Theme of meeting: Strengthening 3rd and 4th Year of the Bonner Program.

1. Stepping Up & Out!
2017 Fall Directors & Coordinators Meeting

2. Welcome &
Introductions

3. Theme:
Strengthening the
3rd & 4th Year

4. Why this focus?
1st Year 2nd Year 3rd Year 4th Year

5. Why this focus?
1st Year 2nd Year 3rd Year 4th Year
Exploration
(find site)

6. Why this focus?
1st Year 2nd Year 3rd Year 4th Year
Exploration
(find site)
Experience
(consistent site)

7. Why this focus?
1st Year 2nd Year 3rd Year 4th Year
Exploration
(find site)
Experience
(consistent site)
Example
(leadership role)

8. Why this focus?
1st Year 2nd Year 3rd Year 4th Year
Exploration
(find site)
Experience
(consistent site)
Example
(leadership role)
Expertise
(capacity-
building)

9. Why this focus?
1st Year 2nd Year 3rd Year 4th Year
Exploration
(find site)
Experience
(consistent site)
Example
(leadership role)
Expertise
(capacity-
building)

10. Why this focus?
1st Year 2nd Year 3rd Year 4th Year
Exploration
(find site)
Experience
(consistent site)
Example
(leadership role)
Expertise
(capacity-
building)

11. Why this focus?
1st Year 2nd Year 3rd Year 4th Year
Exploration
(find site)
Experience
(consistent site)
Example
(leadership role)
Expertise
(capacity-
building)

12. POL
Why this focus?
1st Year 2nd Year 3rd Year 4th Year
Exploration
(find site)
Experience
(consistent site)
Example
(leadership role)
Expertise
(capacity-
building)

13. Question
• How do you see the experience of
your Bonners in their 3rd and 4th
years?
- Are they plateauing?
- Or are they maintaining their attention/
energy for their Bonner service/
development?
- Or a mix of both?

14. Question
•If you're having challenges,
what are they?
•If it’s working well, why?

15. Strategies
Building on innovation
over many years

17. 1997 Learn & Serve grant to develop CBR projects/
courses

18. 1997 Learn & Serve grant to develop CBR projects/
courses
2004 FIPSE Initiative catalyzed creation of Minors,
Certificates, and other pathways tied to Bonner

19. 1997 Learn & Serve grant to develop CBR projects/
courses
2004 FIPSE Initiative catalyzed creation of Minors,
Certificates, and other pathways tied to Bonner
2006 Third Learn & Serve grant added PolicyOptions
Issue Briefs as form of CBR

20. 1997 Learn & Serve grant to develop CBR projects/
courses
2004 FIPSE Initiative catalyzed creation of Minors,
Certificates, and other pathways tied to Bonner
2006 Third Learn & Serve grant added PolicyOptions
Issue Briefs as form of CBR
2012 Bonner High Impact Initiative to integrate
community engagement into high impact
practices

21. 1997 Learn & Serve grant to develop CBR projects/
courses
2004 FIPSE Initiative catalyzed creation of Minors,
Certificates, and other pathways tied to Bonner
2006 Third Learn & Serve grant added PolicyOptions
Issue Briefs as form of CBR
2012 Bonner High Impact Initiative to integrate
community engagement into high impact
practices
2013 Introduce capacity-building projects

22. 1997 Learn & Serve grant to develop CBR projects/
courses
2004 FIPSE Initiative catalyzed creation of Minors,
Certificates, and other pathways tied to Bonner
2006 Third Learn & Serve grant added PolicyOptions
Issue Briefs as form of CBR
2012 Bonner High Impact Initiative to integrate
community engagement into high impact
practices
2013 Introduce capacity-building projects
2015 Bonner gathering of directors and provosts, which
highlighted the shared goals of academic
pathways

23. 1997 Learn & Serve grant to develop CBR projects/
courses
2004 FIPSE Initiative catalyzed creation of Minors,
Certificates, and other pathways tied to Bonner
2006 Third Learn & Serve grant added PolicyOptions
Issue Briefs as form of CBR
2012 Bonner High Impact Initiative to integrate
community engagement into high impact
practices
2013 Introduce capacity-building projects
2015 Bonner gathering of directors and provosts, which
highlighted the shared goals of academic
pathways
2015 Introduce community-engaged senior capstone or
signature work

24. Current Initiatives
• Social action
course (Scott
Myers-Lipton) —
pre-conference,
new book, and
individual faculty/
student/campus
support to follow

25. Current Initiatives
• Liberating service
learning (Randy Stoecker)
— recent book by that title,
all group speaker on
Monday, afternoon
elective workshop on case
study

26. Current Initiatives
• Student development curriculum/Bonner meetings
(Annie Pasqua) — special focus on 3rd and 4th year
topics and strategies
• Student leadership in 3rd and 4th years (Sam Ha) —
special focus on how students can help support staff in
developing and managing capacity-building projects
• Senior capacity-building capstone projects (Kelly
Finn, Ariane Hoy, & Dave Roncolato) — models for
implementing these both in your Bonner Program and
for other students through academically-connected
pathways (including within Bonner network)

27. Current Initiatives
• Food Justice Pathway (Congressional Hunger Center/
Bonner partnership) — two workshops on Tuesday
• PolicyOptions Issue Briefs — idea for 2nd year Bonners to
localize issue briefs on wiki as a 15-20 hour assignment (which
then will provide broader context for upper-level projects
• Social innovation/entrepreneurship links — another
pathway link (UNC-Chapel Hill, Emory & Henry, others?)
• Bonner Social Innovation Fund / Bonner Community Fund
— financial support for student collaborations with community
partners
• Summer Service Opportunities Database from BWBRS

29. 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 service, training & increased roles culminating in capstone
project)
Academic
Structures
Service-Learning & Community-Based Research Courses
Issue-Based Academic Pathways
(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 Competency-Based Programs or Pathways
Housed in Departments, Centers, or Hubs
Bonner Community Engagement Framework

30. What’s Next

31. Next Steps
• Working towards new Bonner cornerstone:
community-engaged capstone project
• Encourage you to start with your Bonners now…
• Build into expectation for next Fall’s 2018 first year
Bonners
• Be even more ambitious with current 1st and 2nd
year Bonner
• Engage current 3rd year Bonners in considering a
capstone project (and begin developing ideas for
it now with a community partner)
• Share lessons learned/tools with Bonner Foundation
and network