Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 58.11
Liaison Elizabeth Drake
Submission Date April 19, 2017
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

Swarthmore College
EN-13: Community Service

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.76 / 5.00 Aurora Winslade
Director of Sustainability
Office of Sustainability
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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):
1,620

Number of students engaged in community service (headcount):
949

Percentage of students engaged in community service:
58.58

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:
42,767

Number of annual community service hours contributed per student :
26.40

Optional Fields 

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
http://www.swarthmore.edu/lang-center-civic-social-responsibility/volunteer

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):
No

None
A brief description of the institution’s employee community service initiatives:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
Lang Center FY 15-16 Annual Report_Web Version.pdf

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Numbers are estimates derived from data provided by the Lang Center Annual Report from 2015-2016 from Lang Center for Civic and Social Engagement. Information gathered primarily from Jennifer Magee (jmagee1@swarthmore.edu) for the Lang Center and Zenobia Hargust (zhargu1@swarthmore.edu) for employee information.

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.