9 Other Foundation Initiatives & Support.pdf

Presentation from 2024 New Bonner Staff Orientation. This session covers current initiatives of the Bonner Foundation and network of colleges and universities as they work to build and sustain community engagement.

1. Bonner Initiatives & Support

2. What We’ll Cover
•Other Initiatives
•Staying Connected
•Foundation Support

3. Berea pilot | + 22 schools in next two years
1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025
“End of start-up” | 4 year model | campus-wide
Bonner Leaders Program (FWS + AmeriCorps funding)
Common Commitments | Skills
Academic Journey (FIPSE funding)
Serve 2.0 - web-based innovations
Community Impact Focus
Community-Based Research (Learn & Serve funding)
Bonner Cornerstones
Knowledge Areas
PolicyOptions: "Know Your Issue" research
Capstone Projects
Social Action Course Model
8 Themes Curriculum
Developmental Stages
Bonner Program History
Pathways Project
Scaling CEL
Streamlining Operations
Career Connections

4. Theory of Change

5. Initiatives

6. Researching & developing
approaches to deepening
public good career
connections for Bonners &
others.
Career Connections

7. Grad School Partners

8. Organizing campus-
wide student service
council.
Student-Led Campus-Wide Engagement
Infusing Bonner best practices
into other programs, clubs &
organization across campus.

9. Providing support
to students in need
across campus.
Student Basic Needs Project

10. Streamlining Operations

11. Community-Engaged Learning Grants
•CEL Course Development
•Community-Based Research
•Policy Research
•Social Action
•Gateway/Capstone
•Faculty Fellows
•CEL Infrastructure
•CEL Course Designator or Inventory
•Streamlining Operations
•Impact/Benefits Study
•Students as Colleagues
•Strategic Planning
2024-25 Proposals Due: Rolling
deadline through March 2025

12. A semester-long course or co-curricular workshop series where
students develop and launch a social action campaign of their
choosing during the semester the course is taught. The student
campaigns seek to change a rule, regulation, norm, or practice of
an institution, whether on campus or in the community.

13. Student Impact Survey
Relaunching
longitudinal
survey in Fall '24

14. Bonner Student Retention &
Completion Study
18 schools
participating
...more welcome!

15. Benchmarking Survey
Gathering data to benchmark your programs
& center against other schools in our network

16. Foundation Support

17. Foundation Staff Support
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

18. National Meetings
•2023 Fall Bonner Student Congress Meeting
•2023 Fall Bonner Network Staff Meeting
•2024 Summer Leadership Institute

19. Resources &
Networking

20. BLC
Bonner
Learning
Community
Platform

21. BLC Self-
Paced
Trainings

22. Email Updates via BWBRS

23. Bonner Staff listserv

26. LinkedInInstagram Facebook