Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 75.28
Liaison Chris Frantsvog
Submission Date Feb. 25, 2022

STARS v2.2

Luther College
EN-13: Community Service

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.99 / 5.00 Chris Frantsvog
Sustainability Coordinator
Center for Sustainable Communities
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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:
1,744

Number of students engaged in community service:
634

Percentage of students engaged in community service:
36.35

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

Total number of student community service hours contributed annually:
2,730

Number of annual community service hours contributed per student:
1.57

Does the institution have a formal program to support employee volunteering during regular work hours?:
No

A brief description of the institution’s program to support employee volunteering:

Luther has sponsored a half day of service in the past where employees were encouraged to participate in community service activities. That has not happened since COVID has been in place. While there are some efforts to revive that practice, it is not currently in place.


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:
0

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:

Luther does not have a centralized office that collects data on student volunteering even though Luther students are highly involved in volunteering. Software that would gather this information is being considered.

The Luther Center for Sustainable Communities sent out emails via the Student Activities Council office to all recognized student organizations and greek organizations, as well as other organizations and efforts known to use volunteers. Information for academic year 2020-21 was virtually non-existent, due to COVID.

We were able to gather information for the first semester of 2021-22, and doubled that, as we anticipate at least as much--or more--volunteering in the spring semester.


Luther does not have a centralized office that collects data on student volunteering even though Luther students are highly involved in volunteering. Software that would gather this information is being considered.

The Luther Center for Sustainable Communities sent out emails via the Student Activities Council office to all recognized student organizations and greek organizations, as well as other organizations and efforts known to use volunteers. Information for academic year 2020-21 was virtually non-existent, due to COVID.

We were able to gather information for the first semester of 2021-22, and doubled that, as we anticipate at least as much--or more--volunteering in the spring semester.

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