Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
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Overall Score | 74.49 |
Liaison | Krista Bailey |
Submission Date | Dec. 17, 2020 |
Pennsylvania State University
EN-13: Community Service
Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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3.58 / 5.00 |
Does the institution wish to pursue Part 1 of this credit (student participation in community service)?:
Total number of students:
Number of students engaged in community service:
Percentage of students engaged in community service:
Does the institution wish to pursue Part 2 of this credit (community service hours)?:
Total number of student community service hours contributed annually:
Number of annual community service hours contributed per student:
Does the institution have a formal program to support employee volunteering during regular work hours?:
A brief description of the institution’s program to support employee volunteering:
Does the institution track the number of employee community service hours contributed through programs it sponsors?:
Total number of employee community service hours contributed annually through programs sponsored by the institution:
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:
Number of students = undergrad FTE enrollment @ UP campus for Fall 2018, from Penn State Fact Book. Numbers for student participation in community service are based on the results of a Spring 2017 Student Experience survey, which is administered to undergraduates every 3 years by Student Affairs. We used the response to one question "During this current semester, how many hours do you spend in a typical week... volunteering/ participating in community service?", to estimate the number of students who participate (based on the percentage of respondents who reported >0 hours = 36.7%), and the total number of hours volunteered (based on the average hours per week spent by participating students =5.9), and extrapolating to a 30 week academic year.
Penn State is home to the largest student-run philanthropic event in the world, the IFC/ Panhellenic Dance Marathon, known as THON. The 46-hour dance marathon, held on Penn State's University Park campus, raises money for the Four Diamonds Fund, a program at Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital that helps families of children with cancer. Since its beginning in 1973, THON has raised more than $114 million. Through campus organizations and THON Committees, more than 15,000 students volunteer for THON each year.
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