National Partner and Alumni
Networking Fair
Thursday, June 4 — 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Looking for a job? A summer internship? Programs to bring back to your campus? Interested in graduate school and need tips for applying? Join in Zoom-based sessions to meet and learn about Bonner Partners and Alumni. During these two hours, pick two clusters to join for one hour each. Each will repeat, so that all participants can join two. These are targeted especially for students, but staff and alumni can join. Featuring representatives from the following nonprofits and alumni. You can read their descriptions and bios below.
Make sure to pre-register for the two clusters you want to meet. These representatives will be starting their introductions at 2:00 pm and then repeat them at 3:00 pm. Click on the title of the cluster to register. (Note: these Zoom meetings will keep running, but presenters take a break at 2:55 before starting again while participants move to another choice. Register for two and keep your links).
Graduate School Cluster 1: Crummer Graduate School of Business; Earlham School of Religion; and IUPUI O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs; and Rollins School of Public Health [Register!]
Graduate School Cluster 2: Clinton School of Public Service; Institute for the Recruitment of Teachers; UVA's Frank Batten School of Public Policy; University of Pennsylvania’s Fels Institute of Government; and Wake Forest University School of Divinity [Register!]
Jobs, Internships, and Post-Graduate Opportunities 1: BECA Schools; City Year; Peer Health Exchange; Quaker Voluntary Service; and Urban Teachers [Register!]
Jobs, Internships, and Post-Graduate Opportunities 2: Legacy Kept; Omprakash; United Planet; Washington Internship Institute; and Well Beyond [Register!]
Advice from Alumni: Larry Hailshawn Jr. (Allegheny College); Tim Krumreig (Oberlin College); Natasha Martin (Rhodes College); Chelsea Pasmore (Earlham College); Jasmine Rangel (Berry College); Kaylee Raymer (Berea College); Morgan Stacy (Berea College); Nathaniel D. Stewart (Berea College); and Alex Russell Strein (Lindsey Wilson College) [Register!]
Graduate School • Cluster 1
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The Crummer Graduate School of Business at Rollins College in Winter Park, FL seeks to provide an excellent education to these students who focus on leadership and philanthropy through our immersive experiences. Our Early Advantage MBA allows students to learn by experiences and serve the community through both in- and out-of-classroom experiences. The Crummer MBA has been ranked #1 by HR.com for the past 5 years. Students earning an Early Advantage MBA can join multiple student organizations, serve as executive members of nonprofit boards, develop and direct community service projects and partake in over 100 leadership development events offered each year. Crummer’s Early Advantage MBA does not require experience and is open to students of all majors. Bonner Scholar or Bonner Leader program participants and alumni who have successfully met the requirements of their scholarship/service who apply to the Early Advantage MBA program at The Crummer Graduate School of Business receive a guaranteed $10,000 scholarship for admitted Bonner Graduates.
Earlham School of Religion (ESR) is a non-creedal Christian graduate theological school in the Quaker tradition located in Richmond, Indiana. ESR prepares individuals for leadership that empowers and for ministry that serves. This mission grows out of our Christian belief that God calls everyone to ministry. Using a transformative model of education, ESR encourages students to explore the intellectual, spiritual, and practical dimensions of their calls to ministry. Throughout their history, Quakers have taken a leading role in speaking truth to power, exposing social and economic concerns, and ministering to those among us who are most in need. If these values resonate with you, you can be a part of this continuing work regardless of your religious background. ESR offers Master of Divinity and Master of Arts degrees as well as certificate programs and classes residentially and through our ESR Access distance program. Through the Leadership and Service Scholarship, Earlham School of Religion offers full-tuition scholarships to Bonner graduates.
Paul H. O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana offers professional, interdisciplinary graduate degree programs in public affairs, environmental science, arts administration, healthcare management, and environmental sustainability. Graduates leave ready for leadership positions spanning public, private, and nonprofit sectors, and are prepared to address the most pressing public issues that confront us both home and abroad. Every program shares the same goal – to prepare graduates to make a difference and be ready for a meaningful career. The O’Neill School is home to the #1 ranked Master of Public Affairs program in the nation. The Master of Public Affairs program is also offered in an online format, allowing students to earn the same #1 ranked MPA on a timeline that fits a busy life. Bonner Scholar or Bonner Leader program participants and alumni who have successfully met the requirements of their scholarship/service who apply for any of the O’Neill School’s master’s degrees or dual master’s degrees receive a minimum of $5,000 per year for the duration of degree program.
