Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 72.46
Liaison Paul Mathisen
Submission Date May 22, 2020
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

Worcester Polytechnic Institute
EN-13: Community Service

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.13 / 5.00 Paul Mathisen
Dir. of Sustainability & Assoc. Prof
Civil & Environmental Engineering
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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):
4,668

Number of students engaged in community service (headcount):
2,254

Percentage of students engaged in community service:
48.29

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:
31,833.66

Number of annual community service hours contributed per student :
6.82

Optional Fields 

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
https://www.wpi.edu/student-experience/getting-involved/community-service

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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 Denise Nicoletti Board of Trustee's Award for Service to Community is an award to recognize staff and faculty for their community service efforts.This recognition come with a financial award as well.

Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
https://www.wpi.edu/news/announcements/denise-nicoletti-board-trustees-award-service-community IMPORTANT NOTE: It should be noted that students who participate in the Global Projects Program performance community service as part of their projects. The count of these students is in excess of 1000 per academic year. Each project involves a time commitment of 15 hours per week for 7 weeks per student (105 hours per student).

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.