The Bonner Community Scholars Program
at Macalester
What is Bonner?
Through sustained partnerships the work of the Bonner Foundation strengthens student development, community impact, and campus infrastructure while promoting civic engagement, community building, diversity, international perspective, spiritual exploration, and social justice.
The Bonner Community Scholars Program is a four-year program providing financial support, leadership programming, engagement opportunities and a social network to students dedicated to pursuing and integrating community engagement into their college experience. To be eligible for the program participants must have work-study as part of their financial aid package and a demonstrated commitment to community involvement.
Benefits for Macalester Students
Macalester’s Bonner Community Scholars have the opportunity to participate in Bonner’s cornerstone activities:
On-going Training, Enrichment, Support and opportunities for Reflection
Orientation/First Year Retreat
First-Year Service Trip
Sophomore Service Exchange
Summer Service
Senior Bonner Internships
Summer Leadership Institute
Bonner Congress
The Bonner Scholar Program seeks to transform the lives of students at 27 colleges and universities across the nation as well as their campuses, local communities, and nation by providing “access to education and opportunities to serve.”
What Bonner Means for Macalester
Establishing a Bonner program at Macalester provides an opportunity to:
Strengthen Macalester’s mission and commitment to service
Institutionalize college access as a value of the college
Serve as a leader and model in the area of civic engagement programs
Increased opportunity to build reciprocal partnerships with community organizations
Enhance Macalester’s existing community and civic engagement programs
Make even more explicit the relationship between civic engagement, multiculturalism and college access
Access to a network of professional colleagues and students that hold the same values and commitment to service, community and civic engagement
For program details, contact Karin Trail-Johnson at trailjohnson@macalester.edu or 651-696-6040.
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