4. Consider…
• Visibility and location
• Institutional respect and
positioning
• The potential for
building a culture of
service
• How change happens
at your institution
• Access to leadership
5. Ensure…
• Access to resources
• Access to students
• Access and status with
faculty
• Strong relationships
across key departments
‣ Admissions
‣ Financial Aid
‣ Development
‣ Advancement
6. Student Affairs
Strengths Concerns Other
• Fit with
departmental
mission;
student-led
programs;
larger scale;
access to areas
like Residence
Life & fees
• Fails to become
integrated at
institution’s
core (faculty);
lack of
curricular
change;
second class
status
• Many
campuses have
started from
this vantage
point
•
• Consider
building
developmental
model buy-in
7. Strengths Concerns Other
• Access to faculty
• Status within
institution
• Connect
research and
scholarship
• Service can be
episodic if only
tied to courses;
must put
attention on
student
leadership
• Having program
under Academic
Affairs does not
guarantee
curricular
change
Academic Affairs
8. Strengths Concerns Other
• May leverage
resources &
change
opportunities;
curricular and
co-curricular
integration
• Coordination
and decision-
making
involves more
time & people;
top down vs.
bottom up
• Many established
campuses seem
to be moving
here, but some
wait for vision
Integrated Center
23. Campus-Wide Structures
Campus Center(s)
Staff
Student Leaders
Faculty,
Administrators &
Other Centers
Student Affairs
Administrators &
Other Offices
Bonner Site/
Issue-Based
Teams
Environment, Arts
Smith School
Boys & Girls Club
United Way
City Council, Etc.
Other Regular
Service Programs
Tutors & Mentors
Bonner “Light”
Programs
Academic Affairs /
Departments
Mind Your Business
(Biz School)
Housing Coalition
(Sociology)
Sustainability Club
(Env Sciences)
Etc.
Student Affairs
Clubs &
Organizations
Day of Service Events
Walks
Food Drives
Orientation
Greek Life
Community Partners
25. Campus-Wide
Service Events
Series of Service
Events
Campus
Calendar
Coordinating
Council
Incentives
Inventory of
Issues
Culture of
Service on
Campus
Faculty
Engagement
Issue-Based
Catalyst
Student Led Engagement:
Organizing Tactics
26. • Conflict and misalignment with other campus
departments or administration
• Students are overcommitted
• Lack of financial resources
• Service programming is not connected or centralized
• Lack of student interest and commitment to service
• Lack of staff or organizational capacity
• Transportation issues
• Broadening the pool of students involved
Student-Led Engagement:
Challenges
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32. • Connect with Bonners to support their learning and
success
• Spread community engaged learning across the
curriculum
• Offer partners additional resources, projects, and
capacity building
• Address higher education’s mission of producing
knowledge for real-world application
Why Engage Faculty?
33. Continuum of Strategies
Foundational Transformational Alignment
Short-term
but critical
investments &
strategies
Ongoing and
requiring
sustained
relationships
& program
management
Necessary for
shifting
institutional
culture and
policies
34. • Resource library and articles
• Assist faculty with site connections and transportation
• Share publication opportunities
• Take to Bonner and other conferences
• Involve in doing self-assessment
• Help faculty members with courses (reflection)
• Faculty recognition
• Write letters of reference for tenure portfolios
(www.ccph.org)
Foundational
35. • Faculty Development Workshops and Seminars
(Bonner can connect you with people/models)
• Faculty Fellowships
• Student Faculty Teaching Assistants
(Students as Colleagues)
• Course development support
(Mini-Grants for Service-Learning, CBR, etc.)
• Faculty Advisory Boards
• Departmental Strategies
Transformational
36. • Strategic Planning
• Student Learning Outcomes/Assessment
• Course Designators
• QEPs/Accreditation and External Reviews
• Tenure & Promotion Support
• Working on creation of academic pathways
Institutional Alignment
38. Bonner Wiki Resources:
Guides
•Faculty Engagement Strategies
•Faculty Reading Group or Learning Circles
•Faculty Development Seminars
•Student as Colleagues
•Faculty Training and Immersion Into
Community
•Linking with Accreditation Review
•Engaging Faculty and Cross-Functional Staff in
Designing Student Learning Outcomes
•Tenure and Promotion Revision
43. • Visibility in online and written communications (from
recruiting to news)
• Access to and support of senior leadership
• Financial support (i.e., work study, stipends) for
students to engage
• Faculty engagement and curricular links
• Lived mission, strategic plans, policies, and budget
that reflects civic/community engagement priorities
Signs of Institutional Support
51. Take a few moments
to take stock of the
supports in place
on your campus.
List & discuss
priority strategies.
Exercise