Bringing Issue-Based Model to Campus

Improving the Sophomore Exchange  

Raising Community Awareness of Bonner and/or and Issue

Raising Campus Awareness of Bonner and/or an Issue

Raising Awareness of an Issue Within Your Bonner Program

Improving Summer of Service Opportunities

WHAT'S YOUR BIG IDEA?

Improving Use of Social Media Tools

Becoming a Part of The Bonner Video Project

Improving the First-Year Service Trip

Improving Bonner Orientation (Bonner 101)

Building Training and Enrichment Activities

Creating or Improving a Bonner Leadership Team

Beginning this year, the Bonner Foundation is asking each Bonner Congress Representative to take initiative and propose a BIG IDEA to build or strengthen their Bonner Program, its campus-wide culture of service, or the impact of their Bonner Program in the community.

The Congress Meetings will be designed to include time for students with similar ideas to collaborate and share their BIG IDEAS, participate in relevant trainings, and build a plan for implementation. Back on campus, Congress Reps will work to carry out their projects while communicating and sharing their work with the network.  

What's your BIG IDEA to strengthen your Bonner Program and its impact on campus and the community?  Identify something that falls into the categories below:

• Improving Bonner Orientation (Bonner 101) and Retreats

• Improving your Bonner Program’s Recruitment and Selection process

• Improving the Freshman Class Placement Process & Service

• Planning Great First Year Service Trips

• Awesome Sophomore Service Exchanges

• Strengthening Summer Placements & Internships

• Strengthening Junior Year Placements & Leadership Roles

• Strengthening Senior Year (Capstone Projects, Rising Senior Enrichment Funds)

• Awesome Senior Presentations of Service (Life After Bonner)

• Bringing the Issue-Based Model to Campus

• Building Training and Enrichment Activities

• Building or Strengthening a Bonner Leadership Team

• Integrating Service Abroad

   

Each Congress Rep should complete a short proposal—either on the wiki or in video format.  

Proposals are short—see the guidelines below.

These proposals should be submitted to the Bonner Foundation by October 9, 2009.  

A team of Congress Reps will be reviewing them and making plans for the October Meeting. 

• For guidelines on the project click here: Bonner Congress Project Proposal Guidelines.pdf
• To see a written example click here: Mock Congress Proposal .pdf
• To see a video example click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yz7Nbw7XFTI

Are you ready to get started? Click here and select your school to begin.