4. Consider…
• Visibility and location
• Institutional respect and
positioning
• The potential for building
a culture of service
• How change happens at
your institution
• Access to leadership
5. Ensure…
• Access to resources
• Access to students
• Access and status with faculty
• Strong relationships across key
departments
✓ Admissions
✓ Financial Aid
✓ Development/Advancement
✓ Academics
6. Student Affairs
Strengths Concerns Other
• Fit with
departmental
mission; student-
led programs;
larger scale;
access to areas like
Residence Life &
fees
• Fails to become
integrated at
institution’s core
(faculty); lack of
curricular change;
second class status
• Many campuses
have started from
this vantage point
• Consider building
developmentalmo
del buy-in
7. Strengths Concerns Other
• Access to faculty
• Status within
institution
• Connect research
and scholarship
• Service can be
episodic if only tied
to courses; must put
attention on student
leadership
• Having program
under Academic
Affairs does not
guarantee
curricular change
Academic Affairs
8. Strengths Concerns Other
• May leverage
resources & change
opportunities;
curricular and
co-curricular
integration
• Coordination
and decision-
making involves
more time &
people; top
down vs. bottom
up
• Many established
campuses seem to
be moving here, but
some wait for vision
Integrated Center
12. Admissions:
Admit the Best Class
• recruitment
• pipelines
• selection
• diversity
• reputation
• media
• news & events
• website & social media
• branding
• e-portfolio
Public Relations/IT:
Market Civic Engagement
13. Student Affairs:
Mobilize Students
• student development
• shared training
• integrated calendar
• clubs & events
• learning communities • career advising
• professional training
• networking
• fairs & employment
• career exploration
Career Services:
Promote Post-Graduate
Success
14. Multicultural Affairs:
Build an Inclusive Campus
• diversity training recruitment
• community relations
• special projects
• study abroad
• service trips
• internships
• training & courses
International Office:
Foster Global Perspectives
15. Academic Departments:
Link Across the Curriculum
• CBR & research
• courses (designator)
• High-Impact
Practices
• pathways
• minor/majors
• find service minded
• vocational discernment
• advising
• spiritual exploration
Chaplain/Religious Life:
Foster Reflection
17. Campus-Wide Structures
Campus Center(s)
Staff
Student Leaders
Faculty,
Administrators &
Other Centers
Student Affairs
Administrators &
Other Offices
Bonner Site/
Issue-Based
Teams
Environment, Arts
Smith School
Boys & Girls Club
Other Regular
Service Programs
Tutors & Mentors
Bonner “Lite”
Programs
Academic
Affairs /
Departments
Mind Your Business
(Biz School)
Housing Coalition
(Sociology)
Student Affairs
Clubs & Orgs
Day of Service Events
Walks
Food Drives
Orientation
Greek Life
Community Partners
19. Campus-Wide
Service Events
Series of Service
Events
Campus
Calendar
Coordinating
Council
Incentives
Inventory of
Issues
Culture of
Service on
Campus
Faculty
Engagement
Issue-Based
Catalyst
Student Led Engagement:
Organizing Tactics
20. • Conflict and misalignment with other campus departments or
administration
• Students are overcommitted
• Lack of financial resources
• Service programming is not connected or centralized
• Lack of student interest and commitment to service
• Lack of staff or organizational capacity
• Transportation issues
• Broadening the pool of students involved
Student-Led Engagement:
Challenges
22. Christopher Newport University
Graduate with Service Distinction!
Take your community service work to the next level.
Amplify your education.
Make a meaningful impact in the community.
25. 1. Existing programs, do an honest appraisal of where you are housed and the
strengths, concerns, and opportunities for greater institutional support.
2. New programs, carefully consider and discuss where you will be housed and the
strengths, concerns, and opportunities for greater institutional support.
3. Review the Self-Assessment Tool, especially categories for center infrastructure
and institutionalization. Self concrete goals for what you need to focus on first.
