SSU STRIPES Program

The SSU Tigers Representing Intellectual Preparedness and Excellence in Service (STRIPES)  Program helps SSU student document and track their engagement in extracurricular blearing and community services. The STRIPES program focuses on two areas of student engagement 1) personal and professional leadership seminars and 2) volunteer community service.

The STRIPES program promotes participation in campus programming and events that promote the development of our students and provides opportunities for experiential learning. Participation in the STRIPES Program prepares students to serve as leaders in a compensative global workforce while also providing service and uplift to the community. 

COMMUNITY SERVICE

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.

LEADERSHIP EDUCATION & ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT (LEAD) SEMINARS

LEAD 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

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.  

STRIPES Status Levels

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.

STRIPES Transcript

Students may request a transcript of their STRIPES participation by sending an email to stripes@savannahstate.edu from their SSU Student Email including their name and Student ID Number.