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Bonner Foundation & Network Support
Visits, Meetings, Webinars, Listserv, Wiki
Face-to-Face
Networking
& Support
National Meetings
Fall 2019 Bonner Congress Meeting 

October 4-6 • Centre College • Danville, KY
Fall 2018 Bonner Directors Meeting
November 3-6 • The Claggett Center • Buckeystown, MD
2020 IMPACT Conference

February 13-16 • Arizona State University • Tempe, AZ
2020 Summer Leadership Institute

June 3-6 • Allegheny College • Meadville, PA
Campus Visits
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
We are an extension of
your staff!
(609) 924-6663
Web-Based Resources
bonner.org
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bonner.pbworks.com
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Weekly Email Updates
Weekly Updates in BWBRS
Bonner Staff listserv
Bonner Basecamp
Higher Ed S-L listserv
Social Media
Bonner on Facebook
Bonner on LinkedIn
Bonner on Slideshare
Bonner on YouTube
Twitter Snapchat Instagram
Sophomore Exchange
Annual Report
• Letter from Center & Bonner Director(s)
• Progress on prior year goals
• Goals for upcoming year (Bonner &
campus-wide)
• Letter from Bonner Leadership Team
• Self-Assessment Survey
Priorities for 2019-20
• Community-Engaged Learning Initiative
✓ 22+ schools
✓ Faculty Fellows supporting campus-wide center
✓ Faculty Cohorts developing new pathways and
courses
• Bonner Alumni Network
✓ Alumni Database launch
• Bonner Pipeline Project
✓ Professional development pathways
2019-20 Priorities
• BWBRS 4.0
✓ Pilot & launch
• Social Action
✓ 10 faculty teaching new/revised courses
• Student Impact Survey
✓ Launch in Fall 2018
✓ Develop revised Bonner Alumni Survey
• Bonner Foundaton Board
✓ Bring on two new members
2018-19 Priorities
Inventing the Future
Together
Berea pilot | + 22 schools in next two years
“End of start-up” | 4 year model | campus-wide
Bonner Leaders (FWS + AmeriCorps)
Common Commitments | Skills
Academic Journey: Pt1 (FIPSE)
Serve 2.0
Community-Based Research (L&S)
Bonner Cornerstones
Knowledge Areas
PolicyOptions
Bonner Through The Years
1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020
Capacity-Building
Collaboratives
Academic Pathways: Pt2
Partners
(Focus)
Service Provider
(Individuals)
Collaborative
(Systems)
Campaign
(Policies)
Student Roles Client Service Program
Coordinator
Organization Capacity Building Advocacy
Tasks
e.g., tutoring,
serving soup,
etc.
Recruiting, training,
and supervising
volunteers
1) Volunteer Management
2) Program Development
3) Fundraising
4) Communication
5) Research: CBR & PolicyOptions
e.g., letter writing,
community
organizing, etc.
Program
Structures
Clearinghouse/Directory Listing of Opportunities (online database)
Site/Issue-Based Teams
Bonner Program (four year training & increased roles culminating in capstone project)
Academic
Structures
Service-Learning & Community-Based Research Courses
Problem / Issue-Based Concentrations

(courses, service internships, CBR, and capstone project)
Competency-based Certificates / Fellowships

(courses, service internships, and client-defined projects)
Staffing
Structures
Campus-Wide Center
Student-Led Coalition of Projects
Issue- and Skills-Based Programs or Pathways

Housed in Departments, Centers, or Hubs
Bonner Community Engagement Framework
Partners
(Focus)
Service Provider
(Individuals)
Collaborative
(Systems)
Campaign
(Policies)
Student Roles Client Service Program
Coordinator
Organization Capacity Building Advocacy
Tasks
e.g., tutoring,
serving soup,
etc.
Recruiting, training,
and supervising
volunteers
1) Volunteer Management
2) Program Development
3) Fundraising
4) Communication
5) Research: CBR & PolicyOptions
e.g., letter writing,
community
organizing, etc.
Program
Structures
Clearinghouse/Directory Listing of Opportunities (online database)
Site/Issue-Based Teams
Bonner Program (four year training & increased roles culminating in capstone project)
Academic
Structures
Service-Learning Courses
Problem / Issue-Based Concentrations

