Recruitment & Selection Bonner Program: Setting Expectations Tracking Bonner Program Visibility Staying Connected & Foundation Support

1. Bonner Program Tracking & Visibility
Bonner Network & Support

2. What We’ll Cover
• Recruitment & Selection
• Bonner Program: Setting Expectations
• Tracking
• Bonner Program Visibility
• Staying Connected & Foundation Support

3. Berea pilot | + 22 schools in next two years
1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025
“End of start-up” | 4 year model | campus-wide
Bonner Leaders (FWS + AmeriCorps)
Common Commitments | Skills
Academic Journey (FIPSE)
Serve 2.0
Impact Focus
Community-Based Research funding (L&S)
Bonner Cornerstones
Knowledge Areas
PolicyOptions
Capstone Projects
Social Action
Pathways Project
8 Themes
Developmental Stages
Bonner Program History

4. Bonner
Recruitment &
Selection

5. Who to Recruit
• Ethic of service and 4-year
commitment
• 10+ size per class
• > 75% Federal Work Study eligible
• > 60/40 gender balance
• > diversity of school

6. Recruitment Basics
• Incoming students (+ some
upper-class leaders)
• Build into school recruitment &
admissions process as yield
tool (liaison)
• Engage current Bonners in
process
• Formal application
• On-campus interviews

7. Admissions
Collaboration
• Designate 1-2 admissions
counselors as liaisons
• Annual presentation to all
Admissions staff
• Identify eligible students
• Align application process
• Intentional outreach
• Recruitment events/calls
• Synchronize timelines

8. • Begin where campus stands as a
whole
• Male, Students of Color, First
Generation
• Admissions has these stats
• Diverse Recruiters, Engage
Bonners
• “Small & Wide Net” Pipelines
• Appealing Language/Approaches
Recruiting for Diversity

9. Sample Application
Questions

10. Interview Day
• Face-to-face interaction
• Engage Bonners and key
campus contacts
• Go over Program
Requirements
• Service partners and
placements
• Parent/family sessions

11. Add to BWBRS

12. Add to BWBRS

13. Mural Board
Activity #22
(Bonner Recruitment & Selection)

14. Bonner Program
Setting Expectations

15. Keys for a Successful Year
Communicate clear
expectations through . . .
• Orientation
• Handbook
• 1-on-1 Advising
• Skill-Building &
Community-Building
Activities
Set clear expectations
for…
• Service Hours
Requirement
• Education & Training
• Leadership Roles
• Community
Partnerships

16. • History of Bonner
• Bonner Student Development
• Bonner Expectations
• Code of Conduct
• Logging Hours on BWBRS
• Leave, Probation, Dismissal Policies
• Student Pro
fi
les
• Alumni Network
Bonner Student Handbook
Bonner Program Handbook
2020-21

17. Bonner Student Handbook

19. Counting
Community
Engagement

20. Counting Community Engagement
Events / Partners Total Students Total Hours
1x Service 8 1,000 5,000
Client Service
(Weekly)
18 120 8,400
Service Leadership 45 4,000
Service Internships 32 40 3,200
Capacity-Building
Projects
20 65 2,800
Social Action 4 50 1,500
1,320 24,900

21. Counting Community Engagement
Total Students
Bonner Program 15
School Year Internship Program 40
Summer Internship Program 45
Department-Based Senior Capstones 50
CBR Course Projects 30
Food Security Concentration 10
Social Justice Minor 15
PolicyOptions Research Fellows 15
220

22. Bonner Network Report

23. Counting Community Engagement
Social Action 2 campaigns | 6 students | 360 hours
Capacity Building
Projects 12 projects | 27 students | 3,500 hours
Service Internships 69 students | 1,650 hours
Service Leadership 14 teams | 39 students | 2,290 hours
Regular Direct Service (Weekly) 18 teams | 55 students | 3,300 hours
1x Service Events 7 events | 450 students | 2,250 hours

24. Capacity-Building Projects

25. Mural Board
Activity #23
(Campus tracking & reporting)

26. Mural Board
Activity #24
(Bonner Scholar Program reporting)

27. Bonner Program
Visibility

28. Online
Identity

29. Clear
& Visible

30. Link with
Mission

31. Promote
Impact &
Network

35. Annual Report

36. Annual Report

37. Staying Connected

38. Foundation Support

39. Foundation Staff Support
Start-Up
‣ Bonner
Program 101
on campus
‣ Recruitment
and Selection
‣ Training
Calendar
Design
‣ Campus-
wide
Collaboration
Program
Development
‣ Service Structure
and Positions
‣ Training Calendar
and Student
Development
‣ BWBRS
Management
‣ Student Leadership
Team Retreats
‣ Faculty Trainings
Other
‣ Orientation/
Sophomore
Exchange
‣ Celebrations
‣ Check - In Visits
Strategic
Planning
‣ Intensive Visits
for 2 days
involving staff,
students, faculty,
partners, and
alums
‣ 3-5 year plans
Alignment
‣ Discrete
meetings with
President and
Senior
Administrators

40. National Meetings
• 2021 Fall Directors Meeting
• 2021 Fall Bonner Student Congress Meeting
• 2022 Summer Leadership Institute

41. Mural Board
Activity #25
(National Bonner Meetings)

42. Resources &
Networking

45. Weekly Email via BWBRS

46. Bonner Staff listserv

49. Twitter Snapchat Instagram