4. Develop your budget and benchmark your institution’s allocation of resources
(use Bonner Wiki and Campus Compact resources to help).
5. Have lunch with representatives from each department highlighted here. Build
and strengthen relationships by getting them connected to Bonner!
6. Understand and assess how other students are getting engaged (clubs,
organizations, Greek Life, courses, etc.). Develop a campus-wide strategy.
To Do Checklist (p. 38 in Handbook)
27. •Connect with Bonners (learning, capstones, etc.)
•Integrate community engagement across curriculum
•Enhance resources, projects, and capacity building
for partners and communities
•Enact higher education’s public mission (producing
knowledge for real-world application)
•Elevate institutional outcomes and reputation
Why Engage Faculty?
28. Continuum of Strategies
Foundational Transformational Alignment
Short-term
but critical
investments &
strategies
Ongoing and
requiring sustained
relationships &
program
management
Necessary for
shifting
institutional
culture and
policies
29. •Resource library and articles
•Assist faculty with site connections and transportation
•Share publication opportunities
•Take to Bonner and other conferences
•Involve in doing self-assessment
•Help faculty members with courses (reflection)
•Faculty recognition
•Write letters of reference for tenure portfolios (www.ccph.org)
Foundational
30. •Faculty Development Workshops and Seminars
•Faculty Fellowships
•Student Teaching Assistants (Students as Colleagues)
•Course development support (Mini-Grants for Service-
Learning, CBR, etc.)
•Faculty Advisory Boards
•Departmental Strategies
•Social Action Course Model
Transformational
31. •Strategic Planning
•Student Learning Outcomes/Assessment
•Course Designators
•QEPs/Accreditation and External Reviews
•Tenure & Promotion Support
•Working on creation of academic pathways
Institutional Alignment
33. Bonner Wiki Resources:
Guides
•Faculty Engagement Strategies
•Faculty Reading Group or Learning Circles
•Faculty Development Seminars
•Student as Colleagues
•Faculty Training and Immersion Into Community
•Linking with Accreditation Review
•Engaging Faculty and Cross-Functional Staff in Designing
Student Learning Outcomes
•Tenure and Promotion Revision
35. 1. Make time to do a thorough survey and inventory of which faculty are engaged
and in what ways. The Bonner Foundation can give you models.
2. Engage Bonner student leaders in helping by meeting with faculty (chairs and
key leaders) across campus.
3. Pick a few foundational strategies for faculty, such as sharing literature, helping
with reflection, and recognizing faculty.
4. Invest time in 1-2 transformational strategies, such as a Faculty Fellowship Cohort
or others (especially those that will help with capstones)
5. Existing programs especially, do an honest appraisal of faculty engagement and
identify which transformational and alignment strategies are most needed.
6. Join a supportive learning community with the Bonner Foundation and Network
to hep you. Contact a Foundation staff member!
To Do Checklist (p. 37 in Handbook)
37. • Visibility in online and written communications (from
recruiting to news)
• Access to and support of senior leadership
• Financial support (i.e., work study, stipends) for
students to engage
• Faculty engagement and curricular links
• Lived mission, strategic plans, policies, and budget that
reflects civic/community engagement priorities
Signs of Institutional Support
42. Eleanor is a Bonner and
Congress Rep who has helped
to foster integration
47. 1. Review institutional mission statement to identify public purpose and key aims.
2. Review institutional learning outcomes to identify potential connections.
3. Review institutional strategic plan to identify where “civic” is in it.
4. Meet with your President.
5. Meet with your Provost.
6. Meet with key Opinion Leaders (faculty, VPs, etc. who have influence)
7. Share the Bonner website (strategic initiatives section) and relevant publications
by Bonner (books, AAC&U Diversity & Democracy, etc.)
8. Commit to doing a 3-5 year strategic plan for Bonner and community
engagement. You can invite a Foundation staff member to help facilitate sessions.
To Do Checklist (p. 37 in Handbook)