(courses, service internships, CBR, and capstone project)
Competency-based Certificates / Fellowships

(courses, service internships, and client-defined projects)
Staffing
Structures
Campus-Wide Center
Student-Led Coalition of Projects
Issue- and Skills-Based Programs or Pathways

Housed in Departments, Centers, or Hubs
Bonner Community Engagement Framework
1970-80’s
Partners
(Focus)
Service Provider
(Individuals)
Collaborative
(Systems)
Campaign
(Policies)
Student Roles Client Service
Program
Coordinator
Organization Capacity Building Advocacy
Tasks
e.g., tutoring,
serving soup,
etc.
Recruiting, training,
and supervising
volunteers
1) Volunteer Management
2) Program Development
3) Fundraising
4) Communication
5) Research: CBR & PolicyOptions
e.g., letter writing,
community
organizing, etc.
Program
Structures
Clearinghouse/Directory Listing of Opportunities (online database)
Site/Issue-Based Teams
Bonner Program (four year training & increased roles culminating in capstone project)
Academic
Structures
Service-Learning & Community-Based Research Courses
Problem / Issue-Based Concentrations

(courses, service internships, CBR, and capstone project)
Competency-based Certificates / Fellowships

(courses, service internships, and client-defined projects)
Staffing
Structures
Campus-Wide Center
Student-Led Coalition of Projects
Issue- and Skills-Based Programs or Pathways

Housed in Departments, Centers, or Hubs
1984 - 2006
Bonner Community Engagement Framework
Partners
(Focus)
Service Provider
(Individuals)
Collaborative
(Systems)
Campaign
(Policies)
Student Roles Client Service
Program
Coordinator
Organization Capacity Building Advocacy
Tasks
e.g., tutoring,
serving soup,
etc.
Recruiting, training,
and supervising
volunteers
1) Volunteer Management
2) Program Development
3) Fundraising
4) Communication
5) Research: CBR & PolicyOptions
e.g., letter writing,
community
organizing, etc.
Program
Structures
Clearinghouse/Directory Listing of Opportunities (online database)
Site/Issue-Based Teams
Bonner Program (four year training & increased roles culminating in capstone project)
Academic
Structures
Service-Learning Courses
Problem / Issue-Based Concentrations

(courses, service internships, CBR, and capstone project)
Competency-based Certificates / Fellowships

(courses, service internships, and client-defined projects)
Staffing
Structures
Campus-Wide Center
Student-Led Coalition of Projects
Issue- and Skills-Based Programs or Pathways

Housed in Departments, Centers, or Hubs
1985 - current
Bonner Community Engagement Framework
Partners
(Focus)
Service Provider
(Individuals)
Collaborative
(Systems)
Campaign
(Policies)
Student Roles Client Service
Program
Coordinator
Organization Capacity Building Advocacy
Tasks
e.g., tutoring,
serving soup,
etc.
Recruiting, training,
and supervising
volunteers
1) Volunteer Management
2) Program Development
3) Fundraising
4) Communication
5) Research: CBR & PolicyOptions
e.g., letter writing,
community
organizing, etc.
Program
Structures
Clearinghouse/Directory Listing of Opportunities (online database)
Site/Issue-Based Teams
Bonner Program (four year training & increased roles culminating in capstone project)
Academic
Structures
Service-Learning Courses
Problem / Issue-Based Concentrations

(courses, service internships, CBR, and capstone project)
Competency-based Certificates / Fellowships

(courses, service internships, and client-defined projects)
Staffing
Structures
Campus-Wide Center
Student-Led Coalition of Projects
Issue- and Skills-Based Programs or Pathways

Housed in Departments, Centers, or Hubs
1990 - current
Bonner Community Engagement Framework
Partners
(Focus)
Service Provider
(Individuals)
Collaborative
(Systems)
Campaign
(Policies)
Student Roles Client Service Program
Coordinator
Organization Capacity Building Advocacy
Tasks
e.g., tutoring,
serving soup,
etc.
Recruiting, training,
and supervising
volunteers
1) Volunteer Management
2) Program Development
3) Fundraising
4) Communication
5) Research: CBR & PolicyOptions
e.g., letter writing,
community
organizing, etc.
Program
Structures
Clearinghouse/Directory Listing of Opportunities (online database)
Site/Issue-Based Teams
Bonner Program (four year training & increased roles culminating in capstone project)
Academic
Structures
Service-Learning & Community-Based Research Courses
Problem / Issue-Based Concentrations

