Overall Rating	Silver
Overall Score	49.22
Liaison	Paul Scanlon
Submission Date	March 4, 2022

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Slippery Rock University
EN-13: Community Service

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	0.64 / 5.00	Paul Scanlon Special Assistant to the President President's Office/Sustainability

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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:

10,446

Number of students engaged in community service:

377

Percentage of students engaged in community service:

3.61

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:

5,433

Number of annual community service hours contributed per student:

0.52

Part 3. Employee community service program

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 initiatives cover a wide variety of activities including campus cleanups, eliminating invasive plant species at the nearby Jennings Environmental Center, working with local volunteer organizations such as the Rotary Club and Slippery Rock in Bloom to help with gardening and recycling services, staffing tables at Earth Week activities, etc. The new Office for Community Engagement Learning (OCEL) now coordinates a number of services, including the Bonner program and the Butler SUCCEED program that has a physical location in Butler, PA and places student volunteers to work for various government and nonprofit organizations. The figures above (# of volunteers and volunteer hours) are lower than expected due to the adverse impact of COVID restrictions.

All members of the faculty, tenure-track and probationary, are encouraged to complete community service and provide evidence through the faculty review evaluation procedure. Each faculty member is required to submit a portfolio which is reviewed for promotion. Under the category of Service: Contributions to the University and/or Community, each faculty member is asked to detail all service projects within SRU and the surrounding community that advances his/her discipline. Community service is one of three parameters by which faculty are reviewed and evaluated. For more information related to community service by faculty, see pages 12 and 13 in the attached document.

https://www.apscuf.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/SRUPromotionPolicy.pdf

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:

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Website URL where information about the institution’s community service programs is available:

https://www.sru.edu/offices/community-engaged-learning

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