Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 50.52
Liaison Alicia Hodenfield
Submission Date Feb. 18, 2021

STARS v2.2

Sonoma State University
EN-13: Community Service

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.28 / 5.00 Merith Weisman
Coordinator of the Center for Community Engagement
Academic Affairs
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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:
9,201

Number of students engaged in community service:
6,480

Percentage of students engaged in community service:
70.43

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:
56,708

Number of annual community service hours contributed per student:
6.16

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:
http://cce.sonoma.edu/faculty/faculty-community-service

Tenure track and tenured faculty at SSU are required to do community service. In some academic departments, fulfilling this requirement is quite flexible and others recommend or require that it be tied to faculty scholarship.

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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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:
The data presented above involves initiative programs from JUMP and CCE of the university. While JUMP does not include the community service achievements on student transcripts, CCE does.

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.