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“From Service to Solutions”
Recommended for First Year - Spring Semester
Theme Overview: In the second term, students are introduced to a more comprehensive understanding of civic and community engagement. As they find a regular position and a site, they can think critically about how their service and agency are making an impact. These sessions will teach students a philosophy and approach for identifying solutions to the issues they are confronting and understanding how they might contribute to solutions. The second capstone workshop builds on the first, allowing freshmen to revisit their long-term interests for their four years.
These modules are drawn from Making a Difference: Strategies for Solving Social Problems, A semester-long, undergraduate-level course developed and taught by Scott Sherman of the Transformative Action Institute (TAI). The 14 teaching modules combine TAI's dynamic, interactive, and experiential curriculum with more than 50 solutions journalism stories. The modules can be used to create an entire course, or individually to complement existing courses. Each module includes in-class activities, outside assignments, and teaching collections on a variety of topics, and on success factors in each of the SolutionsU eight major success factor categories.
Note: where not listed separately, handouts are built within downloadable modules. Workshop modules are uploaded in Pages and PDF. If you use Microsoft Word and want a text version, download the Pages version and open in Word. The Foundation does not use Word and cannot format documents in it. We recommend you download the PDF version as a check.
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Theme 2.1
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Discovering Solutions That Work: This workshop (drawn from SolutionsU) is designed to help first year students become more aware of the ways that nonprofit and governmental programs, as targeted interventions, must also gauge whether they are effectively designed and implemented to make positive impacts. It has been modified to fit the Bonner Program context, empowering students to discover the impacts of their work.
Trainer Guide
Word Version: DiscoveringSolutions-BonCur2023.docx
PDF Version: DiscoveringSolutions-BonCur2023.pdf
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Theme 2.2
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Making a Difference - Measuring Impact: This workshop (drawn from SolutionsU) helps students to understand the challenges that social service organizations face in developing and implementing programs that lead to positive outcomes and impact. It uses real examples of programs and evidence to teach students to think more critically.
Trainer Guide
PDF Version: BonCur2018.MakingaDifference2.2.pdf
Presentation
Note: Be sure to download the accompanying slides.
Powerpoint Version: 2.2 Making a Difference Slides.pptx
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Theme 2.3
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Tackling Root Causes: This workshop (drawn from SolutionsU) explores the concept of root causes, teaching students to think about the reasons that the issues and inequities they are tackling exist. It guides participants on an analytical and discussion-based journey beyond “Band-Aid” approaches to social issues and presents strategies that seek to understand root causes.
Trainer Guide
PDF Version: BonCur2018.TacklingRootCauses.2.3.pdf
Pages Version: BonCur2018.TacklingRootCauses.2.3.pages
Presentation
Note: Be sure to download the accompanying slides. Three formats are available here.
Keynote Version: 2.3 Tackling Root Causes Slides.key
Powerpoint Version: 2.3 Tackling Root Causes Slides.pptx
PDF Version: 2.3 Tackling Root Causes Slides.pdf
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Building Coalitions for Campus and Community Change: This workshop trains participants to build coalitions around a common goal or project, a key skill set in more complex capacity building, organizing, or community change.
Trainer Guide
Word Version: Building Coalitions_BonCur2023.docx
PDF Version: Building Coalitions_BonCur2023.pdf
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Capstone 2
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Your True Colors: Integrating Learning, Service, and Identity through Bonner Capstone: This is part two (of 8) of a series for Bonner Scholars and Leaders to build an integrative community engaged signature capstone. In this workshop, participants revisit their palette to identify the “primary colors” or ideal components of their future capstone project. They discuss how capstones can integrate their service, career, and personal interests. This is designed for freshmen, to get them thinking about the future.
Trainer Guide
PDF Version: Capstone #2 Session Final-Primary Colors.pdf
Pages Version: Capstone #2 Session Final-Primary Colors.pages
Presentation
Note: Be sure to download the accompanying slides. Three formats are available here.
Keynote Version: Capstone #2 Primary Colors Presentation.key
Powerpoint Version: Capstone #2 Primary Colors Presentation.pptx
PDF Version: Capstone #2 Primary Colors Presentation.pdf
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