Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 53.46
Liaison Winnie Mulamba
Submission Date March 13, 2017
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

University of South Florida St. Petersburg
EN-13: Community Service

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.09 / 5.00 Brian Pullen
Sustainability Planner
Facilities Services
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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):
4,505

Number of students engaged in community service (headcount):
900

Percentage of students engaged in community service:
19.98

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:
67,000

Number of annual community service hours contributed per student :
14.87

Optional Fields 

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
http://www.usfsp.edu/center-for-civic-engagement/citizen-scholar-program/

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):
No

None
A brief description of the institution’s employee community service initiatives:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Our analytics are based on the students that are taking "Citizen Scholar" courses. We identify courses as Citizen Scholar after we have reviewed the professor's syllabus and we see that they have a civic engagement/volunteer component tied into the course. Thus, we identified 429 students last semester, along with 10 students who work with the U.S. Food Recovery Network helping deliver leftover cafeteria food to homeless shelters in the St. Pete area. Furthermore, we have 11 students who are in our Garden Club who work with St. Pete Urban Agriculture Coalition to deliver fruits and vegetables from our campus garden to local churches.

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.