2009 ANNUAL REPORT OF PROGRAM ACTIVITIES

Please add narrative text that responds to the questions in the four categories below.

Implementation of Student Development

What was the structure and content for the implementation of the developmental model this year?  In particular, please share (no more than one page text needed):

• The Structure for training, courses, & meetings
• All Bonners Attend weekly Bonner meetings.  Each month's meetings consist of two All-Bonner, a Class, and a Bonner Love Team (BLT) meetings.
• All-Bonner meetings feature a speaker, a student-led presentation, or student-led reflection.
• Class meeting time is used for student development-based speakers utilizing representatives from other offices on campus (Student Academic Support, Career Services), student-led reflection, or planning time for Cornerstone Activities.
• There were four Bonner Love Teams - Education, Envrionment, Human Needs, and Public Safety.  BLTs meet monthly to research a specific issue within their topic, bring in speakers from the community, plan an All-Bonner meeting presentation, and assess how the issues within their topic related to local placements.  The Education and Human Needs BLTs also planned and implemented service projects within the Greencastle community.
• First-Years participate in a Winter Term seminar as part of the First-Year Trip.  More details are listed below.
• Cornerstone Activities including First Year Trip, Second Year Exchange, Third Year (and beyond) Leadership Roles, and Senior Capstone & Presentation of Learning
• First-Year Orientation
• First-Year Bonners arrive early to attend a three-day Bonner orientation to the Bonner Scholars Program and Greencastle community, led in large part by upper class Bonner mentors.  Students participate in team building activities, reflect on the meaning of service, tour several Bonner community partner agencies, and meet with Jennie Coy in Financial Aid, President Brian Casey, and Chancellor Bob Bottoms.
• First-Year Bonner Winter Term (three weeks in January) consists of a two week seminar and one week trip to Chicago.
• Participants explore each of the Common Commitments during the seminar through readings from "The Impossible Will Take a Little While", listening to "This I Believe" essays, campus and community speakers, Bonner Training Modules, and other activities.  Students also work in teams on activities for the community Martin Luther King Jr. Day event.
• Bonners are hosted by the Brother David Darst Center in Chicago and learn more about hunger, homelessness, and social justice through service, speakers, and reflection.
• When students return to campus they write and present their own "This I Believe" essay and meet with seminar facilitators to evaluate their performance in the course and trip.
• Sophomore Service Exchange
• DePauw University sophomores met with Earlham College sophomores at the Indianapolis Peace Institute.  Students then worked with Peace Institute partner, Mid North Food Pantry, breaking ground for a new community garden in an Indianapolis west side neighborhood.  Before departing, students participated in a reflection at the site of an established community garden nearby.
• Junior Leadership
• This year juniors participated in the following service leadership roles: Bonner Student President, Bonner Student Vice President, Bonner Junior Class Chair, Community Outreach Intern for the Hartman House, Bonner WT Seminar Assistant, Compton Center for Peace and Justice Interns.  Juniors also served in several leadership roles across campus.
• Senior Convocation
• Thanks to the planning of Senior Interns, Chloie Favinger and Rebekah Turner, we had the best Senior Convocation dinner in years!  Chloie and Rebekah not only worked on all the logistical arrangements, but also met with the senior class as a whole and each senior individually to ensure each presentation was thoughfully prepared and ready well in advance of the Convocation.
• Senior Breakfast
• The Bonner staff hosts a breakfast the morning of commencement for graduating seniors and their families to recognize their four year commitment to service and community
• The Senior Interns also shared their reflections on the last four years and hope for their future.
• Roles of Student Leaders in integration of the Serve 2.0 initiative (e.g., developing and using web-based tools for service)
• Serve 2.0 Interns
• Two internships to work directly with Serve 2.0 initiatives were developed and filled in October 2008.  The interns, Emma Minx and Naiquan Greene, chose to focus on the Bonner Video Project.  However, both students had difficulty maintaining their internship in the spring due to other commitments.
• BWBRS Intern
• The BWBRS Intern, Megan Morgeson, also worked with the program's Moodle site.  She updated optional training and enrichment activities on the site and added links to useful documents.  Moodle was also used for journaling this year.