At the Rollins School of Public Health, students learn to identify, analyze, and intervene in today's most pressing public health issues. The public health school's location in Atlanta, referred to as the "Public Health Capital of the World," is also home to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; CARE; the national home office of the American Cancer Society; The Carter Center; the Arthritis Foundation; numerous state and regional health agencies; and the patient care, teaching, and health-related research programs of Emory University's Woodruff Health Sciences Center. Our public health graduate program is community oriented, and many students bring actual problem-solving experiences with them. Bonner Scholar or Bonner Leader program participants and alumni who have successfully met the requirements of their scholarship/service and who have been admitted to the Master of Public Health or Master of Science of Public Health programs at the Rollins School of Public Health will receive $10,00 Rollins Learn and Earn award, and $10,000 tuition scholarship.
Graduate School • Cluster 2
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In 2004, President Clinton launched the Clinton School of Public Service, a (non-partisan) graduate program in the University of Arkansas system designed for people around the globe who are passionate about developing public service solutions in a world of need. The Clinton School offers both a 100% Online Masters of Public Service, and an In-Person Masters of Public Service (with distinct scholarships available to admitted Bonner students & alumni). The Clinton School Online (CSO) Masters of Public Service degree for mid-career professionals (those who have had at least 3 years of professional experience – this can be perfect for Bonner Alumni who desire to work full-time and live anywhere in the world while pursuing their Masters degree). The CSO application has no application fee, and does not require the GRE exam -- the Clinton School wants graduate education to be accessible to all who seek to serve the public good. As a partnership with the Bonner network, the Clinton School will award at least $5,000 of merit-scholarship to either Clinton School Masters of Public Service degrees (MPS or CSO) for up to 5 Bonner Alumni who are admitted.
As part of the University of Virginia, The Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy students enjoy the resources and network of a university that is consistently ranked as one of the top three public schools in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. Of the 250-plus schools of public policy and administration in the U.S., the Batten School has the distinction of being the only one explicitly committed to teaching leadership—how it works, why context matters in decision-making and which actions lead to tangible results. Graduates of the Batten School are in high demand. They’re recruited aggressively by government agencies, from the intelligence community to Congress, local interest groups and NGOs, and by private-sector employers from consulting firms to investment-risk analysts. The Batten School will provide an application fee waiver for all Bonner Scholars and Bonner Leaders, and for those accepted into the program, a minimum guaranteed fellowship of $10,000/year for Virginia residents and $17,500/year for non-Virginia residents in each of the MPP program’s two years.
The Institute for Recruitment of Teachers (IRT) housed at the Phillips Academy at Andover empowers talented underserved and underrepresented future educators to teach and serve as leaders in American education because diversity is essential to excellence. The IRT offers two distinct programs: the Summer Workshop for college juniors and seniors who intend to pursue graduate study immediately upon completion of their undergraduate degree; and, the Associate Program for college juniors and seniors, recent graduates, and working professionals who want to continue their graduate education in the humanities, social sciences and education. All participants receive support throughout the graduate school application process at no charge, which include individualized support, extensive counseling, and coaching for resumes and writing samples, application fee waivers for 10-12 graduate programs, and more.
University of Pennsylvania’s Fels Institute of Government is the most practical, personal public administration program in the Ivy League, featuring a small cohort of students taught by high-level practitioners and distinguished Penn scholars. The one-year Full-time Master of Public Administration (MPA) is a 9 course, 9 c.u. program, which includes capstone project and summer internship, designed for early career professionals and individuals looking to pivot into the public administration or nonprofit sectors. The Executive Master of Public Administration (Executive MPA) is a 10-course, 10 c.u. program, which includes a capstone project and practical experience. The low-residency hybrid format offers students the opportunity to complete an Ivy League degree in less than two years while continuing to work full time. Bonner Scholar/Leaders, alumni or staff interested in pursuing a Master of Public Administration (MPA) degree are invited to apply for Fall 2020 and will have application fees waived, and those accepted are guaranteed a scholarship of at least $10,000.
Located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Wake Forest University School of Divinity is a growing, dynamic theological environment that prepares all folks to minister in a rapidly changing world. The faculty and staff encourage a culture of learning that nurtures critical inquiry, theological reflection and the integration of theory and hands-on impact in ministry. Our goal is to prepare leaders who balance deep thinking with compassion and wisdom as they work toward God's justice in the world and bring good news to those in need. Our mission is simple: equip students to become agents of justice, reconciliation, and compassion. Wake Forest Divinity will waive the $75 application fee for all Bonner Scholars and Leaders who apply to the program.
