Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 69.35
Liaison Mary Lucus
Submission Date March 14, 2016
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STARS v2.0

Belmont University
EN-12: Community Service

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.07 / 5.00 Mary Lucus
Director, IR
Provost
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Number of students engaged in community service:
3,295

Total number of students :
6,713

Does the institution wish to pursue Part 2 of this credit (community service hours)?:
Yes

Total number of student community service hours contributed during a one-year period:
40,315

Does the institution include community service achievements on student transcripts?:
Yes

A brief description of the practice of including community service on transcripts, if applicable:

Co-curricular transcripts are available for self-reported community service through the BruinLink system and for verified community service hours through the Get Connected system the University fully implemented for the 2015-16 school year.


Does the institution provide incentives for employees to participate in community service (on- or off-campus)?:
Yes

A brief description of the institution’s employee community service initiatives:

Belmont University employees are encouraged to participate in the community throughout the year. Nearly 200 employees participated last year in our annual It's Bruin Time in the Community potato sort at Second Harvest Food Bank, and this year 182 Belmont employees contributed over 400 hours of service during our week of 125 Hours of Continuous Service in celebration of Belmont's 125th Anniversary. In addition, Belmont gives their employees up to 5 paid days to go on University sponsored mission trips and granted employees up to 3 paid days off to assist with Flood Recovery after the 2010 floods in Nashville.


The website URL where information about the institution’s community service initiatives is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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