Oh, the places we will go!

Exploring the Future of Civic Engagement

Fall 2016 Bonner Directors & Coordinators Meeting

Opening Session: Mapping and Exploring the Terrain of Civic Engagement

on Our Campuses

Welcome

• Introductions

• Strategic Plans

• Challenges and Solutions

• Agenda Review

Introductions

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Strategic Plans• In Pairs…

Describe where and how much community engagement can be found in institutional strategic plan

• Report Out… Report out and poll to gauge how many have strong, medium, weak evidence in strategic plan

Challenges• In Pairs…

Discuss challenges in implementing your goals and identify top two challenges facing your institutions

• Report Out… Report out and listing each until we can break into smaller groups each clustered around a distinct challenge

Solutions• In Small Groups (with notetaker)…

1) Agree on description of the challenge 2) Share some potential solutions for

your campus 3) Propose two ways the Bonner

Foundation and Bonner network can help address the challenge

• Report Out… Collect notes from notetakers

Agenda Review Wednesday

• All Group — Community Engaged Signature Work

• Elective Workshops

• Lunch Discussions (optional)

• Strategy Sessions — Learning Communities

• Dinner on your own

• Evening Reception

Agenda Review Thursday

• All Group — Student Learning Outcomes

• Elective Workshops

• Lunch Discussions (optional)

• Idea Labs — Five topics

• Bonner Business

• Dinner and Reception

Agenda Review Friday

• All Group — Staff Professional Development

• Closing

And will you succeed? Yes! You will, indeed! (98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed.)