Overall Rating	Gold
Overall Score	67.28
Liaison	Geory Kurtzhals
Submission Date	Jan. 4, 2022

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University of Notre Dame
EN-13: Community Service

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	3.43 / 5.00	Geory Kurtzhals Sr. Director Office of Sustainability

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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:

12,683

Number of students engaged in community service:

11,800

Percentage of students engaged in community service:

93.04

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:

93,814

Number of annual community service hours contributed per student:

7.40

Part 3. Employee community service program

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 University supports employee volunteerism by providing support and access to volunteer opportunities for employees to participate individually or as part of team-building activities. Depending on the manager, some units participate in the Pokagon Band Food Box program and Cultivate Culinary. In 2021, the Campus Safety and University Operations division, which comprises most of the operational units on campus, established a Community Service board which seeks and promotes additional opportunities for employees. Employee Resource Groups managed by Human Resources also are provided resources to sponsor additional service opportunities for their specific audiences.

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

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

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Website URL where information about the institution’s community service programs is available:

https://engagement.nd.edu/about/

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Notre Dame’s mission is to “cultivate in its students an appreciation for the great achievement of human beings, but also a disciplined sensibility to the poverty, injustice, and oppression that burden the lives of so many." Living their mission shows in the University’s deep commitment to service-learning and community engagement.

More than 90% of Notre Dame students are involved in service engagement and there are campus-wide learning outcomes for students’ curricular engagement with the community.