Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 60.66
Liaison Neha Sood
Submission Date March 30, 2018
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

Rochester Institute of Technology
EN-13: Community Service

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.26 / 5.00 Enid Cardinal
Senior Sustainability Advisor to the President
Office of the President
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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):
16,702

Number of students engaged in community service (headcount):
1,137

Percentage of students engaged in community service:
6.81

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:
9,551.47

Number of annual community service hours contributed per student :
0.57

Optional Fields 

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
https://www.rit.edu/studentaffairs/lead/

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

None
A brief description of the institution’s employee community service initiatives:
Employees are encouraged to join RIT or other community teams and participate in the United Way of Rochester's annual Day of Caring.

Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
The number of students engaged in community service referenced above only includes students service hours tracked through co curricular activities. It does not include service related to community engaged courses or other service based projects our students undertake.

The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.