Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 70.33
Liaison Enid Cardinal
Submission Date March 3, 2022

STARS v2.2

Rochester Institute of Technology
EN-13: Community Service

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.94 / 5.00 Neha Sood
Assistant Director for Campus Sustainability
RIT Sustainability
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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:
16,254

Number of students engaged in community service:
2,149

Percentage of students engaged in community service:
13.22

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

Total number of student community service hours contributed annually:
20,598

Number of annual community service hours contributed per student:
1.27

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:

RIT is proud to have participated in the Day of Caring for many years and is looking forward to doing so again this year. The Day of Caring is a day-long event that offers thousands of people an opportunity to contribute to our community by volunteering at area health and human service agencies. Anywhere between 160-190 employees attend the annual day of caring.


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:
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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:

Total number of students = undergraduate and graduate students for 2019-2020.
Note - one additional student reported 8 volunteer hours after the report was published.


Total number of students = undergraduate and graduate students for 2019-2020.
Note - one additional student reported 8 volunteer hours after the report was published.

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