STRIPES Program

SSU Students document and submit their volunteer community service activities to the STRIPES Office located in the Career Services & Leadership Development Center (Student Union 115) and receive a transcript of their activities while enrolled.

Use the STRIPES Community Service Certification Forms to document your community service.  The form must be typed and updated completely providing all of the requested information. Supervisors and students must sign all applicable signature lines on each sheet and provide all requested information. The supervisor must sign next to each date on the timesheet to verify accuracy. Only completed forms may be submitted to update the student’s STRIPES account.

Students may submit STRIPES Community Service engagement starting from the freshman year through graduation.

Guidelines for qualifying volunteer community services activities:

• STRIPES countable community service includes volunteer activities that are design to uplift or enhance the campus or off campus community.
• Countable STRIPES service can not be part of paid activities or credited towards a mandatory disciplinary sanction.
• Countable activities can not include work done as part of a church mission or committee. However, volunteering independently at a church or church event may be considered when it is not a part of an existing church commitment.
• Class Service Learning Projects can be submitted for STRIPES community service. Unpaid internships with a nonprofit, education, or public service agency or program can be submitted as STRIPES community service.
• Countable actives can not include volunteering at a for profit business in lieu of payment.
• Countable actives can not be supervised by a member of the student’s immediate family or their parent’s immediate family.
• Students are encouraged to commit to a specific organization or agency where they can provide a long term impact towards a specific cause.
• STRIPES community service can be documented from the start of the student’s enrollment at SSU; STRIPES participation is open to all enrolled SSU.

Documenting community service with the STRIPES Program:

• All service hours must be submitted to the STRIPES Office within 30 days of completing the service.  Service completed during the summer (After the last day of Spring classes and before the first day of Fall classes) is due September 1.   Service completed during the Winter Break (After the last day of fall classes and before the first day of Spring classes) is due by February 1.
• Community service must be documented on the Individual Community Service Form.  The form must be filled out completely and all required signatures on each signature line and next to each day of service.
• Students or family members may not signature as a supervisor for students.
• Community service forms must be turned into the CSLD Center located in the Student Union, room 115.

Leadership Education & Academic Development (L.E.A.D.) seminars provide student an opportunity to participate in extracurricular learning in the areas of:

• Professional and Career Readiness
• Personal Growth
• Academic Excellence
• Wellness & Fitness
• Leadership Development

Registered Student Organizations, campus programs, and campus departments and offices may sponsor LEAD Seminars providing STRIPES credit related to one of the five focus areas.   To sponsor a STRIPES event, complete the STRIPES Proposal Form and upload the event flyer and approved space request form. The organization will receive the STRIPES credentials and stamped flyer in the email address provided.

To receive STRIPES LEAD seminar credits, students must attend the full seminar, scan the STRIPES QR code, complete the STRIPES registry form, and submit the form.  Organizations have a right to deny STRIPES credits to individuals who do not attend the full seminar or cause issues at a STRIPES event. Students can also receive STRIPES credits off campus special programs or for each seminar they attended  at a conference or convention by documenting the activity using the STRIPES Certification Form.

STRIPES Seminars credits are recorded in the student’s STRIPES account for one (1) season which lasts from March 1 through February 29 each school year. Students may schedule an appointment or request a comprehensive co-curricular transcript.

STRIPES Seminars credits are recorded in the student’s STRIPES account for one (1) season which lasts from March 1 through February 29 each school year.

Students may request a transcript of their STRIPES participation by sending an email to [email protected] from their SSU Student Email including their name and Student ID Number.

The STRIPES Transcript will detail all of the documented community service hours for the students from their start at SSU to the present and will include all of the STRIPES Seminar participation recorded for the current STRIPES season.