Campus Name
The College of New Jersey
Ewing, NJ (see Serve 2.0 Mini-Grant Map)
Campus Contacts
Paula Figueroa-Vega / pfiguero@tcnj.edu / 609-771-2217 or 609-771-2548
Students Names: Name / Email / Phone
Bonner Center • 1938 Pennington Road • Ewing, NJ 08618
www.tcnjserves.pbwiki.com
www.tcnj.edu/~bonner
tcnjbonnervideoproject.blogspot.com
Add Photos Here if you'd like (select Bonner logo and replace, size to 65-100 pixels square)
Issue Focus Area(s)
Multiple issues (connected to site-based teams) including hunger, homelessness/housing, inclusion/developmental disabilities, education, youth and family services. Five community organizations will be involved.
Brief Overview
At TCNJ, the Bonner Community Scholars are an intentionally diverse group of students who are organized into 13 issue based teams. Each team anchors down the College's relationship with one or two community partner organizations and are driven by the needs and interests of those agencies. As a four-year student and community development program, Bonners have the opportunity to transform themselves, the campus and the community by participating in a range of community-engaged learning activities during their undergraduate career.
TCNJ will emphasize the Serve 2.0 initiative on these key issue areas: hunger, housing, developmental disabilities, urban education, and youth and family services. We will work with the following community partners: Habitat for Humanity, the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen, the Academic Sports Academy, Trenton Medical Arts, LifeTies and Visitation Home.
The Serve 2.0 initiative will provide critical support for Bonner Scholars and Community Partners who will engage in a range of activities. These activities include: video document of each team showcasing the community partner they work closely with, the issue area they address, and their story through wikis and videos. In addition, at least one member of each Bonner team will share the impact the service has had on their own life. The social media technologies, such as wikis, YouTube and others, will allow prospective volunteers to review opportunities available, learn about community organizations and utilize the information to serve or to do class based projects relevant to issues that affect the community.
Key Community Partners
Please add links to these sites URLs if they have one, and feel free to add a sentence description. If partners are missing from the map, please email address info to Ariane Hoy at ahoy@bonner.org.
(see Serve 2.0 Mini-Grant Map)
Social Media Tools to Be Used
Wikis, videos, YouTube, Twitter, blogs
Link to Campus Organizing Strategies
TCNJ's strategy builds upon its programmatic integration of site-based teams across the entire Bonner Program. All Bonners are part of a site-based team beginning in the first year of college. These teams work with the community partner from Orientation on, collaboratively setting goals, carving out students' roles at the sites, and in other ways working to build the partners' capacity and serve the community. All site-based teams are also working to integrate PolicyOptions, with each team to identify and complete an issue brief in 2008-2009. This Serve 2.0 initiative interweaves with these other efforts.
Goals of Initiative
Goal 1: Utilize social media technologies to showcase a community organization.
Objective 1: Five mini videos will be produced for each community organization showcasing the services it provides.
Objective 2: The TCNJ wiki will be updated with current information about the community partner. At least one page will be designated with information for each community partner.
Objective 4: Submit one video related to the Bonner Video Project with Assignment # 2, Community Partner Profile – due March15th, 2009
Goal 2: Enhance community impact by engaging partners and Bonner Scholars to educate and provide training around their issue area.
Objective 1: Five mini videos will be produced that will showcase a community partner key staff that will share why they are involved in the social issue affecting their constituents
Objective 2: Five mini videos will be produced that will showcase Bonner Scholars reflecting on their service and the impact it has had on them.
Objective 3: Videos will be downloaded onto the TCNJ wiki and video blogs to increase public awareness and increase student’s engagement
Objective 4: Submit one video related to the Bonner Video Project with Assignment # 4, Issue Awareness Video – due May 15th, 2009
Goal 3: Utilize social media to enhance community service and civic engagement.
Objective 1: Utilize wiki and videos in at least three Community Engaged Learning days to educate participants about an issue
Objective 2: Utilize wiki and videos in at least 3 volunteer recruitment efforts.
Objective 3: Create video explaining TCNJ efforts in Civic and Community Engagement (why we do this, why is it important
Objective 4: Submit one video related to the Bonner Video Project with Assignment # 3, Training and Enrichment Video – due April 15th, 2009
Key Activities and Timelines
February 2009
- Receive award letters and administrative approvals
- Submit Bonner Program Profile related to the Bonner Video Project
March 2009
- Develop videos each community organization showcasing the services it provides (Goal 1).
- Submit Bonner Program Profile related to the Bonner Video Project
April 2009
- Create video to enhance community service and civic engagement (Goal 3).
- Submit Bonner Program Profile related to the Bonner Video Project
May 2009
- Enhance community impact by engaging partners and Bonner Scholars to educate and provide training around their issue area (Goal 2).
- Submit Bonner Program Profile related to the Bonner Video Project
June 2009
- Submit Bonner Program Profile related to the Bonner Video Project
- Present at Summer Leadership Institute
Fall 2009
- Utilize media tools for CEL days and volunteer recruitment efforts.
- September 1 – submit progress report
Spring 2010
- Utilize media tools for CEL days and volunteer recruitment efforts.
- Progress Report
Summer 2010
- Summer Leadership Institute
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