This document summarizes a Bonner Foundation directors and coordinators meeting. It discusses: 1) New foundation staffing changes including two new hires and an upcoming program manager position. 2) Plans for the 2023 summer leadership institute including looking for a host site. 3) Insights into rebuilding the Bonner program culture, revising meetings, and expanding capstone projects and community partnerships. 4) Support that the foundation will provide to campuses in the coming year including staff visits, strategic planning, and virtual retreats.

1. November 2, 2022
Bonner Business
Bonner Fall Directors & Coordinators Meeting

2. New Faces
• Introduce the newest members of the Bonner
community

3. Foundation Staf
fi
ng Changes
• Arthur Tartee
• Two New Hires
• Program Manager
• Operations & Special Projects

4. Foundation Organization Chart
To Be Hired
Program Manager
Robert Hackett
President
Ariane Hoy
Vice President of Program &
Resource Development
Elaine Wheeler
Of
fi
ce Manager &
Bookkeeper
Rachayita Shah
Director of Community-
Engaged Learning
Liz Brandt
Director of Community
Engagement
To Be Hired
Operations & Special
Projects Coordinator
THE CORELLA & BERTRAM F.
BONNER FOUNDATION
BOARD OF TRUSTEES

5. '23 Summer Leadership Institute
• Looking for a host site
✓ Early June
✓ Access to dorms for student/staff lodging
✓ Proximity to airport
✓ Student leaders to assist in planning & hosting

6. Bonner Program Insights
• Re-building culture, student leadership
• Revising Bonner Meetings
• Re-engaging community partners
• Expanding number of capstone projects
• Connecting with Bonner Alumni

7. Bonner Program Support
• Foundation staff campus visits in Spring '23
• Institutional alignment check-in with Senior Leaders
• Exploring deeper career preparation programming with
Career Services, Alumni Of
fi
ce, & Bonner Alums
• Summer (late June) virtual retreats to plan Bonner Meetings
for 2023-24
• Summer (early July) virtual retreats to plan Community
Partnership Outreach for 2023-24

8. Academic Integration Insights
2020-21
2021-22
2022-23
9
7
17
35
43
14
21
61
28
36
48
6
17
24
Schools
Courses
Infrastructure
Faculty Fellows
Pathway Schools
Community-Engaged
Learning Initiative

10. Pathways Project Strategy
Pathways Community Partnerships
How do we create additional
multi-year developmental
pathways?
How do we deepen and broaden
effective community partnerships?
Policies Infrastructure
What institutional policies do we
need to change to encourage
faculty and students to
participate?
How do we increase our campus
infrastructure to manage the
increased work?

11. Academic Integration Support
CEL Initiative
‣ CEL Funding — '22-23 RFP still open
‣ Pathways Project — individual campus support &
in-person or online retreat; track at SLI ’23
‣ Targeted Check-Ins & Networking with...
‣ faculty fellows & staff
‣ faculty with CBR courses
‣ faculty with policy research courses

12. Academic Integration Update
Teaching Social Action
‣Summer '22 Institute
• 26 faculty & staff => 22 social action courses
=> student campaigns
• Fall Summit with Students — December 1st
‣Winter '23 Institute — January 3-5 at 12-4:30 pm

13. Assessment Updates
• Bonner Student Impact Survey
• Making the Case
• NSF Leadership Study

14. Bonner Community-Engaged Learning Initiative
Bonner Program CEL Courses
CEL Minors or
Certificates
Scale to Reach
20-25% of
Student Body
Number 1 ? ? ?
# of Students
30-120 ? ?
Goal: _____
Current Count: _____
Form of
Engagement
• Short-term service
• Weekly service
• Service leaders
• Capacity-Building
• Social Action
• Short-term service
• Weekly service
• Capacity-Building
• Social Action
• Short-term service
• Weekly service
• Service leaders
• Capacity-Building
• Social Action
Depth of
Community
• Sustained, multi-level • Short-term, semester-
based
• Short-term, semester-
based
• Short-term, semester-
based

