A summary of the various campus-wide and national initiatives by the Bonner Foundation, as well as the ways we support campus staff.

1. Bonner Initiatives & Support

2. What We’ll Cover
• Community-Engaged Learning Initiative
• 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
8 Themes
Developmental Stages
Bonner Program History
Pathways Project
Scaling CEL
Streaming Operations
Career Connections

4. Initiatives

5. Community-Engaged Learning Grants
• CEL Course Development
‣ Community-Based Research
‣ Policy Research
‣ Social Action
‣ Gateway/Capstone
• CEL Infrastructure
‣ CEL Course Designator or Inventory
‣ Streamlining Operations
‣ Impact/Bene
fi
ts Study
‣ Students as Colleagues
‣ Strategic Planning
• Faculty Fellows
Proposals due:
• August 15th for Fall '23
start
• November 15th for
Spring '24 start

6. • Working Groups
‣ Pathway Models
‣ Policies
‣ Community Partnerships
‣ Campus Infrastructure
‣ Career Connections
• Pathway Fellows
‣ Institutional Change
‣ Integrating lessons from working groups

7. A semester-long course or co-curricular workshop series where
students develop and launch a social action campaign of their
choosing during the semester the course is taught. The student
campaigns seek to change a rule, regulation, norm, or practice of
an institution, whether on campus or in the community.

8. Streamlining Operations

9. Foundation Support

10. 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

11. National Meetings
• 2023 Fall Bonner Student Congress Meeting
• 2023 Fall Bonner Network Staff Meeting
• 2024 Summer Leadership Institute

12. Resources &
Networking

13. BLC
Bonner
Learning
Community
Platform

14. BLC Groups

15. BLC Self-
Paced
Trainings

16. Weekly Email via BWBRS

17. Bonner Staff listserv

21. LinkedIn
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