Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 76.93
Liaison Ezra Small
Submission Date March 6, 2020

STARS v2.2

University of Massachusetts Amherst
EN-13: Community Service

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.39 / 5.00 Nathanael Schildbach
Marketing Manager
University Relations
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Does the institution wish to pursue Part 1 of this credit (student participation in community service)?:
Yes

Total number of students:
21,896

Number of students engaged in community service:
13,553.94

Percentage of students engaged in community service:
61.90

Does the institution wish to pursue Part 2 of this credit (community service hours)?:
Yes

Total number of student community service hours contributed annually:
96,045.17

Number of annual community service hours contributed per student:
4.39

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:

The State Employees Responding as Volunteers Program (SERV) gives state
employees the opportunity to provide volunteer services to assist in the
improvement of the community at accredited non-profit organizations and public
entities (including schools). The purpose of these guidelines is to ensure the
successful administration of the SERV Program for state employees.
https://www.umass.edu/humres/sites/default/files/SERV%20Guidelines%20090911.pdf


Does the institution track the number of employee community service hours contributed through programs it sponsors?:
Yes

Total number of employee community service hours contributed annually through programs sponsored by the institution:
787.85

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:

Student headcount included only 2018-2019 undergraduates: https://www.umass.edu/oir/sites/default/files/publications/glance/FS_gla_01_2018.pdf

Data for this report was from the 2017 National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE): https://www.umass.edu/oapa/student-experience/undergraduate-experiences-and-progress/national-survey-student-engagement-nsse
**2020 NSSE survey has not been administered yet

Data from this report was also obtained from the Office of Civic Engagement & Service-Learning: https://www.umass.edu/cesl/

Information on SERV program: https://www.umass.edu/humres/sites/default/files/SERV%20Guidelines%20090911.pdf
Institution does track community service hours contributed through SERV but it is done on paper and not entered into a database where information is readily available so contributed hours is an estimate.


Student headcount included only 2018-2019 undergraduates: https://www.umass.edu/oir/sites/default/files/publications/glance/FS_gla_01_2018.pdf

Data for this report was from the 2017 National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE): https://www.umass.edu/oapa/student-experience/undergraduate-experiences-and-progress/national-survey-student-engagement-nsse
**2020 NSSE survey has not been administered yet

Data from this report was also obtained from the Office of Civic Engagement & Service-Learning: https://www.umass.edu/cesl/

Information on SERV program: https://www.umass.edu/humres/sites/default/files/SERV%20Guidelines%20090911.pdf
Institution does track community service hours contributed through SERV but it is done on paper and not entered into a database where information is readily available so contributed hours is an estimate.

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