15. Bonner Community-Engaged Learning Initiative
Bonner Program CEL Courses
CEL Minors or
Certificates
Scale to Reach
20-25% of
Student Body
Number 1 ? ? ?
# of Students
30-120 ? ?
Goal: _____
Current Count: _____
Form of
Engagement
• Short-term service
• Weekly service
• Service leaders
• Capacity-Building
• Social Action
• Short-term service
• Weekly service
• Capacity-Building
• Social Action
• Short-term service
• Weekly service
• Service leaders
• Capacity-Building
• Social Action
Depth of
Community
Partnerships
• Sustained, multi-level • Short-term, semester-
based
• Short-term, semester-
based
• Sustained, multi-level
(possible)
• Short-term, semester-
based
• Sustained, multi-level
Administrative
Home
• Campus-Wide Center • Departments • Departments
• Departments in
partnership with
Campus-Wide Center
• Combination of all
Staffing • Bonner Program Staff • Campus-Wide Center
Staff
• Faculty Fellows
• Faculty Advisory Group
• Department or Multi-
Department Groups
• Department & Campus-
Wide Center Staff
• Combination of all

16. partnership with
Campus-Wide Center
Staffing • Bonner Program Staff • Campus-Wide Center
Staff
• Faculty Fellows
• Faculty Advisory Group
• Department or Multi-
Department Groups
• Department & Campus-
Wide Center Staff
• Combination of all
Student Roles • Bonner Senior Interns
• Bonner Leadership Team
• Student TA’s
• Service leaders
• Student-led coalition of
projects
• Service leaders
New
Pathways/
Structures
• 8 Themes Curriculum
• Capstone Workshop
Series (1x semester for
four years)
• Skill-based consulting
corps
• Issue-based track within
broader thematic Minor
or Certificate
• Issue-based entirely
• Combination of all
Campus
Program/
Admin
Supports
• Weekly meetings for
education, training, and
reflection
• $ for projects
• Recruiting students
• Support for placements
and projects from staff,
faculty, and students
• Faculty training and learning community
• Course designator
• $ for projects
• $ or course release for new CEL course design
• recognition
• Recruiting students
• Support for placements and projects from staff,
faculty, and students
• Combination of all
Bonner
Network
Supports
• Guides, training modules, campus examples, links to articles, etc. on Bonner Wiki (bonner.pbworks.com)
• Annual series of national Bonner meetings
• Bonner Learning Community platform (new), including online workshops, discussion groups (bonner.mn.co)
• Campus visits for strategic planning, dialogue, training
• CEL Initiative Funding (short-term from Bonner Foundation; potential for consortium grant writing)
Strategic • How is or could your • How pervasive are • Is there one or more Bonner-related CEL pathway?

17. Admin
Supports
reflection
• $ for projects
• Recruiting students
• Support for placements
and projects from staff,
faculty, and students
• $ for projects
• $ or course release for new CEL course design
• recognition
• Recruiting students
• Support for placements and projects from staff,
faculty, and students
Bonner
Network
Supports
• Guides, training modules, campus examples, links to articles, etc. on Bonner Wiki (bonner.pbworks.com)
• Annual series of national Bonner meetings
• Bonner Learning Community platform (new), including online workshops, discussion groups (bonner.mn.co)
• Campus visits for strategic planning, dialogue, training
• CEL Initiative Funding (short-term from Bonner Foundation; potential for consortium grant writing)
Strategic
Questions
• How is or could your
Bonner Program
integrate with or
advance community-
engaged learning?
• How is or could your
Bonners be Students as
Colleagues?
• How pervasive are
community-engaged
learning courses on your
campus?
• How do you track and
evaluate these courses?
• Is there one or more Bonner-related CEL pathway?
• What other CEL pathways exist or are in the works?
• Where should there be CEL pathways, given depth of
work on issues?
• What other departments or programs could be home
to a pathway (consulting corps, issue pathway, etc.)?
• What broader curriculum changes might be linked
with CEL?

18. What's Next?