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The Bonner Program:
Welcome & Background

“Access to Education,
     Opportunity to Serve”

A program of:
The Corella & Bertram Bonner Foundation
10 Mercer Street, Princeton, NJ 08540
(609) 924-6663 • (609) 683-4626 fax
For more information, please visit our website at www.bonner.org
Founding Vision
The Bonner Foundation:
A Founding Vision — Students




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The Bonner Foundation:
 A Founding Vision — Students


Idealism is the nature of students




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The Bonner Foundation:
 A Founding Vision — Students


Idealism is the nature of students

You can't have a student movement
    without student leadership.




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The Bonner Foundation:
 A Founding Vision — Students


Idealism is the nature of students

You can't have a student movement
    without student leadership.

     Five strokes of love for
    every stroke of challenge.



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The Bonner Foundation:
     A Founding Vision — Campus

          Everybody everyday.

         All service well done
  has learning as a central part of it.

               A culture of service,
an infrastructure to support that culture,
 and a Bonner Program integrated into
            that infrastructure.
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The Bonner Foundation:
A Founding Vision — Community




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The Bonner Foundation:
A Founding Vision — Community

        Change the Count.




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The Bonner Foundation:
A Founding Vision — Community

        Change the Count.

   Complementary needs....
  mutually beneficial strengths.




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The Bonner Foundation:
  A Founding Vision — Community

          Change the Count.

     Complementary needs....
    mutually beneficial strengths.

One pair of hands can’t tear a prison
down, two pairs of hands can’t tear a
prison down, but when two and two and
 fifty make a million, we’ll see that day
             come 'round.
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The Bonner Foundation:
A Founding Vision — Higher Education




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The Bonner Foundation:
     A Founding Vision — Higher Education

“Where there is no vision, the people will perish.”




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The Bonner Foundation:
     A Founding Vision — Higher Education

“Where there is no vision, the people will perish.”
     “Vision is fine, but it must grow corn.”




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The Bonner Foundation:
     A Founding Vision — Higher Education

“Where there is no vision, the people will perish.”
     “Vision is fine, but it must grow corn.”
   “We need to raise less corn and more hell.”




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The Bonner Foundation:
     A Founding Vision — Higher Education

“Where there is no vision, the people will perish.”
      “Vision is fine, but it must grow corn.”
   “We need to raise less corn and more hell.”

The difference between the Bonner Scholars Program
    and the Bonner Leaders Program is a matter
          of how the programs are funded.




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The Bonner Foundation:
     A Founding Vision — Higher Education

“Where there is no vision, the people will perish.”
      “Vision is fine, but it must grow corn.”
   “We need to raise less corn and more hell.”

The difference between the Bonner Scholars Program
    and the Bonner Leaders Program is a matter
          of how the programs are funded.
     They share a common vision and common
                  commitments.



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The Bonner Foundation:
     A Founding Vision — Higher Education

“Where there is no vision, the people will perish.”
      “Vision is fine, but it must grow corn.”
   “We need to raise less corn and more hell.”

The difference between the Bonner Scholars Program
    and the Bonner Leaders Program is a matter
          of how the programs are funded.
     They share a common vision and common
                  commitments.

     50,000 service based scholarships by 2010.
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Goals
The Bonner Program:
Integrated Approach

                            Student
                          Development
                          Access to Education




      Campus                                    Community
   Infrastructure                                 Impact
Create a culture of service                     Change the count

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Student Development:
  Outcomes

                                  Knowledge



        Values
                                     Skills




Experience
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The Bonner Program:
          Six Common Commitments

    Civic Engagement:                                            International Perspective:
    Participate intentionally as a citizen in                     Develop international understanding that
    the democratic process, actively engaging                    enables Bonners to participate successfully
    in public policy and direct service.                                                 in a global society.



    Community                                                                       Social Justice:
    Building: Establish and                                                          Advocate for fairness,
    sustain a vibrant community                                                   impartiality and equality
    of place, personal                                                           while addressing systemic
    relationships and common                                                     social and environmental
    interests.                                                                                      issues.





   Diversity:        Respect the                                     Spiritual Exploration:
    many different dimensions of                                 Explore personal beliefs while respecting
    diversity in our public lives.                                        the spiritual practices of others.




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Student Development:
Skill Areas




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Student Development:
          Skill Areas

    Personal Skills
•   Active listening
•   Balance/boundaries
•   Communication
•   Decision making
•   Organization
•   Planning
•   Time management
•   Goal setting




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Student Development:
          Skill Areas

    Personal Skills          Leadership Skills
•   Active listening     •   Conflict resolution
•   Balance/boundaries   •   Delegation
•   Communication        •   Planning
•   Decision making      •   Public speaking
•   Organization         •   Running a meeting
•   Planning             •   Teamwork
•   Time management      •   Working with diverse
•   Goal setting             groups




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Student Development:
          Skill Areas

    Personal Skills          Leadership Skills      Professional Skills
•   Active listening     •   Conflict resolution     • Budgeting
•   Balance/boundaries   •   Delegation             • Evaluation/research

•   Communication        •   Planning               • Event  planning
                                                    • Fundraising
•   Decision making      •   Public speaking
                                                    • Grant writing
•   Organization         •   Running a meeting
                                                    • Marketing / public
•   Planning             •   Teamwork                 relations
•   Time management      •   Working with diverse   • Mediation
•   Goal setting             groups                 • Networking
                                                    • Public education /
                                                      advocacy
                                                    • Volunteer
                                                      management
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Academic Connections:
   Civic Engagement Minor or Certificate

                             Courses

                           Examine poverty,
                                                    Incorporate global
Connect to politics       economic inequity,
                                                      perspective &
  & public policy               & social
                                                       experiences
                             stratification



                           Structures

Intensive & long-             Integrated
                                                    Sequence increasing
   term learning           co-curricular &
                                                       complexity:
    experiences:               curricular:
                                                          Multi-year
2-4 years of coursework    Within specific courses       Developmental
  2-4 years of service       Across programs


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Student Development:
 Service Road
Recruitment
 Selection
   Orientation
     Freshman Class Placement
       First-Year Service Trip
         Sophomore Placement
            Sophomore Service Exchange
              Summer Placement
                Junior Placement
                 International Service Projects
                   Rising Senior Enrichment Fund
                     Recommitment Exercise
                        Senior Placement
                          Senior Presentation of Service

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