2024 New Bonner Staff Orientation

July 28-31

Princeton, New jersey

The New Bonner Staff orientation provides a thorough overview of the history, vision, and operational details for managing a Bonner Program and integrating it into campus-wide civic engagement courses and programming. 

You’ll have a chance to learn about the fundamentals and best practices for managing the Bonner program, and how the program is tied to student access and success, community engagement, and campus-wide involvement. We will also discuss how the Bonner Program provides campuses with student leadership that helps strengthen their culture and infrastructure for community-engaged learning.

The meeting will be held over four days beginning Sunday, July 28th with dinner and ending Wednesday, July 31st before lunch.

MEETING LOCATION

The orientation will be held at Princeton Theological Seminary’s Stuart Hall (classroom 5) in walking distance from downtown Princeton.

Receptions will be held at the Bonner Foundation headquarters in Princeton, New Jersey, located just a few blocks away.

REGISTRATION

The cost to attend the meeting is $150 per person, which covers all lunches and dinners besides one dinner out in Princeton. Breakfast is on your own. Refreshments will be available during the meeting.

Please register for the meeting at the link below by Sunday, July 14th, 2024. The registration form will allow you to pay by credit card or by check with an invoice sent to you from the Bonner Foundation.

Click here to register

LODGING

Participants will be responsible for their own housing.

For your convenience, we have blocked rooms with reserved rates ($149 + taxes) at Hampton Inn Princeton. The reserved rate includes hot breakfast. The Hampton Inn is located 5.4 miles from the Bonner Foundation and 5.2 miles from Princeton Theological Seminary.

• Please make your own reservation by calling the Toll free number below by Sunday, July 7th to receive the reserved rate.

  • Toll free number # 800-774-1500

  • Provide dates and the block code “BON”

  • The rooms are blocked from July 27-31, 2024  (For people who wish to arrive one day early)

  • Shuttle: If there are enough room reservations, the hotel will provide free shuttle service to and from Princeton Seminary.

Address: 4385 US-1, Princeton, NJ 08540

Phone Number: (609) 951 0066

You are free to book a stay at a hotel elsewhere.

TRAVEL

Flying

If you are flying in to Princeton, NJ, below are the airport options:

• Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)

  • 3 Brewster Rd, Newark, NJ 07114 (41 miles)

• Trenton-Mercer Airport (TTN)

  • 1100 Terminal Cir Dr, Ewing Township, NJ 08628 (Limited flights, 12 miles)

• Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)

  • 8000 Essington Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19153 (58 miles)

• Driving

  If you plan to drive, the Bonner Foundation is located at 10 Mercer St., Princeton, NJ 08540. We have some parking spots at the Bonner Foundation office, but if the parking is full, metered street parking will be available on Mercer Street.

OTHER PREPARATION

We also encourage you to:

• Join the Bonner Learning Community platform. You’ll be able to connect with other veteran Directors and Coordinators and glean wisdom and experience from them and their programs.

• Download the 2023 New Bonner Staff Orientation Handbook, with handouts and worksheets to use while you review the material. The 2024 New Bonner Staff Orientation Handbook will be available soon.

• Review presentations and other orientation materials that will acquaint you with the frameworks, work plans, and tools you need for many aspects of the role, including student recruitment, planning training and education, developing community partnerships and positions, advising students and running meetings, linking with faculty and courses, integrating with offices across your institution, and building your center.

Agenda

Here is a tentative agenda for the orientation.

• SUNDAY, July 28

  • Dinner at Bonner Foundation (5:00pm to 6:45pm EST)

  • Welcome, Bonner Program: History & Goals (beginning at 7:00pm EST)

  • Reception at Bonner Foundation (8:30 to 10:00pm EST)

• MONDAY, JULY 29

  • Bonner Program: Recruitment & Financial Aid (beginning at 9:00am EST)

  • Bonner Program Management (beginning at 10:45am EST)

  • Lunch (12:00pm to 1:20pm EST)

  • Bonner Student Development Framework & Curriculum (beginning at 1:30pm EST)

  • Community Partnerships: Guiding Principles (beginning at 3:15pm EST)

  • Dinner (5:30pm to 7:30pm EST )

  • Reception at Bonner Foundation (7:30pm to 9:00pm EST )

• tuesday, JULY 30

  • Managing Community Partnerships (beginning at 9:00am EST)

  • Campus Center & Campus-Wide Engagement (beginning at 10:45am EST)

  • Lunch (12:00pm to 1:20pm EST)

  • Bonner Program: Accountability, Tracking, Visibility (beginning at 1:30pm EST)

  • Bonner Cornerstone Activities at TCNJ (beginning at 4:00pm EST)

  • Dinner (6:00pm to 8:00 pm)

• WEDNESDAY, JULY 31

  • Bonner Initiatives and Campus Support (9:00am to 10:30am EST)

  • Next Steps and Closing (10:30am - 11:30am EST)