University students, faculty and staff are being invited to share their community engagement experiences through an online survey that is open through Nov. 20.

The survey, sent out by the Chancellor’s Committee on Community Engagement Assessment and Strategy, is a key part of a Universitywide effort to document the scope and impact of the campus community’s work in the City of Syracuse and broader region. Syracuse last documented the full scope of its community investment in 2016.

Chancellor J. Michael Haynie charged the committee, which includes faculty, staff and students from across campus, in September with inventorying community engagement efforts across every academic, administrative and student experience unit.

Kira Reed, special assistant to the chancellor for community impact and associate professor of management in the Whitman School of Management, and Adam Hepburn, associate vice president for strategic initiatives and government engagement, serve as co-chairs of the committee, which is working in close collaboration with the Office of Community Engagement.

For the survey, the committee wants to hear from everyone, including those who engage in the community frequently and those whose involvement is more limited. Community engagement includes volunteering, philanthropic giving, community-engaged scholarship, leading community service learning projects with students and holding leadership or governance roles.

Reed says the committee looks forward to capturing the full breadth of activities students, faculty and staff participate in as part of their connection to the University.

“Community engagement is a fundamental part of the Syracuse University identity,” she says.

“This effort will assess the deep, broad and varied work underway and inform how we build upon this foundation moving forward to benefit our community partners,” Hepburn says.

Together with additional information being gathered by the committee, the survey will help the group examine the categories of community engagement taking place, the time commitment dedicated to these efforts each year, their financial and geographic impact and their human and community impact.

The survey takes approximately 10 to 15 minutes to complete. Participants sign in with their University credentials to confirm they are members of the campus community and to ensure each person responds only once. No personally identifying information, such as name, NetID or email address, is collected with responses. The Office of Institutional Effectiveness is administering the survey via email, and responses are anonymized in Qualtrics.

The campus community is encouraged to complete the survey by Nov. 20. Questions about the survey process or requests for a Word version may be directed to oie@syr.edu.