Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 58.33
Liaison Jessica Bilecki
Submission Date March 14, 2024

STARS v2.2

University of the Pacific
EN-13: Community Service

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.78 / 5.00 Jessica Bilecki
Sustainability Director
Sustainability
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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:
6,277

Number of students engaged in community service:
1,490

Percentage of students engaged in community service:
23.74

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:
287,627

Number of annual community service hours contributed per student:
45.82

Part 3. Employee community service program

Does the institution have a formal program to support employee volunteering during regular work hours?:
No

A brief description of the institution’s program to support employee volunteering:
N.A.

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:
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Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about the institution’s community service programs is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Students provide community service during orientation and through and through ongoing activities of a variety of departments and programs. The reported hours were collected from program administrators by Sustainability staff.

Reported hours are from: College Corps, the Volunteer Center, Pharmacy clinics, McGeorge clinics and Dental clinics. McGeorge service hours are from externships, Homeless Advocacy Clinic, Federal Defender Clinic, Prisoner Mediation, Legislative Policy and Community Legal Services (Includes: Bankruptcy, Immigration, Homeless Advocacy, and Elder and Health Law Clinic). Externships are limited to government agencies, non-profits, and courts the work students perform serves all the people of the respective community including the low-income, with several targeting specific low-income or disadvantage communities

Service hours from the Dugoni School of Dentistry are from: Dental clinic, extramural patient care, co-curricular volunteer community service and International service million. California’s DentiCal program serves low-income individuals, including families, seniors, persons with disabilities, and others. The school's dental clinics have a number of Dentical patients.

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