Community Engagement Hour Guidelines

• All engagement must benefit or be through an established nonprofit (including CC campus partners), community-based, or government organization.
• No need to verify hours. This program is subject to the CC Honor Code.
• Hours should be as accurate as possible, and can't be logged for future experiences.
• Can document engaged work or events one attended that occurred the same semester the student applied (beginning during NSO).
• Same block reporting! Hours, skills trainings, and learning opportunities are always due the last day of the block break after the block in which they occurred.
• Summer hours are due by the end of block 1.
• At least one hour per semester to stay active in the program, unless a student can demonstrate that they are unable to engage that semester.
• Summer hours and experiences CAN fulfill program commitments.
• Receiving payment does not exclude an activity from fulfilling requirements.
• Up to 12 hours of engagement per day for overnight and immersive experiences (only includes time spent engaging - excludes social time, sleep and travel time)
• Community engagement includes communities abroad, your hometown, communities in which you live in the summer, etc.

What Does Not Count as Community Engagement?

• Hours completed before the semester a student enrolls does not fulfill the hour commitment (but does demonstrate previous commitment for upper division students)
• Independent work not connected to a campus or community partner organization
• Travel time to and from sites
• Work that is associated with promoting or converting others to a specific religion
• Work that does not fit with a students' own understanding of community engagement
• Work through an engaged student organization that is primarily social in nature or dedicated to goals other than community engagement