(courses, service internships, CBR, and capstone project)
Competency-based Certificates / Fellowships

(courses, service internships, and client-defined projects)
Staffing
Structures
Campus-Wide Center
Student-Led Coalition of Projects
Issue- and Skills-Based Programs or Pathways

Housed in Departments, Centers, or Hubs
1997 - 2008
Bonner Community Engagement Framework
Partners
(Focus)
Service Provider
(Individuals)
Collaborative
(Systems)
Campaign
(Policies)
Student Roles Client Service
Program
Coordinator
Organization Capacity Building Advocacy
Tasks
e.g., tutoring,
serving soup,
etc.
Recruiting, training,
and supervising
volunteers
1) Volunteer Management
2) Program Development
3) Fundraising
4) Communication
5) Research: CBR & PolicyOptions
e.g., letter writing,
community
organizing, etc.
Program
Structures
Clearinghouse/Directory Listing of Opportunities (online database)
Site/Issue-Based Teams
Bonner Program (four year training & increased roles culminating in capstone project)
Academic
Structures
Service-Learning & Community-Based Research Courses
Problem / Issue-Based Concentrations

(courses, service internships, CBR, and capstone project)
Competency-based Certificates / Fellowships

(courses, service internships, and client-defined projects)
Staffing
Structures
Campus-Wide Center
Student-Led Coalition of Projects
Issue- and Skills-Based Programs or Pathways

Housed in Departments, Centers, or Hubs
[VISTA piloted in Kennedy Administration,
created in 1965 as part of Johnson’s War on Poverty]
2014-current Bonner adds “capacity-building” focus
Bonner Community Engagement Framework
Partners
(Focus)
Service Provider
(Individuals)
Collaborative
(Systems)
Campaign
(Policies)
Student Roles Client Service Program
Coordinator
Organization Capacity Building Advocacy
Tasks
e.g., tutoring,
serving soup,
etc.
Recruiting, training,
and supervising
volunteers
1) Volunteer Management
2) Program Development
3) Fundraising
4) Communication
5) Research: CBR & PolicyOptions
e.g., letter writing,
community
organizing, etc.
Program
Structures
Clearinghouse/Directory Listing of Opportunities (online database)
Site/Issue-Based Teams
Bonner Program (four year training & increased roles culminating in capstone project)
Academic
Structures
Service-Learning & Community-Based Research Courses
Problem / Issue-Based Concentrations

(courses, service internships, CBR, and capstone project)
Competency-based Certificates / Fellowships

(courses, service internships, and client-defined projects)
Staffing
Structures
Campus-Wide Center
Student-Led Coalition of Projects
Issue- and Skills-Based Programs or Pathways

Housed in Departments, Centers, or Hubs
2015 - current
Bonner Community Engagement Framework
Partners
(Focus)
Service Provider
(Individuals)
Collaborative
(Systems)
Campaign
(Policies)
Student Roles Client Service Program
Coordinator
Organization Capacity Building Social Action
Tasks
e.g., tutoring,
serving soup,
etc.
Recruiting, training,
and supervising
volunteers
1) Volunteer Management
2) Program Development
3) Fundraising
4) Communication
5) Research: CBR & PolicyOptions
e.g., letter writing,
direct action, etc.
Program
Structures
Clearinghouse/Directory Listing of Opportunities (online database)
Site/Issue-Based Teams
Bonner Program (four year training & increased roles culminating in capstone project)
Academic
Structures
Service-Learning & Community-Based Research Courses
Problem / Issue-Based Concentrations

(courses, service internships, CBR, and capstone project)
Competency-based Certificates / Fellowships

(courses, service internships, and client-defined projects)
Staffing
Structures
Campus-Wide Center
Student-Led Coalition of Projects
Issue- and Skills-Based Programs or Pathways

Housed in Departments, Centers, or Hubs
2017 - current
Bonner Community Engagement Framework
Bonner Common Commitments
Bonner Foundation Campus Support and Priorities
Bonner Foundation Campus Support and Priorities
Bonner Foundation Campus Support and Priorities
Bonner Foundation Campus Support and Priorities