Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 71.21
Liaison Lisa Noriega
Submission Date June 29, 2022

STARS v2.2

Yale University
EN-13: Community Service

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.63 / 5.00 Amber Garrard
Associate Director
Yale Office of Sustainability
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Does the institution wish to pursue Part 1 of this credit (student participation in community service)?:
Yes

Total number of students:
5,937

Number of students engaged in community service:
4,171

Percentage of students engaged in community service:
70.25

Does the institution wish to pursue Part 2 of this credit (community service hours)?:
Yes

Total number of student community service hours contributed annually:
81,763

Number of annual community service hours contributed per student:
13.77

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:

Yes, Yale's Affinity Groups are open to all staff and faculty members. Each of the eight groups support recruitment, retention, education, advocacy and community building. As a a part of their programming, Affinity Groups coordinate opportunities to volunteer in the local community and encourage broad employee education. Each Affinity Group advertises volunteer days and events on their webpage but do not currently track hours contributed.
https://your.yale.edu/community/diversity-inclusion/affinity-groups
Many staff do volunteer with the Yale Alumni Association during the Yale Day of Service. In 2019, 160 staff contributed 560 hours.


Does the institution track the number of employee community service hours contributed through programs it sponsors?:
Yes

Total number of employee community service hours contributed annually through programs sponsored by the institution:
560

Website URL where information about the institution’s community service programs is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Impacted by COVID--reporting last year of normal data (2020 fiscal year)


Impacted by COVID--reporting last year of normal data (2020 fiscal year)

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