Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 67.20
Liaison Jessica Thompson
Submission Date June 20, 2024

STARS v2.2

Northern Michigan University
EN-13: Community Service

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.86 / 5.00 Jessica Thompson
AVP Sustainability
People Culture & Wellbeing
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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:
6,970

Number of students engaged in community service:
5,000

Percentage of students engaged in community service:
71.74

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:
675,000

Number of annual community service hours contributed per student:
96.84

Part 3. Employee community service program

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:
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Does the institution track the number of employee community service hours contributed through programs it sponsors?:
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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:

Northern has a very active Center for Student Enrichment that coordinates a number of different community-service programs. Using responses to NSSE data (2021 survey - https://nmu.edu/institutionaleffectiveness/nsse-2021), we calculated the average hours spent doing community service. Total hours are calculated by averaging the self-reported weekly average across all student volunteers for 32 weeks of the year. Students volunteer an average of 135 hours per academic year. Average for the entire student body is 55 hours per student, per academic year. For more information on these different programs, see: http://www.nmu.edu/studentenrichment/


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