Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 69.28
Liaison Katie Koscielak
Submission Date April 21, 2017
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Cal Poly Humboldt
EN-13: Community Service

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.09 / 5.00 Kathy Thornhill
Director
Center for Community Based Learning & Academic Internship
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Number of students enrolled for credit (headcount; part-time students, continuing education, and/or graduate students may be excluded):
8,790

Number of students engaged in community service (headcount):
1,917

Percentage of students engaged in community service:
21.81

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:
126,497

Number of annual community service hours contributed per student :
14.39

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
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

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

Various departments and programs include community service activity as part of team building exercises and trainings. Supervisors typically strongly encourage optional involvement in these activities. Countless HSU staff and faculty are additionally involved in community volunteer and service opportunities, including nonprofit Boards of Directors, jurisdictional task forces, Service Clubs, etc. HSU is also recognized annually as one of the leading institutions across the nation providing Peace Corps members.


Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

The figures in the section include statistics provided by staff and faculty from the following programs:
• HSU Service Learning and Academic Internship courses are offered by academic departments in all three colleges at the institution.
• Youth Educational Services (YES) student – led service programs include the following:
o Art Recreation Theatre (ART)
o Boosting Education Success in Teens (BEST)
o Environmental Education (EE)
o Golden Years (GY)
o Hand in Hand (HnH)
o Homelessness Network (HomeNet)
o Juvenile Hall Recreation Program (JHRP)
o Leadership Education Adventure Program (LEAP)
o North Coast Music Mentors (NCMM)
o New Games (NG)
o Puentes
o Queer Mentoring Advocacy Program (QMQP)
o STEP UPP
o Study Buddies (SB)
o Volunteer Opportunity Program (VOP)
o Youth Mentoring Program (YMP)
• Social Work Internships include students in stateside programs (BASW and MSW)
• HSU Natural Resources Club: volunteering in many natural resources/restoration projects in the community each year
• Engineering 215- Introduction to Design course: accomplishing community sustainable projects work
• Residence Hall Activities: beach cleanups, volunteer work at Companion Animal Foundation, Volunteer gardening at United Indian Health Services Potawot Health Garden, Arcata Community forest clean up events

We were unable to obtain figures from the HSU Teacher Preparation program, which places student teachers in schools; and Department of Psychology Masters students, who provide campus and community members counseling services.

Websites for the following listed programs included in the statistics for this section are:
http://www2.humboldt.edu/ccbl/
humboldt.edu/yes/
https://www2.humboldt.edu/socialwork/field-education
http://www.appropedia.org/E215_Introduction_to_Design_projects#Spring_2016:_Zane_Middle_School
http://www.appropedia.org/E215_Introduction_to_Design_projects#Fall_2016:_The_Sanctuary_Arcata
https://housing.humboldt.edu/ "Upcoming Events"


The figures in the section include statistics provided by staff and faculty from the following programs:
• HSU Service Learning and Academic Internship courses are offered by academic departments in all three colleges at the institution.
• Youth Educational Services (YES) student – led service programs include the following:
o Art Recreation Theatre (ART)
o Boosting Education Success in Teens (BEST)
o Environmental Education (EE)
o Golden Years (GY)
o Hand in Hand (HnH)
o Homelessness Network (HomeNet)
o Juvenile Hall Recreation Program (JHRP)
o Leadership Education Adventure Program (LEAP)
o North Coast Music Mentors (NCMM)
o New Games (NG)
o Puentes
o Queer Mentoring Advocacy Program (QMQP)
o STEP UPP
o Study Buddies (SB)
o Volunteer Opportunity Program (VOP)
o Youth Mentoring Program (YMP)
• Social Work Internships include students in stateside programs (BASW and MSW)
• HSU Natural Resources Club: volunteering in many natural resources/restoration projects in the community each year
• Engineering 215- Introduction to Design course: accomplishing community sustainable projects work
• Residence Hall Activities: beach cleanups, volunteer work at Companion Animal Foundation, Volunteer gardening at United Indian Health Services Potawot Health Garden, Arcata Community forest clean up events

We were unable to obtain figures from the HSU Teacher Preparation program, which places student teachers in schools; and Department of Psychology Masters students, who provide campus and community members counseling services.

Websites for the following listed programs included in the statistics for this section are:
http://www2.humboldt.edu/ccbl/
humboldt.edu/yes/
https://www2.humboldt.edu/socialwork/field-education
http://www.appropedia.org/E215_Introduction_to_Design_projects#Spring_2016:_Zane_Middle_School
http://www.appropedia.org/E215_Introduction_to_Design_projects#Fall_2016:_The_Sanctuary_Arcata
https://housing.humboldt.edu/ "Upcoming Events"

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