CAMPUS EXAMPLES:

• Berea College "Life After Berea: Vocation, Faith, and Work" (PDF) 
  This is a schedule for Berea's one-day vocational workshop for juniors and seniors.  

• Berea College "Weaving Our Lives Into a Meaningful Whole" (PDF) 
  This is an outline of a training module used in the "Life After Berea" workshop.   Students are encouraged to consider the concept of vocation versus career and to identify where their core values might fit in when making decisions about life work.

• Berry College Senior Capstone Guidelines (PDF) 
  Berry College has developed a Senior Capstone Presentation.   Prior to exiting the program, seniors are asked to reflect on their Bonner experience and assess the impact it has had on their lives. Students are given focus questions to assist them in their thinking.   These questions encourage them to consider how their time as a Bonner has: influenced their education, been instrumental in their personal growth/development, and equipped them for life after graduation.   Their reflections are to be integrated in a 3-5 page, typed paper and a 5 minute presentation to the Bonners.

• Davidson College "Not Quite a Box Project" (PDF) 
  This activity reminds students that before they can "think outside the box," they must start a box.   The "Not Quite a Box Project" is a way for students to pay attention to all the world has to offer, to focus on what matters to them, and an opportunity for students to share the things that matter with others.   Bonners begin the Box Project with a box or a file folder and gradually fill it with items that are collected over the course of their college career that inform and/or inspire their sense of place in community.   Some items that might find their way into a box are: poems, thank you notes, pictures, newspaper clippings, artwork from a child with whom the student has developed a relationship.

• Mars Hill College Sophomore Recommitment Program (PDF) 
  T he recommitment program always includes food, a group activity, and a recommitment service.   Before the event students are asked to brainstorm what they are willing to recommit to.    This is then developed into a list (similar to a behavior contract) to be used in the recommitment ceremony.   During the ceremony, students form a circle and discuss the challenges of being a Bonner and why they persist.   Bonners then sign a master copy of the list of commitments and are then given a copy to keep.

• Mars Hill College Senior Capstone Program (PDF)
  The Senior Capstone program is held two nights before commencement.   Students are allowed to invite family and a community partner to be their guests.   The students then give presentations about their Bonner experience (where their placements have been, their most meaningful experience, how they have grown, and where they see themselves going next).   In addition to their presentations, students are also asked to present a visual display (tri-fold boards, power points, memorabilia from their placements, etc.).

• Union College Senior Capstone Presentation (PDF)
  Seniors give a presentation of no more than 15 minutes to their fellow Bonners.   Students are given a set of guidelines including the presentation date, a series of seven questions for reflection (including a question focusing on how their understanding of local, regional and national issues has increased), and a list of suggestions for capstone projects (write a song or poem or speech or essay, paint a picture, make a video, etc.).   The seniors are encouraged to invite guests to their presentation and the Bonner staff arranges for advisory committee members, placement supervisors, and the President to attend as they are able.

Bonner Partner Resources

• Idealist.org Road Map (PDF) for www.Idealist.org
  The "Road Map" is a tool to assist with navigating their web site.   The Road Map quickly connect students to resources related to career development, including, but not limited to: non-profit job, internship, and volunteer postings, career development tools, and career fairs.