Location: About 5 minutes south of Downtown Minneapolis, MN
Enrollment: 3,785 students from 40 countries. Our diverse community includes 21.7% students of color, 1% international students and 39% of our students are Lutherans. Our student body comes from 42 U.S States and 40 different Countries.
Another interesting tidbit:
Augsburg Auggies come from all over the country and the world to live and learn in the city. Augsburg has a lively assortment of cultures, races, identities, religions, and ways of thinking. Though we are from different backgrounds and traditions, our experiences are shaped by our faith and values. We explore our own beliefs while learning about the faith traditions of others.
BONNER PROGRAM AT A GLANCE
Name of Campus-Wide Center: SABO Center for Citizenship and Learning
Relevant websites:
Augsburg Bonner Leaders Campus Profile
Augsburg College Bonner Leaders Wiki
Augsburg Campus Kitchen Program
Augsburg announces it's Bonner Leader Program!
Augsburg's Campus Issue Profile: Hunger and Homelessness
Type of Program: Bonner Leader
Year Began: 2008
Bonner Program website: http://www.augsburg.edu/bonner/
Number of Bonner Leaders: 40 Bonner Leader students active in the program.
Active in Bonner AmeriCorps Ed Award: Yes
Active in Other AmeriCorps Ed Award: No
Active in Learn & Serve CBR: No
Active in FIPSE Civic Ed Certficate/Minor: No
KEY CONTACTS
President: Dr. Paul Pribbenow
Sabo Center Director: Elaine Eschenbacher 612-330-1492
Bonner Coordinator: Kristin Farrell 612-330-1208
Sabo Center Graduate Assistant: Nora Helf 612-330-1703
Bonner Senior Intern(s): Grace Mclagan
Bonner Congress Representative: Elena Eveslage
Mallory Carstens
Claire Bergren
MORE ABOUT US (our partners, trips, structure, best or unique practices)
Augsburg College benefits from its position in the middle of one of the most diverse neighborhoods in Minneapolis. The Cedar-Riverside neighborhood is comprised of the largest Somali community in Minnesota, a large student population, many different businesses and two major institutions: the University of Minnesota and the Fairview Hospital.
Augsburg reaches out to many of the neighborhoods that surround it. Although many of our partners are across the street and down the block, we also work in the Seward neighborhood, and expand further along Franklin Avenue to the Phillips neighborhood.
List of Partners:
All Community Partners - Map
Augsburg's Campus Kitchen
Bedlam Theatre
Bethany Lutheran Church
Brian Coyle Center
Centro Guadalupano
Centro, INC
Commonbond Communities
Dowling Elementary
Hope Academy
HOPE Community
Jane Addams School for Democracy (JAS)
Kaleidoscope Place
Mental Health Resources, Inc.-Seward CSP
Minnesota Literacy Council
Minnesota Internship Center
Minnesota Public Interest Research Group (MPIRG)
NAVIGATE
Project for Pride and Living
Redeemer Center for Life
Seward Montessori School
The East African Women's Center
Trinity Lutheran Congregation
Volunteers of America-Minnesota
Waite House
The Augsburg Bonner Community Leaders Program is viewed on campus as a successful model to build on the college’s culture of community and civic engagement and bring together existing community service programs to take us to the next level of deepening knowledge, reflection, and authenticity of civic engagement in the community.
Highlights of the 2010-2011 Augsburg Bonner Leaders Program:
- Core Program Activity – 30 students (14 new), 20 community partners (10 new)
- Extended Participation – 6 students who fulfilled their two year commitment to the Bonner program have elected to continue leadership with the program into their junior year.
- Student Development and Leadership – More than 6 of the new placement options have been focused on creating site-based or issue-based teams. This year 20 Bonner students worked in collaboration with other Bonners within their community organization.
- Issue Focus and Advocacy - Bonner students continued to focus on the issue of homelessness and hunger in Minneapolis. Student meetings included education on homelessness as a regional issue and they linked that to food justice, the community garden, and the Campus Kitchens Program. Bonner students visited and completed service with a homeless shelter, participated in a city-wide poverty simulation called “A Day in the Life”, and participated in several policy advocacy events
- New Opportunities and Growth – 6 Bonner students are participating in a new summer community partnership program this year. Two of the students are working in newly created positions designed collaboratively with two of the colleges’ signature partnerships, Faith in the City and the Center for Democracy and Citizenship.
- Sharing and Promoting the Program
