Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 67.17
Liaison Lori Collins-Hall
Submission Date Feb. 17, 2015
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.0

Sterling College (VT)
EN-12: Community Service

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 5.00 / 5.00 Jennifer Payne
Dean of Work
Work Program
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Number of students engaged in community service:
109

Total number of students :
109

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:
22,244

Does the institution include community service achievements on student transcripts?:
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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:
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The website URL where information about the institution’s community service initiatives is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Sterling College is one of only seven federally recognized work colleges. Every student on campus has a job that either directly benefits the community at Sterling or the local area. In addition, there is an all college work day set aside each semester for work on building community. There is also an all college service day set aside. In addition, most students are required to complete an internship, called a Practicum in Environmental Stewardship, as a graduation requirement. Below are how the above total number of hours are broken down by category for easy reference. All are from the year 2014.

Internship Hours: 8114 from 15 students
Hours In Work Program That are Off-Campus and based in the local community: 2902 hours for 45 students
Work Program Total Hours: 16905
Additional Outside Community Service Hours: 147


Sterling College is one of only seven federally recognized work colleges. Every student on campus has a job that either directly benefits the community at Sterling or the local area. In addition, there is an all college work day set aside each semester for work on building community. There is also an all college service day set aside. In addition, most students are required to complete an internship, called a Practicum in Environmental Stewardship, as a graduation requirement. Below are how the above total number of hours are broken down by category for easy reference. All are from the year 2014.

Internship Hours: 8114 from 15 students
Hours In Work Program That are Off-Campus and based in the local community: 2902 hours for 45 students
Work Program Total Hours: 16905
Additional Outside Community Service Hours: 147

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