Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 49.88
Liaison Karen Marin-Hines
Submission Date Feb. 29, 2024

STARS v2.2

Texas Tech University
EN-13: Community Service

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.76 / 5.00 Karen Marin-Hines
Campus Sustainability Officer
Operations
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Does the institution wish to pursue Part 1 of this credit (student participation in community service)?:
Yes

Total number of students:
43,357

Number of students engaged in community service:
2,890

Percentage of students engaged in community service:
6.67

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

Total number of student community service hours contributed annually:
43,183

Number of annual community service hours contributed per student:
1.00

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:

Operating Policy and Procedure
OP 70.06: Employee Working Hours

In order to support employee outreach and engagement activities that connect the resources of Texas Tech University with those of the community, full-time staff are eligible to use up to 16 hours of outreach and engagement service time per fiscal year, and part-time staff are eligible to use up to 8 hours per fiscal year.


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:
145,216

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:
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