Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 54.91
Liaison Andy Mitchell
Submission Date July 17, 2018
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

University of Illinois Chicago
EN-13: Community Service

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.57 / 5.00 Cynthia Klein-Banai
Associate Chancellor for Sustainability
Office of Sustainability
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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):
29,320

Number of students engaged in community service (headcount):
4,849

Percentage of students engaged in community service:
16.54

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:
22,353.50

Number of annual community service hours contributed per student :
0.76

Optional Fields 

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
http://www.uic.edu/honors/learning/requirements.shtml

None
Does the institution include community service achievements on student transcripts?:
Yes

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:
Various administrative departments, including the Student Leadership Development & Volunteer Services (SLVDS), Campus Housing, Campus Programs, and Athletics, offer a variety of community-service opportunities for UIC’s undergraduate and graduate/professional students to choose from when they seek to volunteer their time.

Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
There are numerous opportunities for the student body to get involved in community service and it is difficult to get an exact count since there is no one central repository. The Office of Student Leadership, Development and Volunteer Services operates a volunteer opportunity listing http://www.uic.edu/depts/sldvs/index.html. They reported 179 students participated in the program in the last year. The Honors College which requires its students to engage in community service each semester.http://www.uic.edu/honors/learning/requirements.shtml The number of students participating through the Honors College is 144. UIC also has a Co-Curricular transcript program called UIC Experience. Credit for this transcript can be obtained through volunteering for service opportunities in the Chicagoland area, tutoring, etc. http://www.uic.edu/depts/ovcsa/get_involved.html

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