2022 Fall Bonner Network Meeting

1. Reinvigorating Student
Engagement: Sharing
Successes and Suggestions
Presented by Tamara McCallum and Rosie Hren
Siena College Center for Academic Community Engagement

2. Who is ACE? Who are your Presenters?
Tamara McCallum (she/hers)
Current Position
Assistant Director for Academic Community Engagement
Director - Siena Bonner Service Leaders Program
Adjunct Professor (Crochet for Self Care)
Journey to ACE
Fun Fact
Rosie Hren (she/her/hers)
Current Position
Recruitment, Engagement, Retention Coordinator
AmeriCorps VISTA Member 2022-23
Journey to ACE
Fun Fact

3. Session Objectives
● Hear Siena College’s experience with ebbs and flows of student activity and engagement
over the past few years
● Audience will share student engagement & activity levels in a conversational, group
share-out format
● Collaborate with your partners! Pair up and share strategies and action steps to foster
student engagement
● Leave this session with at least 1 solid strategy to implement at your institution/in your
program

4. About Our Program
- Size of our program
- Geographical Makeup
- Racial/Cultural Makeup
- Gender Demographics

5. How Has Engagement Been Going?
- Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Disconnect
- Will Anything Stay the Same?
- Changes in Process/Personnel
- Mental Health/Wellness Concerns
- Things We’ve Noticed

6. Key Takeaways and Solutions from Our Perspective
Student Centered
- Connection
- You’re Not Alone
- Bonner Buddies and Bonding Events
- Accountability
- What’s Your Why?
- Punishment is not Accountability
- Flexibility
- Create Your Own Path
- Class Facilitation, Development Plan

7. Sharing Successes and Suggestions
1. What are some positive experiences you’ve had with student engagement since
the COVID-19 pandemic?
2. What are some challenges you’ve experienced with student engagement since the
COVID-19 pandemic?
3. How have you changed/adapted student engagement since the COVID-19
pandemic?
4. How are students leading/changing/adapting student engagement since the
COVID-19 pandemic?

8. Pair and Share
Goal: Develop Action Steps based on how you want student engagement to go this next
year.
Pair:
- Partner up with someone and share your student engagement strategies and
collaborate on action steps.
Share:
- As a group, we will share what we learned and what action steps we will take on
our campuses!