Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 68.35
Liaison Jessica Bast
Submission Date Aug. 9, 2022

STARS v2.2

North Carolina State University
EN-13: Community Service

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.73 / 5.00 Jessica Bast
Sustainability Program Coordinator
University Sustainability Office
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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:
40,573

Number of students engaged in community service:
2,113

Percentage of students engaged in community service:
5.21

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

Total number of student community service hours contributed annually:
39,976

Number of annual community service hours contributed per student:
0.99

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:
Community Service Leave (CSL) provides leave-eligible SPA & EPA employees paid time off to volunteer in schools, communities, institutions of higher education, State agencies, and not-for-profit organizations; as long as the employee is not receiving pay for the service. All CSL must be preapproved by supervisor prior to volunteer event.

Literacy CSL is a special provision available in lieu of regular Community Service Leave to support a literacy program in a public school. Leave under this option shall be used exclusively for assisting students in reading and/or writing skills in accordance with established rules and guidelines for such arrangements as determined and documented by joint agreement with NCSU and the public school.

Tutoring/Mentoring CSL is a special provision available in lieu of regular Community Service Leave and Literacy CSL to provide tutoring and mentoring for a student in a formal standardized approved tutoring/mentoring program in a public or a non-public school. Leave under this option is to be used exclusively for tutoring and/or mentoring an “at-risk” student in accordance with established rules and guidelines for such arrangements as determined and documented by joint agreement with NCSU and the public/non-public school.

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:
16,036

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:
Community service hours for students only includes numbers from Fraternity and Sorority Life and Student Leadership and Engagement.

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