Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 53.22
Liaison Jay Price
Submission Date March 3, 2023

STARS v2.2

University of Tennessee at Knoxville
EN-13: Community Service

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.55 / 5.00 Daniel Covington
Data Analyst and Office Administrator
Facilities Services
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

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:
33,805

Number of students engaged in community service:
8,027

Percentage of students engaged in community service:
23.75

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:
154,948.53

Number of annual community service hours contributed per student:
4.58

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:
Employees may use up to eight paid work hours each year to engage in volunteer service with any organization at any time as long as it is approved by a supervisor. Paid volunteer hours do not count as hours for the purposes of overtime or workers compensation. This program has been endorsed and advertised by the chancellor, herself.

Does the institution track the number of employee community service hours contributed through programs it sponsors?:
No

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

Website URL where information about the institution’s community service programs is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
https://chancellor.utk.edu/2022/05/19/new-volunteer-activity-policy/

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