Community Engagement Impact Cords

Community Engagement Impact Cord

The Community Engagement Impact Cord is a graduation cord available to graduating undergraduate students who have completed at least 150 hours of community-based service/engagement. 

Requirements for the Community Engagement Impact Cord

• Must be an undergraduate student graduating in May 2024
• Must have completed at least 150 hours of community-based service/engagement
• Individual or group based service hours must be logged in B-Engaged through the Service Hours tool (information below) 
• Must complete the Community Engagement Impact Cord Application Form

The deadline for applications has been extended to Friday, April 19. Hours required to be logged in B-Engaged must be added to B-Engaged by the application deadline. 

Notifications to those whose applications are approved will be sent starting Monday, April 22. This notification will include instructions for picking up your cord. Notifications will be sent by Friday, April 26. 

What is considered community-based service/engagement?

• Individual volunteering/service done off campus and/or to benefit communities off campus (must be logged through the B-Engaged Service Hours tool) 
• Service with a student organization or group done off campus and/or to benefit communities off campus (must be logged through the B-Engaged Service Hours tool) 
• Service done through a co-curricular program such as ELP, Youth Initiative, LEAD, impactBING CORE, etc. with activities done off campus and/or to benefit communities off campus
• Community-Engaged Learning courses
• Community-based internships/placements with nonprofits and government organizations 

Your service/engagement does not have to be local! The criteria above includes any communities outside of the Binghamton University campus. This can be local to the Binghamton area, the New York State region, nation-wide and beyond for international service. This can also include virtual and online service experiences. 

How do I log my service hours in B-Engaged? 

You can check your logged service hours in B-Engaged by following these steps: 

1. Log into B-Engaged using your BU login information
2. On the left hand side of the screen under My Activity, click on the My Involvement dropdown to open that menu
3. At the bottom of that list, click My Service Hours
4. Any service hours you have logged on B-Engaged will be found on the page that opens

If there are service hours missing from B-Engaged that are included in the list above, you will need to log them in order to receive the Community Engagement Impact Cord. The B-Engaged team has created this video tutorial on how to add your service hours. 

If you have any questions about the Community Engagement Impact Cord, the application form or adding your service hours to B-Engaged, you can contact Renae Barber at rebarber@binghamton.edu.