fall bonner directors meeting 2017 - opening session

Stepping Up & Out!2017 Fall Directors & Coordinators Meeting

Welcome & Introductions

Theme: Strengthening the

3rd & 4th Year

Why this focus?1st Year 2nd Year 3rd Year 4th Year


Exploration (find site)



Experience (consistent site)




Example (leadership role)





Expertise (capacity-building)

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Expertise (capacity-building)

Question• How do you see the experience of

your Bonners in their 3rd and 4th years?

- Are they plateauing?

- Or are they maintaining their attention/energy for their Bonner service/development?

- Or a mix of both?

Question•If you're having challenges,

what are they?

•If it’s working well, why?

StrategiesBuilding on innovation

over many years

1997 Learn & Serve grant to develop CBR projects/courses


2004 FIPSE Initiative catalyzed creation of Minors, Certificates, and other pathways tied to Bonner



2006 Third Learn & Serve grant added PolicyOptions Issue Briefs as form of CBR




2012 Bonner High Impact Initiative to integrate community engagement into high impact practices





2013 Introduce capacity-building projects






2015 Bonner gathering of directors and provosts, which highlighted the shared goals of academic pathways






2015 Bonner gathering of directors and provosts, which highlighted the shared goals of academic pathways

2015 Introduce community-engaged senior capstone or signature work

Current Initiatives• Social action

course (Scott Myers-Lipton) — pre-conference, new book, and individual faculty/student/campus support to follow

Current Initiatives

• Liberating service learning (Randy Stoecker) — recent book by that title, all group speaker on Monday, afternoon elective workshop on case study

Current Initiatives• Student development curriculum/Bonner meetings

(Annie Pasqua) — special focus on 3rd and 4th year topics and strategies

• Student leadership in 3rd and 4th years (Sam Ha) — special focus on how students can help support staff in developing and managing capacity-building projects

• Senior capacity-building capstone projects (Kelly Finn, Ariane Hoy, & Dave Roncolato) — models for implementing these both in your Bonner Program and for other students through academically-connected pathways (including within Bonner network)

Current Initiatives• Food Justice Pathway (Congressional Hunger Center/

Bonner partnership) — two workshops on Tuesday

• PolicyOptions Issue Briefs — idea for 2nd year Bonners to localize issue briefs on wiki as a 15-20 hour assignment (which then will provide broader context for upper-level projects

• Social innovation/entrepreneurship links — another pathway link (UNC-Chapel Hill, Emory & Henry, others?)

• Bonner Social Innovation Fund / Bonner Community Fund — financial support for student collaborations with community partners

• Summer Service Opportunities Database from BWBRS

Partners (Focus)

Service Provider (Individuals)

Collaborative (Systems)

Campaign (Policies)

Student Roles

Client Service

Program Coordinator

Organization Capacity Building Advocacy

Taskse.g., tutoring, serving soup,

etc.

Recruiting, training, and supervising volunteers

1) Volunteer Management 2) Program Development

3) Fundraising 4) Communication

5) Research: CBR & PolicyOptions

e.g., letter writing,

community organizing, etc.

Program Structures

Clearinghouse/Directory Listing of Opportunities (online database)

Site/Issue-Based Teams

Bonner Program (four year service, training & increased roles culminating in capstone project)

Academic Structures

Service-Learning & Community-Based Research Courses

Issue-Based Academic Pathways(courses, service internships, CBR, and capstone project)

Competency-based Certificates / Fellowships (courses, service internships, and client-defined projects)

Staffing Structures

Campus-Wide Center

Student-Led Coalition of Projects

Issue- and Competency-Based Programs or PathwaysHoused in Departments, Centers, or Hubs

Bonner Community Engagement Framework

What’s Next

Next Steps• Working towards new Bonner cornerstone:

community-engaged capstone project

• Encourage you to start with your Bonners now… • Build into expectation for next Fall’s 2018 first year

Bonners • Be even more ambitious with current 1st and 2nd

year Bonner • Engage current 3rd year Bonners in considering a

capstone project (and begin developing ideas for it now with a community partner)

• Share lessons learned/tools with Bonner Foundation and network

fall bonner directors meeting 2017 - opening session

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