Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 66.71
Liaison Christie-Joy Hartman
Submission Date Sept. 13, 2024

STARS v2.2

James Madison University
EN-13: Community Service

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.77 / 5.00 Kim Davidson
Director
Community Engagement & Volunteer Center
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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:
24,300

Number of students engaged in community service:
8,122

Percentage of students engaged in community service:
33.42

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:
111,035

Number of annual community service hours contributed per student:
4.57

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:

Classified employees receive 16 hours of paid leave per year to perform volunteer services through eligible non-profit organizations within or outside their communities. Such service may be provided as a member of a service organization or through authorized school assistance. https://www.jmu.edu/humanresources/benefits/leave/ft-classified.shtml#Set-1-A-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:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Data from 2022-23. 

 

Information compiled from data tracked through the Community Engagement and Volunteer Center’s student participation includes: Alternative Breaks (159 students/4185 hours), Service-Learning classes (1446 students/19,204 hours), episodic service activities (453 students/3079 hours), FWS and Madison Community Scholars (65 students/7717 hours), and DMAD (100 students/1600 hours).

 

In addition, data is collected from Fraternity & Sorority Life (4200 students/30,968 hours), and Club Sports (700 students/1,557 hours).

 

Number of students engaged in community service: 7,123

 

Total number of student community service hours contributed annually: 68,310

 

Responsible party for CEVC data: Dr. Kim Davison, Director, CEVC.

 

IIHHS data from IIHHS 2022-23 Annual Report: 999 students engaged in IIHHS programs, representing 39 undergraduate and graduate degree programs. 42,725 hours of student engagement in direct services, program support, service learning, and other collaborative endeavors. Graduate students included in all figures.

 

Responsible party for IIHHS information: Dr. Linda Plitt-Donaldson, Associate Dean, College of Health and Behavioral Studies and Director, Institute for Innovation in Health and Human Services.

 

Responsible party for staff service information: Mr. Richard Larson, Assistant Vice President for Human Resources, Training and Performance. 


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.