Johnson State College

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CAMPUS NAME AND ADDRESS

 

  

Johnson State College

337 College Hill

Johnson, VT 05656

http://www.jsc.edu/

 

CAMPUS AT A GLANCE (brief description)

Johnson State College, one of five colleges in the Vermont State College system, sits on 350 hilltop acres in the heart of the Green Mountains. Our academic offerings span 25 bachelor's, three master's, three associate's, one certificate and 11 teacher licensure programs. 

 

Johnson State first made its name in preparing public school teachers. In the mid-1800s, our students came from local farms and nearby villages to earn their college degrees. The same adventurous spirit distinguishes our students today, though they come here to study not only education but also a variety of other liberal arts subjects.

 

When you graduate from Johnson State, you will leave with more than a degree. You will also possess the skills, knowledge and understanding that form the basis for career success, civic involvement and a lifelong love of learning.

 

KEY FACTS

Location: northern Vermont, about 1 hour north of the state capital, Montpelier

Enrollment: 1,934

Other interesting tidbits:

 

BONNER PROGRAM AT A GLANCE

Name of Campus-Wide Center: Center for Service Learning

Relevant website:http://www.jsc.edu/ChangeYourWorld/ServiceLearning/default.aspx

 

Type of Program: Bonner Leaders

Year Began: 2006

Bonner Program website:

http://www.jsc.edu/changeyourworld/ServiceLearning/BonnerLeaderProgram/default.aspx

 

Number of Bonner Leaders: 4

Active in Bonner AmeriCorps Ed Award:4

Active in Other AmeriCorps Ed Award: 0

Active in Learn & Serve CBR: 0

Active in FIPSE Civic Ed Certficate/Minor:  0

 

KEY CONTACTS

President: Barbara E. Murphy

Center & Bonner Director: Ellen Hill  Ellen.Hill@jsc.edu

 

Bonner Senior Intern(s): Kaila Fong (on exchange for 2008-2009 year)

Bonner Congress Representatives: Warren Ramsey

Other:

 

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

The Bonner Leader Program at JSC is part of the Center for Service Learning, which consists of: America Reads and other youth/ mentoring initiatives (such as Shooting for Goals, a partnership with our athletic teams and a local alternative school); Break Away alternative breaks; and our CSLocal one-time projects; in addition to our Bonner Program. Our Center for Service Learning is mostly student-run, with a part full time coordinator, a Bonner Director, a graduate assistant (who coordinates youth and mentoring programs), and a multitude of student leaders who coordinate alternative breaks, Bonner initiatives and other projects.

 

Unique Projects

  • Talko Tuesday: This is a discussion project started by our senior intern in 2007-2008, inspired by a presentation she attended at SLI 2007. These monthly open discussions focus on "hot topics" chosen by Bonners that affect us on a local, regional, national or global level. All students, faculty, and staff are invited to attend.
  • Collaborative Alternative Weekends: inspired by the success of our 18-year history with week-long or multi-week alternative breaks, and the lack of opportunity for non-traditional or otherwise under-served students to participate in intensive service-learning projects, we have offered a weekend service trip once per semester since Spring 2007 with students and staff from Burlington College and Community College of VT. Bonners often participate in these trips.
  • Local Projects and ResLife Connection: We offer 6+ large-scale local service projects per year, and through a connection with Residence Life, we get a large proportion of the on-campus residential students to participate in these initiatives. Some projects from 2008-2009 include: blood drives, trail maintenance, food bank sorting, and a textile recycling event.
  • Think Tank Movie Series: Our Center for Service Learning and Student Activities are launching a monthly film and discussion series for 2008-2009 featuring independent films and documentaries. Discussions are facilitated by faculty and staff members. A few of the films upcoming: "The Price of Sugar" (on Haitian sugarcane cutters in the Dominican Republic), with CSL coordinator--who will be leading an international S-L class/alternative break to the Dominican Republic in January 2009; "When the Levees Broke" (Spike Lee's documentary about Hurricane Katrina) with an anthropology professor from New Orleans; "Festival Express" (about a train tour with rock bands, from 1970) with JSC's drug and alcohol counselor.
  • Nonprofit Management Certificate- http://www.jsc.edu/Academics/BusinessAndEconomics/NonprofitManagementCertification/default.aspx

 

ANNUAL REPORT OF PROGRAM ACTIVITIES 

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

2009 ANNUAL REPORT OF PROGRAM ACTIVITIES 

 

Student Leadership Planning:

Click here for Congress Leadership Plans:

JSC Congress Action Planning

 

SPRING 2009 INITIATIVES

Serve 2.0

  • Staff Point Person for project:  name - email
  • Student Point Person for project:  name - email
  • Planning to submit mini-grant proposal:  yes - no
  • Bonner Program or Campus-Wide Wiki status:  created - not created; if yes, provide URL
  • Participating in Bonner Video Project:  yes - no
    • Student BVL (Bonner Video Liaison) contact info posted on link: Bonner Video Liaisons
    • Need a Flip Cam? (we can provide one per campus): yes - no
  • See useful links:  Serve 2.0 Resource Wiki   |   Mini-Grant RFP

 

BWBRS

  • Using BWBRS 3.0: yes
  • Need for additional training:  yes - no - for whom
  • 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:
    • 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

 

PHOTOS

Bonner Leader Courtney Gabaree (class of 2010) and former Bonner Coordinator Colin Penney during an all-Bonner service project at the Waterville Library

 

 

Bonner Leader & Congress Rep Lisa Korth (Class of 2011) during the Waterville Library Project. (The Waterville Library is one of our community partners. This small (one-room) library in a 1920's schoolhouse was flooded when a pipe burst in the winter of 2007. It has yet to re-open and we've been working to help get it ready, assist in implementing new practices--like a card catalog--as well as help out with events and programs like storytime!)

 

 

 

JSC Bonner Leaders (and former Bonner Coordinator Colin Penney) with students and staff from Burlington College and the Community College of Vermont in Portland, ME, during our Fall 2007 Alternative Weekend service trip.

 

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