This document outlines various leadership opportunities for Bonner student leaders to gain responsibilities within their service sites and programs. It encourages students to take on roles like leading teams, improving or starting new programs, and securing resources. It also suggests creating a student leadership structure within each Bonner program, including roles like class representatives, committees, and interns. As Bonner Congress representatives, students would represent their program at national meetings to strengthen civic engagement on their campus and within the Bonner network. The document provides examples of projects students could take on in areas like voter engagement, social justice issues, and improving their Bonner program. It also promotes tapping into resources across the 80+ schools in the Bonner network through the wiki, forums, blog

1. Bonner Student Leaders in Action

2. Students in Service
Move through a challenging set of
leadership roles at the site. Seek out
more responsibilities:
★Volunteer and stay
★Lead a team
★Improve or start a program
★Secure new resources
★Connect partner with a course or
faculty member
★Do research or academic work
★Build the capacity of the organization

3. Student Leadership Team
Create a structure for your Bonner
Program for student leadership:
★Class Representatives
★Committees
★Bonner Congress Representatives
★Senior Interns
★Community Outreach Interns
★Other ideas?
Work on:
Meetings, Trainings, Best Practices,
Campus-Wide Events, Culture of
Service

4. Bonner Congress Representatives
Represent their program and campus to
the network, nation, and world. Work to
improve their program and campus-wide
civic engagement through:
★Playing leadership roles on campus &
in the network
★Attending meetings (2x per year)
★Networking, learning & sharing
examples from other schools
★Building a movement on the wiki,
forum, email, and at meetings
★Taking initiative to strengthen their
programs

5. Sample Projects
Student leaders figure out challenges
they want to tackle and do them:
★Voter Education & Registration
(drives, campaigns)
★Social Justice focus on campus
(reflection sessions, film series, awareness weeks)
★Improving Bonner Program
(focus groups, surveys, meetings, committees)
★Planning & running meetings
(All Bonner Meetings, national networking events)
★Planning Campus-wide Events
(National All Bonner Service Day, Advocacy projects)
★Coordinating an Issue-Based Focus

6. Using the National Network
Tap into the 80+ schools
★Bonner Network Wiki
Student Handbook Live
★Bonner Network Forum
Join groups, start discussions, share ideas
★Bonner Blog
Post your writing
★Bonner YouTube Channel
Create and link your videos to share
★Bonner Summer Leadership
Institute & Fall Congress
June 3-6, 2009 at Stetson; October 19-21 at University of
Richmond