Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 67.27
Liaison Veronica Johnson
Submission Date Jan. 14, 2022

STARS v2.2

Southwestern University
EN-13: Community Service

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.92 / 5.00 Sarah Brackmann
Director
Civic Engagement
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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:
1,506

Number of students engaged in community service:
844

Percentage of students engaged in community service:
56.04

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:
8,756

Number of annual community service hours contributed per student:
5.81

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:
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Does the institution track the number of employee community service hours contributed through programs it sponsors?:
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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:
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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 includes those affiliated with a sorority or fraternity and those who took a Community-Engaged Learning (CEL) class in AY 2020-21.

The total number of student community service hours contributed annually includes 12 hours per sorority/fraternity student and 5 hours per CEL student.

Additional students/service hours from other service-based student organizations were not included in the totals due to insufficient data.

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.