Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 73.04
Liaison Troy Goodnough
Submission Date March 30, 2018
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

University of Minnesota, Morris
EN-13: Community Service

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.84 / 5.00 Troy Goodnough
Sustainability Director
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):
1,771

Number of students engaged in community service (headcount):
458

Percentage of students engaged in community service:
25.86

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:
18,917

Number of annual community service hours contributed per student :
10.68

Optional Fields 

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
http://www.morris.umn.edu/communityengagement/

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):
Yes

None
A brief description of the institution’s employee community service initiatives:
The Office of Community Engagement at Morris has awards that celebrate faculty and staff community service.

Additional documentation to support the submission:
Office of Community Engagement-UMM-Annual Report 2016-2017.pdf

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
This number represents students who have gone through the Office of Community Engagement to pursue service opportunities. Many other students on campus engage in volunteerism but may not be represented. A survey of juniors and seniors suggests that 80% of upper classmen have made a significant service commitment during their time at Morris. The Morris campus has earned Carnegie classification as a Community Engagement school. 2015-2016 Report: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2JCKKOrA8I3bmpFamx0TW0xSi1oRDFxaVY5LXYxbnZiSFRz/view

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