Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 66.30
Liaison Andrea Trimble
Submission Date March 1, 2018
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

University of Virginia
EN-13: Community Service

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.14 / 5.00 Nina Morris
Sustainability Outreach Coordinator
Energy & Utilities
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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):
21,238

Number of students engaged in community service (headcount):
11,075

Percentage of students engaged in community service:
52.15

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:
334,109

Number of annual community service hours contributed per student :
15.73

Optional Fields 

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
None
Does the institution include community service achievements on student transcripts?:
No

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:
UVA provides all FT employees with 16 hours of community service time each year that they can use to do whatever service they want, including chaperoning at school trips etc. Also, we typically have about 1,000 employees participate in the United Way Day of Caring each year, and we contribute close to $1M in the Commonwealth of Virginia Campaign (CVC), a giving program to charities of their choice.

Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
The numbers provided are just for undergraduates: We know from the National Survey of Student Engagement (2011) that 81% of UVA undergraduate students do service while they are at UVA ~ 12,150 students We know from the Student Experience in the Research University survey (2014) that 70% of UG students do service in a year ~ 10,500. Madison House is responsible for coordinating all student service hours and activities: https://atuva.student.virginia.edu/organization/madisonhouse/ An example of U.Va.'s service is Madison House's The Big Event: http://www.nbc29.com/story/28779576/uvas-madison-house-holds-the-big-event School of Law Pro Bono program: for the 2013-14 school year 265 students logged 17,609 hours of Pro Bono assistance. http://www.law.virginia.edu/html/publicserv/publicservice.htm

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