Widener University

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CAMPUS NAME AND ADDRESS

Widener University

One University Place

Chester, PA 19013

www.widener.edu

 

CAMPUS AT A GLANCE (brief description)

Widener University is a private, metropolitan university located in Chester, Pennsylvania that emphasizes academics and community service. Dynamic teaching, active scholarship, personal attention, and experiential learning are key components of the Widener experience.

 

At Widener, you'll get the best of both worlds: A large university's wide range of course offerings combined with the intimate class sizes and faculty interaction of a small college. Our 110-acre campus is located just 20 minutes from exciting Center City Philadelphia. The university has three other campuses: two in Pennsylvania (Harrisburg and Exton) and one in Wilmington, Delaware. 

 

About 2,800 undergraduates, 1,700 graduate students, and 1,500 law students attend Widener in eight degree-granting schools. The university offers associate's, baccalaureate, master's, and doctoral degrees in areas ranging from traditional liberal arts to professional programs. 

 

The Carnegie Foundation classifies Widener as a Doctoral/Research University and a Community Engagement Institution.  

 

Widener University has been recognized for its civic engagement efforts with a position on the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with distinction.

 

 

KEY FACTS

Location: About 20 minutes South West of Philadelphia

Enrollment: In 2007, total 6,500 students

 

BONNER PROGRAM AT A GLANCE

 

Type of Program: Bonner Leaders          

Year Began: 2007

Bonner Program website: http://www.widener.edu/civicmission/psc.asp

Widener Civic Mission: http://www.widener.edu/civicmission/default.asp

Number of Bonner Leaders: 51

 

KEY CONTACTS

President: James T. Harris III, D.Ed.

Bonner/Presidential Service Corps Director: Cecilia M. McCormick, Esq.

Bonner Coordinator: Nicole Tommasini

Bonner Senior Intern(s): Lisa Wasley

Bonner Congress Representatives:

Other:

 

MORE ABOUT US - Programmatic Highlights from 2008-2090 (our partners, trips, structure, best or unique practices)

 

This year our students participated in a wide range of activities. We continued our work with Habitat for Humanity, Widener Cares, Widener Big Friends, Big Brothers Big Sisters and began working with the opening of the college access center. Each class in the program developed and executed service events/partnerships that benefited the community of Chester.  Our 1st year students established a partnership with the Bernardine Center, a local organization that provides food, clothing, as well as educational programming to those in need. We were able to connect the Bernardine Center with the Community Arts Center and are helping them plan and complete community garden and a mural this summer.  The 2nd year class reached out to local senior centers and put together a night of food, fun, and dancing for elderly people in the community as well as worked with a local nursing home throughout the year. Additionally the 2nd year class reuse and redistribution program at the end of the academic year that benefitted community partners such as the United Way and Salvation Army.  The 3rd year continued their partnership with March of Dimes and started working with a local environmental commission to beautify and improve a park in Chester. The departing 4th year class worked with the Widener Child Development Center. 

 

 

Undoubtedly, the most exciting service that some of our students completed this year was an international service trip to Jamaica.  A group of 12 students was accompanied by our Bonner Director, Cecilia McCormick; administrative staff member, Michael Bivens; and president of Widener University, Dr. James T. Harris. These students spent months raising money to build two houses and collecting donations for a school and orphanage in Jamaica.

 

 

 

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:

 Click here for Congress Leadership Plans:

Widener Congress Action Planning

 

SPRING 2009 INITIATIVES

Serve 2.0

  • Staff Point Person for project:  Margaret Flaget-Greener
  • Student Point Person for project:  Alison Wartonbee
  • Planning to submit mini-grant proposal:  Perhaps
  • Bonner Program or Campus-Wide Wiki status:  Yes
  • Participating in Bonner Video Project:  yes, on international service trip
    • Student BVL (Bonner Video Liaison) contact info posted on link: Bonner Video Liaisons
    • Need a Flip Cam? (we can provide one per campus): yes - no
  • See useful links:  Serve 2.0 Resource Wiki   |   Mini-Grant RFP

 

BWBRS

  • Using BWBRS 3.0: yes
  • Need for additional training:  yes, Becky to provide Margaret with training
  • 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)? 
    • housing refurbishment - Habitat
    • school gardens
  • 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):
    • Cecilia McCormick
  • See useful links:  PolicyOptions Wiki   |  Campus Implementation Guide

 

PHOTOS

http://www.slide.com/r/k7DJVjcG4z_PU-Hfz3A7LzpUeHhCckZd?previous_view=mscd_embedded_url&view=original

 

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