Join us in helping Bonners serve abroad! Here, you will find a handbook for students, directors, and international service partners around service abroad. Each handbook can be downloaded in PDF format as well. Please comment or add to these pages.

Why Service Abroad?

International Partner Directory

Downloadable Handbook Links:

(PDF Format)

Handbook for Students | Administrator's Guide | Service Partner Guide

These handbooks available in Wiki format below.

Handbook for Students | download the PDF version here: Service Abroad Handbook.pdf

• International Service: An Introduction from the Bonner Foundation
• Studying Abroad: Tools and Tips
  • Choosing a Study Abroad Location
  • Money Matters
  • Intercultural Issues
• Serving Abroad: Tools and Tips
  • Finding a Service Site
  • Volunteer Guidelines
  • Advice from Previous Volunteers
  • Coming Back Home: Smoothing the Transition
• Planning Guide
  • Action Timeline
  • Service Site Checklist
  • Sample Cover Letter
  • Sample Resume
  • Packing List

Guide for Administrators | download the PDF version here: Administrator's Guide.pdf

• Preparation Materials
  • Creating a Service Abroad Resource Base
  • Introducing Service Abroad
  • Sample Service Abroad Application
• Managing Students Abroad
  • Using Technology to Keep in Touch
  • Administrator's Management Timeline
  • Student's Action Timeline
  • Dates & Deadlines Chart
• Facilitating Reflection
  • Reflection Workbook for Bonners Abroad
  • Student Reentry: Smoothing the Transition
  • Reflecting Back on Campus
  • From Service to Politics

Guide for International Service Partners | download the PDF version here: Service Partner Guide.pdf

• Introduction to the Bonner Foundation
  • Vision, Mission & History
  • Program Overview
• Service Site Expectations & Guidelines
  • Key Terms
  • Rights & Responsibilities
• Commitment Planning Workbook

Bonner Abroad: Real Life Stories | send us your stories! ahoy@bonner.org

• Bringing it Back Home: Bonner Scholar Returns to Her Native Philippines
• Sailing & Serving Abroad: A Bonner’s Service Adventure at Sea 

Bibliography

• A Chameleon with a Complex: Searching for Transformation in International Service-Learning (pdf) — by Richard Kiely, published in the Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning 
• International Service Learning: Conceptual Frameworks and Research (publish TBD) — Click here for the Table of Contents
• Educating for Global Citizenship through Service-Learning: A Theoretical Account and Curricular Evaluation by Eric Hartman, University of Pittsburgh, 2008