Amherst College

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CAMPUS NAME AND ADDRESS

Amherst College

Amherst, MA 01002-5000

http://www.amherst.edu/

 

CAMPUS AT A GLANCE (brief description)

Since its founding in 1821, Amherst College has become one of the premier liberal arts colleges in the nation, enrolling some 1,600 talented, energetic, and diverse young men and women. Amherst College is located in Amherst, Massachusetts, a town of 35,000 people in the western part of the state. The college's 1,000-acre campus is adjacent to downtown Amherst.

 

KEY FACTS

Location: Western Massachusetts

Enrollment: 1,600

Other interesting tidbits:

 

BONNER PROGRAM AT A GLANCE

Name of Campus-Wide Center: Center for Community Engagement

(413) 542-5140

Relevant website:https://www.amherst.edu/academiclife/cce

 

Type of Program: Bonner Leaders

Year Began: 2006

Bonner Program website:https://www.amherst.edu/academiclife/cce/celeader

 

Number of Bonner Scholars/Leaders: 27

Active in Bonner AmeriCorps Ed Award: 0

Active in Other AmeriCorps Ed Award: 0

Active in Learn & Serve CBR: 0

Active in FIPSE Civic Ed Certficate/Minor:  0

 

KEY CONTACTS

President: Anthony Marx 

Center Director: Molly Mead

Bonner Director/Director of Student Leadership and Engagement: Karen Lee

Program Associate for Student Leadership: Oscar Lanza-Galindo

Bonner Senior Intern(s): Nicholaus Mollel; Caitlin Patterson

Bonner Congress Representatives: Vickie Fang and Carlos Sabatino Gonzalez

Other:

 

MORE ABOUT US (our partners, trips, structure, best or unique practices)

Amherst College Leaders serve as liaisons and student leaders to the student groups affiliated with Amherst College as primary commnity partners.  In addition to responsibility for all aspects of operations of these student community service programs, Leaders also share responsibility for ongoing efforts to strengthen the culture of community engagement at Amherst College.  

 

The program has come a long way from its origins. In 2005, the Partnership Leader program employed student leaders to work with community partnership organizations, but the organizations were fewer and leaders met with each other infrequently, still working out the details of how to best run their programs. In 2006, the re-named and expanded Bonner Leader program worked off of the baseline set by the Partnership Leaders as well as the guidelines set by the multi-campus student leader Bonner Foundation program. They added collaborative projects, self-evaluation, and group initiatives to their agenda. In Fall of 2007, the program took on 8 new leaders  as part of the new CCE. Leaders continue to run their partnerships, plan events for students and tutors, and serve on committees that address a variety of campus issues and program needs. As part of a new program, Leaders are also involved in further shaping and defining their work to best suit the needs of their organizations and the Amherst student body.

 

Program Goals:

  1. To enhance student understanding of rights, privileges and duties of citizenship in a diverse democracy.
  2. To gain the skills necessary to provide effective leadership.
  3. To prepare an active team of student leaders to strengthen the campus culture of community engagement.
  4. To facilitate student recognition of the connection between community work and academics.

 

Click here to complete or access more of the Amherst Annual Report 

 

STUDENT LEADERSHIP 

Click here for Student Leadership Plans:  Congress Action Planning

 

2009 ANNUAL REPORT OF PROGRAM ACTIVITIES 

 

 SPRING 2009 INITIATIVES

Serve 2.0

 

BWBRS

  • Using BWBRS 3.0: Yes
  • Need for additional training:  Not at this time.
  • See useful links:  BWBRS 3.0 Help Guide

 

Bonner AmeriCorps

  • Please list the contact information of the staff and student interns who manage your AmeriCorps Paperwork:

    Currenlty not participating in Bonner AmeriCorps

    • Note:  due to the audit and the transition to BWBRS 3, all current AmeriCorps Managers will be scheduled for an AmeriCorps Management Training for 2009 within the first few weeks of the semester. Please schedule this phone call with your Foundation Program Associate as soon as possible.
  • Spring Enrollments 2009:  Please complete this survey right away: AmeriCorps Survey
  • Please note: This survey is for the Spring semester slots only. It does not matter if your campus had previously requested slots and have "left overs." Please fill out this survey to specify how many members your campus will enroll this semester. If you do not want slots, they should fill it in with zeroes. We will be sending out a Summer and Fall request as well, so this is only for this semester. 

 

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