place each year in January in celebration of Florida Arbor Day. The joint effort brings staff, faculty, and students working toward the common goal of beautifying an area of campus and increasing the amount of trees and native plants on campus.
MAKE A DIFFERENCE DAY
Make a Difference Day takes place each October. The Office of Service Learning & Civic Engagement coordinates the event with support from the FGCU Foundation and Wells Fargo. FGCU students, faculty, staff, and alumni, as well as Wells Fargo employees, serve at various sites across southwest Florida. This event coincides with the national day of service.
FGCU WOMEN BUILD TEAM
Women Build is a national initiative to engage women in the effort to provide safe and decent homes for families in need of affordable housing. By recruiting, educating and inspiring women to build, they can transform lives in their communities. For the past 10 years, Women Build in Lee and Hendry Counties has partnered with 20 families to build strength and stability for 50 children and their parents through local fundraising and volunteer efforts.
CAMPUS BEAUTIFICATION DAY
The FGCU Staff Advisory Council regularly collaborates with the Tree Campus USA Committee to host our annual Campus Beautification Day. The event takes place each year in January in celebration of Florida Arbor Day. The joint effort brings staff, faculty, and students working toward the common goal of beautifying an area of campus and increasing the amount of trees and native plants on campus.
MAKE A DIFFERENCE DAY
Make a Difference Day takes place each October. The Office of Service Learning & Civic Engagement coordinates the event with support from the FGCU Foundation and Wells Fargo. FGCU students, faculty, staff, and alumni, as well as Wells Fargo employees, serve at various sites across southwest Florida. This event coincides with the national day of service.
FGCU WOMEN BUILD TEAM
Women Build is a national initiative to engage women in the effort to provide safe and decent homes for families in need of affordable housing. By recruiting, educating and inspiring women to build, they can transform lives in their communities. For the past 10 years, Women Build in Lee and Hendry Counties has partnered with 20 families to build strength and stability for 50 children and their parents through local fundraising and volunteer efforts.
Does the institution track the number of employee community service hours contributed through programs it sponsors?:
No
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:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Undergraduate headcount from BOTIS report: 13426
Service-learning is an graduation requirement at FGCU for all pursuing an undergraduate degree.
Students admitted to FGCU as first-year (FTIC) students or lower level transfers must complete 80 hours of service-learning as part of their graduation requirement. Students admitted as upper-level transfers must complete 40 hours of service-learning as part of their graduation requirement. FTIC students who have earned a Florida AA degree prior to matriculating at FGCU (through dual enrollment and accelerated credit) must complete 40 hours of service-learning as part of their graduation requirement. Students dual-enrolled in the FGCU Accelerated Collegiate Experience (ACE) program (part-time or full-time) will be required to complete 80 hours of service-learning as part of their graduation requirement.
Students who have already completed a bachelor’s degree at another institution and are admitted to FGCU to complete a second undergraduate degree must complete 40 hours of service-learning as part of their second degree’s graduation requirements. Students who have completed a bachelor’s degree at FGCU and are re-admitted to FGCU to complete a second undergraduate degree have already fulfilled the degree requirements for service-learning; however, if they register for a class that has a service-learning requirement, they are obligated to complete it as a component of the course’s requirements. Although there is no service-learning graduation requirement for graduate level students, they may be enrolled in courses that integrate service-learning as an effective teaching methodology and therefore would engage in service as a component of their coursework.
FROM THE UNIVERSITY COLLOQUIUM COURSE CATALOG
University Colloquium is a graduation requirement for all undergraduates. Students are required to complete ten hours of service-learning related to the natural environment as part of the course.
FROM FGCU's MISSION AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES (http://www.fgcu.edu/info/mission.asp)
FGCU emphasizes innovative, student-centered teaching and learning, promotes and practices environmental sustainability, embraces diversity, nurtures community partnerships, values public service, encourages civic responsibility, and cultivates habits of lifelong learning and the discovery of new knowledge.
Informed and engaged citizens are essential to the creation of a civil and sustainable society. The University values the development of the responsible self grounded in honesty, courage, and compassion, and committed to advancing democratic ideals. Through service learning requirements, the University engages students in community involvement with time for formal reflection on their experiences. Integral to the University's philosophy is instilling in students an environmental consciousness that balances their economic and social aspirations with the imperative for ecological sustainability.
*Graduate and non-degree students are excluded from our headcount for this credit.
Service-learning is an graduation requirement at FGCU for all pursuing an undergraduate degree.
Students admitted to FGCU as first-year (FTIC) students or lower level transfers must complete 80 hours of service-learning as part of their graduation requirement. Students admitted as upper-level transfers must complete 40 hours of service-learning as part of their graduation requirement. FTIC students who have earned a Florida AA degree prior to matriculating at FGCU (through dual enrollment and accelerated credit) must complete 40 hours of service-learning as part of their graduation requirement. Students dual-enrolled in the FGCU Accelerated Collegiate Experience (ACE) program (part-time or full-time) will be required to complete 80 hours of service-learning as part of their graduation requirement.
Students who have already completed a bachelor’s degree at another institution and are admitted to FGCU to complete a second undergraduate degree must complete 40 hours of service-learning as part of their second degree’s graduation requirements. Students who have completed a bachelor’s degree at FGCU and are re-admitted to FGCU to complete a second undergraduate degree have already fulfilled the degree requirements for service-learning; however, if they register for a class that has a service-learning requirement, they are obligated to complete it as a component of the course’s requirements. Although there is no service-learning graduation requirement for graduate level students, they may be enrolled in courses that integrate service-learning as an effective teaching methodology and therefore would engage in service as a component of their coursework.
FROM THE UNIVERSITY COLLOQUIUM COURSE CATALOG
University Colloquium is a graduation requirement for all undergraduates. Students are required to complete ten hours of service-learning related to the natural environment as part of the course.
FROM FGCU's MISSION AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES (http://www.fgcu.edu/info/mission.asp)
FGCU emphasizes innovative, student-centered teaching and learning, promotes and practices environmental sustainability, embraces diversity, nurtures community partnerships, values public service, encourages civic responsibility, and cultivates habits of lifelong learning and the discovery of new knowledge.
Informed and engaged citizens are essential to the creation of a civil and sustainable society. The University values the development of the responsible self grounded in honesty, courage, and compassion, and committed to advancing democratic ideals. Through service learning requirements, the University engages students in community involvement with time for formal reflection on their experiences. Integral to the University's philosophy is instilling in students an environmental consciousness that balances their economic and social aspirations with the imperative for ecological sustainability.
*Graduate and non-degree students are excluded from our headcount for this credit.
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