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Location: central Minnesota, about 80 miles northwest of the state capitol of St. Paul

Enrollment: 3928 (total): 2,049 (CSB) 1879 (SJU)

Other interesting tidbits: 

 

BONNER PROGRAM AT A GLANCE

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Name of Campus-Wide Center: The Liemandt Family Service-Learning Program

                                               Eugene J. McCarthy Center for Public Policy and Civic Engagement

Relevant website: http://www.csbsju.edu/servicelearning/default.htm

                          www.csbsju.edu/publicpolicy

Type of Program: Bonner Leaders

Year Began: 2007

Bonner Program website:

 

Number of Bonner Scholars/Leaders: 11

Active in Bonner AmeriCorps Ed Award: No

Active in Other AmeriCorps Ed Award: No

Active in Learn & Serve CBR: No

Active in FIPSE Civic Ed Certficate/Minor: No

 

KEY CONTACTS

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President: MaryAnn Baenninger, Ph.D.

Center Director: Marah Jacobson-Schulte

Bonner Director(s) : Marah Jacobson-Schulte

Bonner Senior Intern(s): Lindsey Cermak

Bonner Congress Representatives: Brian Long, Jackie Carlson, Adia Zeman, Molly Peterson, Mary Erickson, Galen Himrichs, Fabiola Macias, Kody Williams, Maria Greenwood, Jeremy Robak

Other: 

 

MORE ABOUT US

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Engagement and service are inseparable from the very best liberal arts education in the Catholic university tradition. The terms “service,” “community,” “hospitality,” “stability,” “justice,” and “stewardship” have a long tradition in Benedictine monasticism and Catholic social teachings and provide a rich context for engagement, service, and learning at these institutions.

  

CSB and SJU together will cultivate the habit of promoting the common good which is formed by knowledge, faith, and an open-hearted response to the needs of others. The colleges will excel in fostering understanding of Catholic social teachings and consequent action to improve the well-being of the underserved, enhance overall community life, and protect the environment.

  

CSB/SJU’s commitment to engage and serve is also easily identified through our Undergraduate and Student Development Learning Goals:

  

• Graduates will be able to provide leadership and service in community to improve the human condition;

• Graduates will develop the ability to engage, learn from and work with people whose cultural identity is different from one’s own, understanding and appreciating human differences, social responsibility, and identity development;

• Graduates will develop a sense of responsibility, commitment to community, engagement in principled dissent, and effective leadership.

 

ANNUAL REPORT OF PROGRAM ACTIVITIES 

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Click here to complete wiki-based portion of Annual Report.   

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2009 ANNUAL REPORT OF PROGRAM ACTIVITIES 

• 2009 Annual Report

 

Student Leadership Planning:

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Click here for Congress Leadership Plans:

CSB Congress Action Planning

 

SPRING 2009 INITIATIVES

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Serve 2.0

• Staff Point Person for project:  Marah Jacobsen-Schulte
• Student Point Person for project:  Lindsay Cermak
• Planning to submit mini-grant proposal:  not sure yet; may need extension
• Bonner Program or Campus-Wide Wiki status:  created; http://csbsjunetwork.pbwiki.com/
• Participating in Bonner Video Project:  yes
  • Student BVL (Bonner Video Liaison) contact info posted on link: Bonner Video Liaisons
  • Need a Flip Cam? (we can provide one per campus): yes (though purchased one)
• See useful links:  Serve 2.0 Resource Wiki   |   Mini-Grant RFP

 

BWBRS

• Using BWBRS 3.0: Orientation happening this week; Gretchen been talking with Lindsay; 8 students will be starting
• Need for additional training:  yes, for Lindsay
• 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:  no plans to use until Fall 2009
  • 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. 

 

Issue-Based Research

• What issue(s) working group will your campus focus on (in preparation for SLI 2009)? 
  • Mentoring (Youth Development) or Homelessness and Hunger
  • Please complete this CAMPUS ISSUE PROFILE:  Youth Development - College of Saint Benedict
  • CAMPUS ISSUE PROFILE: HUNGER AND HOMELESSNESS http://bonnernetwork.pbworks.com/Hunger+and+Homelessness+-+College+of+Saint+Benedict
  • Homelessness and Hunger - College of Saint Benedict
• Specific topic for issue brief (see Research Guide for help to work with partner in defining):  
  • specific issue brief topic (define by February)
• Lead contact people for project (staff and/or students, community partner agency):
  • names, titles, phone numbers, emails
• See useful links:  PolicyOptions Wiki   |  Campus Implementation Guide

 

PHOTOS & VIDEOS

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