Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 46.90
Liaison Hannes Gerhardt
Submission Date March 30, 2018
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

University of West Georgia
EN-13: Community Service

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.66 / 5.00 Hannes Gerhardt
Sustainability Director
Department of Geosciences
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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):
9,084

Number of students engaged in community service (headcount):
1,644

Percentage of students engaged in community service:
18.10

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:
10,202.29

Number of annual community service hours contributed per student :
1.12

Optional Fields 

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
https://www.westga.edu/campus-life/csi/volunteering-at-uwg.php

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

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A brief description of the institution’s employee community service initiatives:
The College of Social Sciences has a community outreach day where everyone in the that college is expected to offer community service on that one day.

Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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