Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 70.57
Liaison Kelsey Beal
Submission Date Dec. 14, 2020

STARS v2.2

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)
EN-13: Community Service

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 4.08 / 5.00 Jennifer Boehm
Assistant Vice Chancellor
Office of Community Engagement
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Does the institution wish to pursue Part 1 of this credit (student participation in community service)?:
Yes

Total number of students:
29,537

Number of students engaged in community service:
17,427

Percentage of students engaged in community service:
59.00

Does the institution wish to pursue Part 2 of this credit (community service hours)?:
Yes

Total number of student community service hours contributed annually:
1,000,000

Number of annual community service hours contributed per student:
33.86

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:

In the Fall of 2018, Indiana University approved a staff volunteer service leave policy: https://news.iu.edu/stories/2019/02/iu/inside/20-new-paid-leave-day-for-staff-to-volunteer.html
https://hr.iu.edu/relations/volunteer-leave.html

In AY19, IUPUI sponsored a Habitat for Humanity house build which involved 280 staff, students and faculty from 22 schools, units and organizations over 24 build days. IUPUI also hosted a Day of Service targeted at staff participation on April 5, 2019. One hundred and fifty-five people participated, of whom 70% were staff. The projects completed on that day were identified by community members as their priorities and included park clean ups, tilling of garden beds and installation of benches in a fruit tree garden.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVNBErRlDuo

Below is the staff volunteer service data for FY20:

CAMPUS YEAR BEG_DT END_DT TOTAL_HOURS TOTAL_VOLS
IUINA 2020 07/01/2019 06/30/2020 611.5 114


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:
611.50

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:

See the Institute for Engaged Learning (IEL):
https://getengaged.iupui.edu/index.html
All IUPUI undergraduate students participate in educational pathways that include at least four engaged learning experiences and be transformed by making meaningful connections among their degree, life experiences, and post-graduation goals.

Center for Service and Learning:
https://csl.iupui.edu/volunteering/index.html
https://csl.iupui.edu/teaching-research/index.html

Student Number = Fall 2017 Undergraduates
IUPUI Admission-Based Scholars are encouraged to volunteer a minimum of 10 hours* per academic year. Acceptable hours are preferably completed to IUPUI and/or its surrounding community (within 10 miles of campus).

Additionally, some other IUPUI Scholars are required to engage in community service to retain their award.

https://due.iupui.edu/undergraduate-curricula/general-education/profiles/index.html
IUPUI Profiles of Learning for Undergraduate Success: Communicator; Problem Solver; Innovator; Community Collaborator

The IUPUI student is an active and valued contributor on the campus and in communities locally and globally. They are personally responsible, self-aware, civically engaged, and they look outward to understand the needs of the society and their environment. They are socially responsible, ethically oriented, and actively engaged in the work of building strong and inclusive communities, both local and global. The community contributor:

Builds community
Respectfully engages own and other cultures
Behaves ethically
Anticipates consequences

See the IUPUI Institute for Engaged Learning (IEL):
https://getengaged.iupui.edu/faculty-and-staff/our-work/index.html

Student Transcripts: Service learning courses have an "S" designation. Course designations are determined by the faculty and upon completion of the course, faculty indicate which students completed the community service portion of the course at the same time they are entering grades. The notation is then included on the student's transcript.
In AY19, IUPUI launched the Experiential and Applied Learning Record which enables students to document co-curricular learning that occurs through approved university experiences.

The Record (co-curricular transcript): https://getengaged.iupui.edu/faculty-and-staff/record/index.html

Engaged Learning Taxonomies:
https://getengaged.iupui.edu/faculty-and-staff/taxonomies/index.html

IU Compensation provided data source for Employee Volunteer Hours as reported in respect of IU Volunteer Policy:
https://news.iu.edu/stories/2019/02/iu/inside/20-new-paid-leave-day-for-staff-to-volunteer.html
https://hr.iu.edu/relations/volunteer-leave.html


See the Institute for Engaged Learning (IEL):
https://getengaged.iupui.edu/index.html
All IUPUI undergraduate students participate in educational pathways that include at least four engaged learning experiences and be transformed by making meaningful connections among their degree, life experiences, and post-graduation goals.

Center for Service and Learning:
https://csl.iupui.edu/volunteering/index.html
https://csl.iupui.edu/teaching-research/index.html

Student Number = Fall 2017 Undergraduates
IUPUI Admission-Based Scholars are encouraged to volunteer a minimum of 10 hours* per academic year. Acceptable hours are preferably completed to IUPUI and/or its surrounding community (within 10 miles of campus).

Additionally, some other IUPUI Scholars are required to engage in community service to retain their award.

https://due.iupui.edu/undergraduate-curricula/general-education/profiles/index.html
IUPUI Profiles of Learning for Undergraduate Success: Communicator; Problem Solver; Innovator; Community Collaborator

The IUPUI student is an active and valued contributor on the campus and in communities locally and globally. They are personally responsible, self-aware, civically engaged, and they look outward to understand the needs of the society and their environment. They are socially responsible, ethically oriented, and actively engaged in the work of building strong and inclusive communities, both local and global. The community contributor:

Builds community
Respectfully engages own and other cultures
Behaves ethically
Anticipates consequences

See the IUPUI Institute for Engaged Learning (IEL):
https://getengaged.iupui.edu/faculty-and-staff/our-work/index.html

Student Transcripts: Service learning courses have an "S" designation. Course designations are determined by the faculty and upon completion of the course, faculty indicate which students completed the community service portion of the course at the same time they are entering grades. The notation is then included on the student's transcript.
In AY19, IUPUI launched the Experiential and Applied Learning Record which enables students to document co-curricular learning that occurs through approved university experiences.

The Record (co-curricular transcript): https://getengaged.iupui.edu/faculty-and-staff/record/index.html

Engaged Learning Taxonomies:
https://getengaged.iupui.edu/faculty-and-staff/taxonomies/index.html

IU Compensation provided data source for Employee Volunteer Hours as reported in respect of IU Volunteer Policy:
https://news.iu.edu/stories/2019/02/iu/inside/20-new-paid-leave-day-for-staff-to-volunteer.html
https://hr.iu.edu/relations/volunteer-leave.html

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