Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 79.37
Liaison Jillian Leach
Submission Date March 4, 2022

STARS v2.2

California State University, Chico
EN-13: Community Service

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.10 / 5.00 Jennifer Rotnem
Director of Energy and Sustainability
FMS
"---" 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:
15,421

Number of students engaged in community service:
6,000

Percentage of students engaged in community service:
38.91

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:
235,881

Number of annual community service hours contributed per student:
15.30

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:
Executive Memorandum 98-043 for California State University, Chico's Community Outreach Role describes Chico State's outreach policy with employee volunteers. https://www.csuchico.edu/pres/em/1998/98-043.shtml In this EM it states "Service to the external community is accomplished through volunteer activities of students, faculty, and staff, contracted services of faculty, and partnerships between campus entities and public agencies and private enterprises."

The University provides many opportunities for faculty and staff to volunteer, like the Creek Clean Up, Blood Drive, Moving Day by University Housing.

Staff members are allowed with supervisor permission to dedicate a certain amount of work time each month to serve on governing boards, organizations, and committees. Faculty who volunteer in the community can report that in their Service for Retention/Tenure/Promotion.

The campus also provides compensation to employees serving as jurors.

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:
---

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:
2019-20 data provided by Center for Civic Engagement
https://www.csuchico.edu/civic/
-Number of S-Designated courses: 270 sections/232 classes
-Number of community partners with MOUs: 1189
-S-Designation means the class/course has some service component.

More information also available at the campus CAVE website: https://as.csuchico.edu/index.php/volunteer-opportunities-cave/

Data was also collected from Associated Students Annual reports, UPD Community Service Officers Program, Construction Management student community service requirement, Community Legal Information Clinic (CLIC), Department of Social Work undergraduate and graduate graduation requirements, School of Nursing graduation requirements, and Public Health internship requirement.

CSU Chancellor's Office is also committed to serving the economic, public policy and social needs of our state. CCE supports that goal by working with the campuses to promote community engagement, including community service opportunities, service learning, community-based research, and other community-based activities.

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.