Location: Less than 2 hours from the capital, Frankfort; 2 hours from Lexington, KY and 1 hour and 30 minutes from Knoxville, TN
Enrollment: 730 Students
Other interesting tidbits: It is said that President Lincoln is associated with the College
BONNER PROGRAM AT A GLANCE
Name of Campus-Wide Center: The Office of Common Partners
Relevant website: http://public.unionky.edu/cpo
Type of Program: Bonner Scholars
Year Began: 1998
Bonner Program website: http://www.unionky.edu/Acad/CPO/Bonner/default.asp
Number of Bonner Scholars/Leaders:26 scholars/1 leader
Active in Bonner AmeriCorps Ed Award:19
Active in Other AmeriCorps Ed Award:
Active in Learn & Serve CBR: Yes
Active in FIPSE Civic Ed Certficate/Minor:
KEY CONTACTS
President: Edward de Rosset
Center Director: Gabrielle Mellendorf
Bonner Director/BWBRS Tracking: Debbie D'Anna
Bonner Junior Intern: Austin Sebald
Bonner Congress Representatives: Tiffany Moore and Cody Thompson
Hour Logs: Ashley Brown
MORE ABOUT US (our partners, trips, structure, best or unique practices)
Union's Bonner Program is going back to the basics. We have really taken a look at what it means to reach out to the community. Along with yet another new Coordinator, came a new and exciting energy. We have taken the past year to really dig deep into the challenges and we are now starting to sort through them. The past year was full of numerous awareness days, fabulous trips and bonding experiences.
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Special Events
Throughout the entire year, the program coordinated a number of awareness days. The entire month of November we focused on Hunger Relief. We invited the campus and Community members to participate in a Hunger Banquet which was led by a Bonner Scholar alum, Travis Carmack. In February, we joined efforts with the Spiritual Life team and Campus Activities Board, to but on a Haiti Relief Fundraiser. Hoopin' 4 Haiti was a great success and the school raised over $1,400 to go toward the town of Fondwa, Haiti. We also collected health supplies that were shipped to Louisiana to be taken by the United Methodist Church to Haiti. April was a very busy month. On April 8th, Union joined thousands of people all over the world in "One Day Without Shoes. In spite of goose droppings, torrential rain and cold temperatures, Union Administration, Faculty, Staff, Students and even Trustees, bared their soles. This event urged people everywhere to go one day without shoes to experience what children and adults in many poverty stricken countries endure every day. Union Bonners also collected shoes that were donated to the local schools and distributed in Brazil. At the End of April, the Bonner program led an Earth Day Celebration. From hosting an Earth Day Fair, to planting a native Redbud tree on campus with the Mayor of Barbourville, to putting on an Earth Day Concert featuring two of Union's talented Faculty members. The Bonner Recycling Team spread the word about the many environmental issues, along with promoting the recycling program on campus and in the City of Barbourville.
Visions for the Future
This year the program reinstated the Sophomore Re-commitment, which had been dormant for a number of years. During a number of class meetings, sophomore members were asked to evaluate the program since they started. They made a "Wish List" along with an "Improvement List". They were also asked to create a Vision Board, which allowed them to come up with a vision for the next two years and then present that to the entire group. Below are just a few of the the visions.
Becoming Warriors
This year, Senior Capstones had a face lift. For the senior class, their last semester was full of questioning who they had become and where they will go after the Bonner Career. They were required to read the book Way of the Peaceful Warrior and at each class meeting, took some time to reflect on different aspects of the book and how they could apply it too their lives. They were also required to complete a Warrior Packet, which included an autobiography following the 5 E's, a Volunteer Inventory, a Vision Board for their future, and their Presentation of Learning which focused on one of the Common Commitments. Below are some of their Visions.
ANNUAL REPORT OF PROGRAM ACTIVITIES
2010-2011 ANNUAL REPORT OF PROGRAM ACTIVITIES
2009 ANNUAL REPORT OF PROGRAM ACTIVITIES
Click here to complete next wiki-based portion of Annual Report.
Student Leadership Planning:
Leadership Team: Will be implemented in the Fall 2010 semester. This team will be in charge of overseeing all programs that come out of Common Partners, setting up the year's calendar, and much more.
Congress Reps: Tiffany Moore and Cody Thompson
Head Intern: Sarah Dunaway
Junior Intern: Austin Sebald
Graduate Assistant: Ashley Brown
Coordinator: Gabrielle Mellendorf
Click here for Congress Leadership Plans:
Union Congress Action Planning
SPRING 2009 INITIATIVES
Serve 2.0
BWBRS
- Using BWBRS 3.0: Yes! Love it!
- Need for additional training: Yes!
- 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
- What issue(s) working group will your campus focus on (in preparation for SLI 2009)?
- Poverty Reduction
- Economic Growth
- Hunger and Homelessness
- Specific topic for issue brief (see Research Guide for help to work with partner in defining):
- specific issue brief topic (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
PHOTOS
GROUP SHOTS!!
August Retreat 2009 at Laural Lake
Spring Service Trip 2010 Atlanta, Georgia
Brazilian Experiance
Spring Service Trip 2010 Atlanta,Georgia
Day of Service
Comments (2)
kristin.smith@... said
at 11:34 am on Jul 2, 2008
For sure! How can I help to get it started?!
Marc said
at 2:29 am on Jun 9, 2008
Would you all be interested in forming a Kentucky Council of Bonner Schools (KY COBS)?
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