Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 69.26
Liaison Gioia Thompson
Submission Date March 1, 2017
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

University of Vermont
EN-13: Community Service

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.94 / 5.00 Susan Munkres
Director
Community University Partnerships
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Part 1 

Number of students enrolled for credit (headcount; part-time students, continuing education, and/or graduate students may be excluded):
14,832

Number of students engaged in community service (headcount):
3,500

Percentage of students engaged in community service:
23.60

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:
35,000

Number of annual community service hours contributed per student :
2.36

Optional Fields 

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
http://www.uvm.edu/partnerships

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

None
A brief description of the institution’s employee community service initiatives:
An example would be the department of Community Development and Applied Economics, which participates in the annual COTS (Committee on Temporary Shelter) Walk, and was recognized in the past year as a leading supporter and partner in that fundraiser.

Additional documentation to support the submission:
---

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
The performance year for this credit is FY 2016. Data sources include estimates from the Office of Leadership & Civic Engagement within Student Life (co-curricular service), the Dewey House for Community Engagement (academic residential community engagement) and from the Office of Community-University Partnerships & Service-Learning (academic service-learning). Data from total number of students comes from Institutional Research.

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.