Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 51.72
Liaison Alex Frank
Submission Date Aug. 1, 2019
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

University of Wisconsin-Madison
EN-13: Community Service

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.59 / 5.00 Alex Frank
Sustainability Analyst
Office of Sustainability
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Number of students enrolled for credit (headcount; part-time students, continuing education, and/or graduate students may be excluded):
43,820

Number of students engaged in community service (headcount):
19,333

Percentage of students engaged in community service:
44.12

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:
553,402

Number of annual community service hours contributed per student :
12.63

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Does the institution include community service achievements on student transcripts?:
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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):
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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:

Data was obtained from 4 sources:

Multi-Institutional Study of Leadership (https://www.leadershipstudy.net/about#participating-campuses; 2018 data, currently not publicly released)
- This survey (using a representative sample) provided data on the percent of students who participate in some type of community service in a typical month (44.12%, used to respond to Part 1).
- The survey also asked respondents to indicate hours of community service performed in a typical month across a number of categories
* To avoid potential double-counting with recorded (not survey) data below, the response for Part 2 only included data on community service performed with organizations unaffiliated with UW-Madison or on students own time.
* Respondents were asked to respond to ranges of hours served per month (0, 1-5, 6-10, 11-15, or 16-20), total hours of service performed used averages of each range (i.e., 0, 3, 8, 13, 18) and only counted 7 months for service performed during a typical academic year

Badger Volunteers (https://morgridge.wisc.edu/students/badger-volunteers/)
- Badger Volunteers tracks actual hours served and reported 31,515 hrs for FY18

Community-Based Learning Courses (https://morgridge.wisc.edu/students/community-based-learning/)
- Community-based learning courses are required to include at least 25 hours of service for each enrolled students
- In total, 101,575 hours of service were estimated from community-based learning courses (4,063 students enrolled in community-based learning courses in FY18, each performing at least 25 hours of service)

Badgers Give Back (https://uwbadgers.com/sports/2018/7/16/badgers-give-back.aspx): Badgers Give Back is the community service program of UW-Madison Athletics. They track actual hours served and reported 4,342 hrs for FY18.


Data was obtained from 4 sources:

Multi-Institutional Study of Leadership (https://www.leadershipstudy.net/about#participating-campuses; 2018 data, currently not publicly released)
- This survey (using a representative sample) provided data on the percent of students who participate in some type of community service in a typical month (44.12%, used to respond to Part 1).
- The survey also asked respondents to indicate hours of community service performed in a typical month across a number of categories
* To avoid potential double-counting with recorded (not survey) data below, the response for Part 2 only included data on community service performed with organizations unaffiliated with UW-Madison or on students own time.
* Respondents were asked to respond to ranges of hours served per month (0, 1-5, 6-10, 11-15, or 16-20), total hours of service performed used averages of each range (i.e., 0, 3, 8, 13, 18) and only counted 7 months for service performed during a typical academic year

Badger Volunteers (https://morgridge.wisc.edu/students/badger-volunteers/)
- Badger Volunteers tracks actual hours served and reported 31,515 hrs for FY18

Community-Based Learning Courses (https://morgridge.wisc.edu/students/community-based-learning/)
- Community-based learning courses are required to include at least 25 hours of service for each enrolled students
- In total, 101,575 hours of service were estimated from community-based learning courses (4,063 students enrolled in community-based learning courses in FY18, each performing at least 25 hours of service)

Badgers Give Back (https://uwbadgers.com/sports/2018/7/16/badgers-give-back.aspx): Badgers Give Back is the community service program of UW-Madison Athletics. They track actual hours served and reported 4,342 hrs for FY18.

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