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Mars Hill College
Location: Mars Hill, North Carolina (20-30 minutes from Asheville, NC) Enrollment: Approx. 1000 Other interesting tidbits: In the 1930s and 40s, MHC Religion Professor Walt N. Johnson, a proponent of the Social Gospel, advocated for racial and economic justice through a monthly magazine the college published, called The Next Step. An article in 1941 written by Martin England called for a demonstration intentional Christian community in the south, marked by racial integration and Christian socialism. Clarence Jordan received this magazine, and responded to Martin England that he would like to work with him to make it happen. Together, they went to Sumpter County, Georgia, and formed Koinonia Partners, which gave birth to Habitat for Humanity and Jubilee Partners.
Bren Dubay, current executive director of Koinonia Partners, served as the keynote speaker for the annual G. McLeod (Mac) Bryan Caring Awards. We all enjoyed learning more about our connection with Koinonia Partners, Habitat for Humanity, and other great programs.
BONNER PROGRAM AT A GLANCE Name of Campus-Wide Center: LifeWorks Learning Parntership Relevant website: http://lifeworks.mhc.edu/ Type of Program: Bonner Scholars Year Began: 1991 Bonner Program website: http://lifeworks.mhc.edu/scholars/bonner.asp Bonner Facebook website: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=18201042&ref=profile#/pages/Mars-Hill-NC/LifeWorks-at-Mars-Hill-College/26072158594
Number of Bonner Scholars: 56 Active in Bonner AmeriCorps Ed Award: 38 Active in Other AmeriCorps Ed Award: 30 Active in Learn & Serve CBR: Yes Active in FIPSE Civic Ed Certficate/Minor: Yes
KEY CONTACTS President: Dan Lunsford Center Director: Lisa Wachtman Bonner Director: Cindy Frost Director of Career Development: Gill Bosonetto Field Coordinator: Travis Proffitt NCCC AmeriCorps*VISTA: Amy Carraux (Dallas Thompson - beginning July 2009) Bonner Senior Intern(s): Bonner Congress Representatives: Savannah Garrison and Kaitlyn Allen
MORE ABOUT US (our partners, trips, structure, best or unique practices) Grants: Mars Hill College was one of 27 institutions nationwide to be part of the Difficult Dialogues Initiative through the Ford Foundation for 2006-08. The college is honored to be one of only 16 institutions that received funding to continue programming that is aimed at helping faculty, staff and students learn how to broach sensitive subjects in a respectful and cooperative spirit. Workshops and other programming for faculty and students over a period of two years is designed to promote understanding and appreciation of diversity. A major goal of the grant is to provide a forum for students who have been identified as feeling “marginalized” by the greater college community. The three groups identified as “marginalized” by a former version of the Difficult Dialogues program were students who are: African American, gay and lesbian, and evangelical Christian.
End of First-Year Trip: For the fourth year, MHC first-year students have travelled to DOOR Atlanta. The DOOR (Discovering Opportunity, Outreach & Reflection) program is in several cities across the country, and the staff there organize service activities and reflections to help the students get a good understanding of the issues and challenges facing an urban community. The service activities include homeless programs, hunger programs, health programs, and others. This year first-year students brought our new flip cam and the video can be found on the "Issue Awareness" page of the Bonner Video Project.
Second Year Exchange: Sophomores from Lees-McCrae College travelled to Mars Hill for a great 2009 exchange. MHC sophomores enjoyed their increased leadership roles and shared their favorite things about Mars Hill - buffalo chicken wraps, a 16-time national champion Bailey Mountain Cloggers show, and the last event of the annual Hunger Week, the Crop Walk.
Alternative Spring Break: Following a tradition of switching between domestic and international alternative spring breaks, LifeWorks staff led a group of 15 people to Puriscal, Costa Rica. We partnered with Cross-Cultural Solutions for a week-long service and cultural immersion experience. In addition to participating in the daily activities and reflections provided by Cross-Cultural Solutions, students were encouraged to examine their innate senses and how our physical senses apply to community work. Students and staff members all agree that the trip was life-changing and pura vida! Four Bonner Scholars were in attendance.
Hunger Week: Our annual Hunger Week keeps on growing - we had over eight hunger-awareness events in a six-day period. These events included a 24-hour fast, a food waste demonstration, an Oxfam Hunger Banquet meal, and a CROP walk. Empty Bowls, a Mars Hill student, staff, and community favorite, was held on Wednesday and raised over $2,000 for a local non-profit. Mars Hill pottery students create bowls which are then sold in exchange for a soup and salad meal. We look forward to next year.
ANNUAL REPORT OF PROGRAM ACTIVITIES Click here to complete next wiki-based portion of Annual Report.
Student Leadership Planning: Click here for Congress Leadership Plans: Mars Hill Congress Action Planning
SPRING 2009 INITIATIVES Serve 2.0
BWBRS
Bonner AmeriCorps
Issue-Based Research
PHOTOS
Annual Hunger Week - Contact Travis Proffitt (tproffitt@mhc.edu) for more details.
Alternative Spring Break to Puriscal Costa Rica with Cross Cultural Solutions - Contact Travis Proffitt (tproffitt@mhc.edu) for more details.
First-Year Bonner Scholars visited the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center in Atlanta while on their end-of-year service experience. Contact Amy Carraux (acarraux@mhc.edu) for more details.
CAMPUS NAME AND ADDRESS
Mars Hill College 100 Athlectic St. Mars Hill, NC 28754
CAMPUS AT A GLANCE (brief description) Mars Hill College acknowledges the inter-relatedness of its academic program and its extracurricular activities and affirms the belief that learning takes place in all experiences of daily living, not just in the classroom. The Student Life program encompasses housing, student government, student activities, counseling, health care, orientation, student organizations, and campus police. Closely associated are intercollegiate and intramural athletics, food services, and the bookstore. In addition, the college's integrated academic and co-curricular program, the LifeWorks Learning Partnership, links the liberal arts education to life and work.
2009 ANNUAL REPORT OF PROGRAM ACTIVITIES
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