Overall Rating Platinum - expired
Overall Score 88.31
Liaison James Gordon
Submission Date May 31, 2018
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

Thompson Rivers University
EN-13: Community Service

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.43 / 5.00 James Gordon
Environmental Programs and Research Coordinator
TRU Office of Environment and 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):
22,336

Number of students engaged in community service (headcount):
10,661

Percentage of students engaged in community service:
47.73

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:
686,594

Number of annual community service hours contributed per student :
30.74

Optional Fields 

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
http://www.tru.ca/services/beyond.html

None
Does the institution include community service achievements on student transcripts?:
Yes

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):
Yes

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A brief description of the institution’s employee community service initiatives:
TRU employees volunteer in a variety of ways throughout the community; however, there is currently no formal mechanism to record this involvement. One initiative that was recorded was TRU's involvement with the Fall 2014 United Way campaign, where 15 TRU employees provided a combined 165 hours of community service volunteering over a three month period. Further information: http://www.tru.ca/foundation/giving/volunteer.html

Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
The data sourced for this section came from a student survey taken during TRU's 2018 Career Fair. 232 students in total responded to the survey and 49.1% answered yes they do volunteer in some capacity. Students were categorized into the following categories which represent the number of volunteer hours in the last month: 1-10, 10-20, 30-50, 50-100, or 100+ hours. This data was collected and averaged across TRU's population to get the numbers presented.

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