Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 56.42
Liaison Kate Witte
Submission Date May 25, 2017
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

Keene State College
EN-13: Community Service

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.09 / 5.00 Cary Gaunt
Director of Campus Sustainability
Sustainability
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Part 1 

Number of students enrolled for credit (headcount; part-time students, continuing education, and/or graduate students may be excluded):
4,729

Number of students engaged in community service (headcount):
1,714

Percentage of students engaged in community service:
36.24

Part 2 

Does the institution wish to pursue Part 2 of this credit (community service hours)? (if data not available, respond 'No'):
Yes

Total number of student community service hours contributed during the most recent one-year period:
119,559

Number of annual community service hours contributed per student :
25.28

Optional Fields 

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
http://sites.keene.edu/kscce/

None
Does the institution include community service achievements on student transcripts?:
No

Does the institution provide incentives for employees to participate in community service (on- or off-campus)? (Incentives may include voluntary leave, compensatory time, or other forms of positive recognition):
Yes

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A brief description of the institution’s employee community service initiatives:
In reviewing the Department Promotion and Tenure guidelines there is evidence of community engagement being rewarded as a form of teaching and learning. Employees are also encouraged to participate in direct community service through the annual KSC Community Service Day and it is build into some job descriptions. The Keene State College Strategic Plan also emphasizes Community Service in Goal 4 (http://www.keene.edu/administration/councils/planning/strategic-plan/). Staff and faculty all have a community service component as part of their Performance Evaluations. A new annual Staff Recognition Awards program also recognizes community service (http://www.keene.edu/office/marcom/cn/detail/1475188353117/). The College also is initiating a Community Service Honor Role; see http://dept.keene.edu/sl/presidents-higher-education-community-service-honor-roll-application-submitted/

Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Data for this section were provided by Jessica Gagne Cloutier, Coordinator of Community Service, and Karen Balnis, Service Learning and Internship Coordinator and submitted by Cary Gaunt, Director of Sustainability.

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