Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 59.76
Liaison Lindsey MacDonald
Submission Date June 6, 2023

STARS v2.2

Western Washington University
EN-13: Community Service

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.50 / 5.00 Lindsey MacDonald
Sustainable Cities Parternship Coordinator
Office of 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)?:
No

Total number of students:
16,079

Number of students engaged in community service:
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Percentage of students engaged in community service:
0

Part 2. Community service hours per student

Does the institution wish to pursue Part 2 of this credit (community service hours)?:
No

Total number of student community service hours contributed annually:
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Number of annual community service hours contributed per student:
0

Part 3. Employee community service program

Does the institution have a formal program to support employee volunteering during regular work hours?:
Yes

A brief description of the institution’s program to support employee volunteering:
Employees Accrue One Community Service Day per Fiscal Year

Those employees with a full-time appointment will accrue a one-day Community Service Day per fiscal year. Those employees with less than a full-time appointment will accrue leave based on their appointment percentage.
A community service leave day may be used any time after the commencement of employment with supervisory approval. An eligible employee may use the Community Service Day to participate in community service, including volunteer work on behalf of schools, community or charitable organizations, and organized volunteer events. Unused Community Service days do not carry over to the next fiscal year and cannot be cashed out upon separation, resignation, retirement, termination, or death.

Does the institution track the number of employee community service hours contributed through programs it sponsors?:
Yes

Total number of employee community service hours contributed annually through programs sponsored by the institution:
2,369

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:
For number of employee community service hours, fiscal year 22 and 23 were averaged.

The Center for Community Learning intentionally chooses not to track the value of service learning with the above numbers as they believe number of hours is not the right metric.

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