| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 66.05 |
| Liaison | Yumiko Jakobcic |
| Submission Date | Feb. 27, 2015 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Grand Valley State University
EN-12: Community Service
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
1.91 / 5.00 |
Yumiko
Jakobcic Campus Sustainability Coordinator Office of Sustainability Practices |
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Number of students engaged in community service:
13,434
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Total number of students :
24,477
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Does the institution wish to pursue Part 2 of this credit (community service hours)?:
Yes
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Total number of student community service hours contributed during a one-year period:
63,439
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Does the institution include community service achievements on student transcripts?:
No
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A brief description of the practice of including community service on transcripts, if applicable:
Community service achievements are not included directly on official university transcripts at this point, however, we do provide students (as well as faculty, staff and alumni) with an official way to report their service activities and build a service portfolio that they can save/print/export for inclusion with job/graduate school applications, etc. through GVSU's Service Tracker system
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Does the institution provide incentives for employees to participate in community service (on- or off-campus)?:
Yes
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A brief description of the institution’s employee community service initiatives:
GVSU provides flex time for ongoing and event-specific volunteer opportunities with supervisor approval, the Service Tracker system for individual faculty/staff to report both their own community engagement activities and also the community engagement activities they offer for students through their academic courses and other official university initiatives, and inclusion of volunteering as activity options for Human Resource's Healthy Choices program.
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The website URL where information about the institution’s community service initiatives is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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