Pulling It All Together Your Many Hats!

Your Year at a Glance

Fall Planning - site visits, strategic planning; setting your training & meeting calendar

Orientation - launches Bonner Program before school year

First Year Placements - often involve exploration

Semester Placements - get other students into service within a few weeks

Fall Staff and Congress Meetings - get the network together

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Summer Cornerstones - often happen towards end of year

Celebrations and Evaluation - with service partners, graduating class, faculty, etc.

Summer Leadership Institute - big one!

Manage summer - more online training and reflection

Reporting and planning - close year out and start anew

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Winter Mid-Year Retreats - provide training, visioning, and launch into 2nd semester

Site Visits and Check Ins - events with partners

Ongoing work around academic links - faculty training and engagement, high-impact projects

Semester Placements - get other students into service within a few weeks

Planning for Summer - start internship recruitment

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Spring First Year Trip and Second Year Exchange - key work on Cornerstone Activities

Recruitment and Selection - identifies next class of Bonners

Site Visits and Check Ins - events with partners

Academic projects - courses, high-impact projects, senior capstones

Semester Placements and Finalize summer - get other students into service within a few weeks

Fall!

Planning - site visits, strategic planning; setting your training & meeting calendar

Orientation - launches Bonner Program before school year

First Year Placements - often involve exploration

Semester Placements - get other students into service within a few weeks

Fall Staff and Congress Meetings - get the network together!!

Winter!

Mid-Year Retreats - provide training, visioning, and launch into 2nd semester

Site Visits and Check Ins - events with partners

Ongoing work around academic links - faculty training and engagement, high-impact projects

Semester Placements - get other students into service within a few weeks

Planning for Summer - start internship recruitment!!

Spring!

First Year Trip and Second Year Exchange - key work on Cornerstone Activities

Recruitment and Selection - identifies next class of Bonners

Site Visits and Check Ins - events with partners

Academic projects - courses, high-impact projects, senior capstones

Semester Placements and Finalize summer - get other students into service within a few weeks!!

summer!

Celebrations and Evaluation - with service partners, graduating class, faculty, etc.

Cornerstones - trips and events often happen towards end of year

Summer Leadership Institute - big one!

Manage summer positions - more online training and reflection

Reporting and planning - close year out and start anew!!

Your Year at a Glance

Fall Planning - site visits, strategic planning; setting your training & meeting calendar

Orientation - launches Bonner Program before school year

First Year Placements - often involve exploration

Semester Placements - get other students into service within a few weeks

Fall Staff and Congress Meetings - get the network together

!

Summer Celebrations and Evaluation - with service partners, graduating class, faculty, etc.

Cornerstones - often happen towards end of year

Summer Leadership Institute - big one!

Manage summer - more online training and reflection

Reporting and planning - close year out and start anew

!

Winter Mid-Year Retreats - provide training, visioning, and launch into 2nd semester

Site Visits and Check Ins - events with partners

Ongoing work around academic links - faculty training and engagement, high-impact projects

Semester Placements - get other students into service within a few weeks

Planning for Summer - start internship recruitment

!

Spring First Year Trip and Second Year Exchange - key work on Cornerstone Activities

Recruitment and Selection - identifies next class of Bonners

Site Visits and Check Ins - events with partners

Academic projects - courses, high-impact projects, senior capstones

Semester Placements and Finalize summer - get other students into service within a few weeks

Things You Do Every Term

Service Work ★Positions, Community Learning Agreements, and Monitoring - in

person and on BWBRS

Training and Enrichment ★Class Meetings, Site Meetings, and All Bonner Meetings - the aim is

to have at least one meeting a week

Advising ★One on One Meetings - between a Bonner and a staff/faculty advisor at

least once each semester

Lead and Manage ★Planning, Resource Development, Supervision - building and implementing

the program, projects, events, and operations of your center

Major Calendar

Administrative/Financial • Registrar’s list • Reimbursement reports • Community fund reports • Annual Reports • Enrichment grants

AmeriCorps (if applicable) • Timelogs • Slot requests • Service accomplishments • Campus-site agreement for each

partner • Campus-Foundation Agreement

Community Partnerships and Managing Service • Cultivate committed partners with

placements at multiple levels • Students complete CLAs • Hour log submissions in BWBRS • Service Accomplishments • End-semester evaluations • Update positions & agencies in

BWBRS • Organize First-Year Trip • Summer Service process

Student Development/Training, Enrichment and Reflection • Developmental trainings • Orientation • All Bonner Retreat and Meetings • Cornerstone Activities (First Year Trip,

2nd

and Senior Capstones) • Advising and Reflection • Conference opportunities • Student leadership team, Congress

Reps, and Senior Intern

Participation in Bonner-Sponsored Activities • Fall Staff Meeting • Congress Meeting • Summer Leadership Institute • High-Impact & PolicyOptions • Surveys, communication, and

special projects

Campus-wide and Other: • Admissions & Financial Aid collaboration • Bonner Recruitment and Replacement • Grow a campus-wide culture • Build and manage center • Cultivate academic connections • Website, PR, and Visibility • Strategic Plan