Tougaloo College

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CAMPUS NAME AND ADDRESS

Tougaloo College

500 West County Line Road Tougaloo, MS 39174 http://www.tougaloo.edu/

Historic Woodworth Chapel, named in honor of Frank P. Woodworth, who served the longest term as president of Tougaloo College. The Chapel has long been the site for important lectures, performances, and events at the College. In the early twentieth century, George Washington Carver made quite an impression on students, demonstrating new uses for common plants. During the tumultuous 1960's and early 1970's, speakers of many persuasions, including such icons as Ralph Bunche, Julian Bond, Stokely Carmichael, James Baldwin, Roy Wilkins, Martin Luther King, Jr., Medgar Evers, Robert F. Kennedy and Fannie Lou Hamer, used the Chapel podium. Harry Belafonte, Leontyne Price, Frank Sinatra and many others performed in the Chapel. On the night of Joan Baez's Civil Rights era performance (April 1964), Woodworth Chapel was filled with the most integrated audience of its entire history. For the beauty it reveals in myriad forms, many consider Woodworth Chapel to be the origin of Mississippi's Civil Rights Movement.

CAMPUS AT A GLANCE (brief description)

Tougaloo College, founded in 1869 by the American Missionary Association, is a small liberal arts institution located on 500 acres of land near the northern edge of Jackson, MS. As an enduring and nurturing community that values life long learning, academic excellence and social commitment are the college’s trademarks. Students are prepared to produce the “next new idea” and become the servant-leaders that will affect order and change in a global society by incorporating new technologies, practices and knowledge into our research, service and teaching.

KEY FACTS

Location: Tougaloo, MS

Enrollment: 900

Student-Faculty Ratio: 15:1

Offers the Bachelor of Arts; Bachelor of Science and Associate of Arts degree and 29 degree programs in the Natural Sciences; Social Sciences; Humanities; and Education

BONNER PROGRAM AT A GLANCE

Type of Program: Bonner Leader Program/Bonner AmeriCorps Program

Year Began: 2005

Number of Bonner Leaders: 13

Number of Bonner AmeriCorps Ed Award: 1

KEY CONTACTS

President: Beverly W. Hogan

Bonner Coordinators: Sylvia T. Clark stclark@tougaloo.edu, George M. Patterson, Jr.

gpatterson@tougaloo.edu

PLAN FOR PROGRAM ACTIVITIES

2009 Annual Report of Program Activities

Fall Semester 2008

Number of Students Active in the Bonner Program	2
Number of Students Active in AmeriCorps	2
Number of Students with 140 Logged Approved Hours (100%)	2
Number of Students with fewer than 100 Logged Approved Hours (<70% required hours)	0
#Training & Enrichment Activities, By Class:	Unknown
Freshmen
Sophomore
Junior
Senior
All Classes

*Approved by Director for BSP not utilizing AmeriCorps slot; approved by Foundation for all students utilizing AmeriCorps slot

Spring Semester 2009

Number of Students Active in the Bonner Program	14
Number of Students Active in AmeriCorps	1
Number of Students with 140 Logged Approved Hours (100%)	1
Number of Students with fewer than 100 Logged Approved Hours (<70% required hours)	13
#Training & Enrichment Activities, By Class:
Freshmen	15
Sophomore
Junior
Senior
All Classes	15

*Approved by Director for BSP not utilizing AmeriCorps slot; approved by Foundation for all students utilizing AmeriCorps slot

Student Leadership Planning:

Click here for Congress Leadership Plans:

Tougaloo Congress Action Planning

SPRING 2009 INITIATIVES

Serve 2.0

Staff Point Person for Project: George M. Patterson, Jr.
Planning to submit mini-grant proposal: yes
Bonner Program or Campus-wide Wiki status:
Participating in Bonner Video Project: yes
Received Flip Cam?: yes

BWBRS

Using BWBRS 3.0: yes
Need for additional training: yes

Bonner AmeriCorps

Tougaloo College has signed up to attend the AmeriCorps Supervisors Orientation which will be held August 18-21, 2009 in Olive Branch, MS.
Tougaloo College has completed the AmeriCorps Survey in compliance with the 2008-2009 requirements for fall, spring and summer.
Tougaloo College is in the process of receiving AmeriCorps Vista volunteers. Placements will be made before the end of July 2009. As soon as the volunteers have been assigned, we will update this section with respective name(s) and contact information.

Issue-Based Research

What issue(s) working group will your campus focus on in preparation for SLI 2009? Health Disparities
Specific topic for issue brief: Access to Healthcare
Lead contact people for project (staff and/or students, community partner agency):

Felicia T. Whittington, Executive Director

Owens Health & Wellness Center

George M. Patterson, Jr., Community Outreach Coordinator

Janae Roberts

Obie McNair

JeMarcus Welch

Jasmine Washington

PHOTOS

Tougaloo-Rhodes First Year Exchange

Yes, we said First Year Exchange. Tougaloo Bonner Leaders were fortunate to have Rhodes Bonner Scholars to drive down from Memphis to do a Second Year Exchange in Tougaloo's First official year. The Tougaloo and Rhodes Bonners participated in community building exercises. Rhodes Bonners shared experiences that have individually impacted them.

Tougaloo and Rhodes Bonners pause for the pose while talking over pizza.

Rhodes and Tougaloo Bonners play the name.

Tougaloo and Rhodes Bonners found not laughing and counting very difficult while each of their heads rested on one another's mid section.

Tougaloo Bonner concentrates during a reflection activity.

Excitement exudes while sharing expectations of the Tougaloo Bonner Leader Program.

Ice Cream Sunday

This is a community event that happens every other month. Neighborhood youth are exposed to workshops that equips them to develop personal action plans for change, teaches them how to make a healthy meal, educates them on the Cradle to Prison Pipeline Crisis and much more. Ice Cream Sunday (ICS) is growing with every installment. We have received multiple requests for the event to be held in various communities around the metro area.

TC Bonner assists parent and youth at the Ice Cream Sunday t-shirt coloring station.

Children's Defense Fund Staff person speaks to youth and elders in the Cradle To Prison Pipeline Crisis Workshop.

Youth and Elders listen intently in the Cradle To Prison Pipeline Crisis Workshop

Bonners and Children's Defense Fund staff fits neighborhood youth for Ice Cream Sunday t-shirt.

Children's Defense Fund National Cradle To Prison Pipeline Crisis Summit

Tougaloo Bonner participates in group discussion

The summit brought together over 400 key partners and individuals from California and across the country to focus on solutions, best practices and strategies that can be implemented in all communities and states to bring about needed systems and paradigm changes.

The State of Mississippi was represented by F.A.I.T.H. (Fathers Active In There Hoods), Tougaloo College Bonner Leader Program, Tougaloo College Health and Wellness Center, Delta State University SGA and Jackson State University Freedom School.