Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 70.05
Liaison Lisa Kilgore
Submission Date March 22, 2016
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STARS v2.0

Cornell University
EN-12: Community Service

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.16 / 5.00 Gary Stewart
Director of Community Relations
Department of Government and Community Relations
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Number of students engaged in community service:
8,818

Total number of students :
20,951

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:
187,450

Does the institution include community service achievements on student transcripts?:
No

A brief description of the practice of including community service on transcripts, if applicable:
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Does the institution provide incentives for employees to participate in community service (on- or off-campus)?:
No

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

Cornell is an exceptionally decentralized university, and there is no 'one-size-fits-all’ institutional answer regarding incentives for staff and faculty community service. Conversely,the boards of Ithaca’s rich non-profit community all have exceptional Cornell representation, and the University accounts for a full 40 percent of United Way of Tompkins County’s annual campaign. Community volunteerism at Cornell doesn’t have to incentivized or officially encouraged. It has been a long-time way of life, that is often celebrated, and recognized, including via an annual Town-Gown Awards ceremony (http://news.cornell.edu/stories/2014/12/skorton-campus-and-community-leaders-honored).


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

Number of students engaged in community service is reported from 2014-2015.

More about Cornell's Day of Caring and United Way efforts: http://news.cornell.edu/stories/2015/09/county-united-way-announces-campaign-goal-day-caring


Number of students engaged in community service is reported from 2014-2015.

More about Cornell's Day of Caring and United Way efforts: http://news.cornell.edu/stories/2015/09/county-united-way-announces-campaign-goal-day-caring

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