Implementation of Community Partnerships

Please share a summary of your work with community partners, highlighting your work regarding  (no more than one page text needed):

•  Arrangement and management of community partnerships and placements (orientation, site visits, meetings, strategic planning)
• Meetings with Community Partners mainly take place in the summer.  Agencies are asked to creat Bonner placements based on the developmental model.
• Communication during the fall and spring semesters is maintained through email and phone.
•  How partners were engaged as co-educators, including academic linkages, courses, and student advising
• Partners were invited to participate in the monthly Community Roundtable, a program which provides an opportunity for a small group of topic specific experts from both the campus and the community to meet, engage in discussion, and share ideas.
• Partnerships managed through site-based or issue-oriented teams, as well as other issue-based organizing undertaken
• This is an area in which we are beginning to venture into.  Junior Bonner and Community Outreach intern, Courtney Knies, has met with several community partners to learn how best to implement this model at their agencies.
• We are currently exploring ways in which to collaborate between Bonner and DePauw Community Service.
• Capacity building initiatives for community partners (such as workshops, policy research, or resource development)
• The Community Partner Luncheon is an annual event to host our partnering agencies and offer a workshop in the summer.
• The Community-Based Fieldwork Symposium this spring was a day of free workshops and speakers offered to the campus and community.
• The Putnam County Community Foundation workshop series offers monthly workshops on various non-profit related topics, of which the Bonner Program sponsors two each year.

Campus-Wide Culture and Infrastructure 

Please describe key activities and structures related to the development of campus-wide infrastructure and the role of the Bonner Program in enhancing (or being enhanced by) campus-wide culture and participation in service.  In particular, share  (no more than one page text needed):

• Key activities for faculty engagement and academic connections.  In particular, note any connections to curricular offerings that are linked to the Bonner Program.  
• The Community-Based Fieldwork Symposium this spring was a day of free workshops and speakers offered to the campus and community.
• Faculty met with Gretchen Mielke to explore ways to connect service and policy, focusing primarily on CBR  possibilities.
• Faculty member Doug Harms attended the CBR meeting in Princeton with Sarah Ryan.
•  Key relationships and activities involving other departments or divisions on campus (for example for recruitment, student wellness or retention, financial aid, and so on).
• Partnering departments:
• Selection - Admission and Financial Aid
• First-Year Orientation - Student Life, First-Year Experience, Residence Life, Dining Services, Center for International and Experiential Learning, Multicultural and Community Life, Athletics, Financial Aid, Public Safety, President's Office, and Ethics Institute
• Class meetings - Student Academic Support and Career Services
• First Year Seminar (Winter Term) - Multicultural and Community Life, Center for International and Experiential Learning, Spiritual Life
• Unique initiatives (such as events, assessment, or strategic planning) that have enhanced institutionalization of service and civic engagement on campus.
• The Community Partner Luncheon is an annual event to host our partnering agencies and offer a workshop in the summer.
• The Community-Based Fieldwork Symposium this spring was a day of free workshops and speakers offered to the campus and community.

Serve 2.0 

Please highlight your key activities related to the integration of web-based tools as they are connected to the design, management, and outreach for service.  In particular, share  (no more than one page text needed):

• http://bonnernetwork.pbworks.com/DePauw-University
• Your integration with other social media tools (such as the Bonner Network Forum/Ning, Twitter, YouTube, the Bonner Video Project, PolicyOptions Wiki, or others)
• Moodle is used for monthly journaling, posting useful documents, and listing upcoming optional Training and Enrichment activities.
• Staff Point Person for project:  Jessie Scott, jscott@depauw.edu
• Student Point Person for project:  
• Planning to submit mini-grant proposal:  no
• Bonner Program or Campus-Wide Wiki status:  not created; just the campus profile at this point, on their to do list. When you do, provide URL:
• Participating in Bonner Video Project:  yes, the main focus for the student liaisons
• Student BVL (Bonner Video Liaison) contact info posted on link: Bonner Video Liaisons
• Need a Flip Cam? (we can provide one per campus): no, have 2 flip cams (they bought one last SLI)
• See useful links:  Serve 2.0 Resource Wiki   |   Mini-Grant RFP
• Do use facebook, don't use blogs at the moment

STUDENT LEADERSHIP PLANNING

DePauw Congress Action Planning

SPRING 2009 INITIATIVES

Issue-Based Research:

• What issue(s) working group will your campus focus on (in preparation for SLI 2009)? 
• Environment
• Specific topic for issue brief (see Research Guide for help to work with partner in defining):  
• Environment (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