Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 75.28
Liaison Yumiko Jakobcic
Submission Date March 3, 2023

STARS v2.2

Grand Valley State University
EN-13: Community Service

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.28 / 5.00 Yumiko Jakobcic
Campus Sustainability Coordinator
Office of Sustainability Practices
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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:
22,406

Number of students engaged in community service:
4,068

Percentage of students engaged in community service:
18.16

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:
74,511

Number of annual community service hours contributed per student:
3.33

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:
GVSU provides flex time for ongoing and event-specific volunteer opportunities with supervisor approval, the Service Tracker system to track the community engagement activities they offer for students through their academic courses and other official university initiatives. A community service directory can be found here: https://www.gvsu.edu/community/community-service-directory-36.htm

Additional opportunities can be found here: https://www.gvsu.edu/community/

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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Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about the institution’s community service programs is available:
https://www.gvsu.edu/service/

Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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