Jobs, Internships, Opportunities • Session 1
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BECA – Bilingual Education for Central America – is a non-profit organization focused on realizing large hopes and dreams for the children and families of Honduras, and children and families throughout Central America and the USA. BECA has five current programs that support our schools, teachers, students, and families: Summer Camp, Libros y Familias, Culture in Context, Charla de Padres, and BECA Bachillerato Program (BPP) Scholarship.
City Year was founded in 1988 on the belief that young people can change the world. City Year is an education-focused, nonprofit organization that unites young people of all backgrounds for a year of full-time service aimed at keeping students in school and on track to graduation. At City Year’s 28 urban locations across the U.S. and two international affiliates, teams of trained young people called AmeriCorps members serve full-time in schools during the academic year as tutors, mentors and role models.
In 1999, six Yale undergraduates began teaching health workshops in New Haven public schools in order to fill the gap left by an underfunded, understaffed district health program. In 2003, the founding members of the group established Peer Health Exchange to replicate this successful program in other communities with unmet health education needs. Since 2003, we have trained more than 10,000 college students to deliver health education to over 150,000 public high school students in Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City, the San Francisco Bay Area, Washington D.C., Denver, Dallas, Detroit, and Stockton, California. Peer Health Exchange’s mission is to empower young people with the knowledge, skills, and resources to make healthy decisions. We do this by training college students to teach a skills-based health curriculum in under-resourced high schools across the country.
Quaker Voluntary Service is an 11-month experiment, living at the intersection of transformational spirituality and activism. Young adults work full-time in professional positions at community based organizations addressing a wide range of issues, while living in a cooperative house and worshiping with, and being mentored by, local Quakers. Fellows receive housing, transportation, food, support for health and wellness (including access to health insurance if needed), and a small stipend, while engaging in regular self-led workshops and retreats that allow for continuing education in social justice, faith, and community building topics.
Urban Teachers is a four-year alternative teacher certification program that works to close the achievement gap in schools by improving teacher quality and preparing a pipeline of high-performing career teachers that stay. Urban Teachers believes that qualified, highly effective teachers who stay in the classroom can empower students through learning. Urban Teachers recruits diverse, results-oriented individuals and helps them refine and polish their skills to become strong classroom managers by offering a master's from Johns Hopkins School of Education, mentoring and coaching support, and school placement during the crucial first years of teaching.
Jobs, Internships, Opportunities • Session 2
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Legacy Kept is a website that makes it easy for anyone to answer interview questions about their life and publish the unfinished project as a hardcover book. The mission of Legacy Kept is to preserve family stories and cultural history, bridge and heal the generation gap, and strengthen relationships in families and communities. Their Summer Internship offers college students opportunities to enhance skills in public speaking, sales and marketing, and community engagement.
Omprakash is a web-based non-profit that connects students directly with locally-led grassroots social impact organizations around the world. Browse our vetter Partner organizations in 40+ countries, and apply directly to these organizations for internships and volunteer opportunities in fields including education, health, sustainability, human rights, gender-based advocacy, and more. Unlike the dominant paradigm in this space, Omprakash does not sell 'placements,' and instead offers students and host organizations the chance to build direct relationships grounded in dialogue and transparency. No packaged tours, flashy 'solutions,' or neocolonial savior projects -- this is a robust network of real social impact organizations who are actively recruiting interns and volunteers to support their mission.
United Planet is a non-profit located in Boston, MA whose vision is to one day create a united planet where all people understand, respect, and support one another in a community beyond borders. We connect volunteers who want to make a difference with communities in more than 25 countries, where they learn, teach, work, engage, and immerse themselves in a culture outside of their comfort zone. Our mission is to create a global community, one relationship at a time. United Planet knows that Bonners stop giving back, and therefore offers Bonner Scholars and Leaders three special scholarships for our Quest Volunteer Abroad Programs. In addition, Bonner Scholars always receive 5% off our short-term Quest Volunteer Abroad Programs year-round.
The mission of the Washington Internship Institute is to foster students' intellectual, personal, and professional development through individually tailored, quality internships and challenging academic coursework that take full advantage of the opportunities available in the nation's capital and reflect the best practices of experiential learning and liberal education. In our program, students intern four days out of the week and take two classes related to politics, policy, and career skills. During the fall and spring semesters, typically students earn a full semester's worth of credit from their schools and have their financial aid travel with them--meaning that they pay no more than they normally do to go to their school. We also have a ten-week summer term available. We work with students from all majors who intern in a variety of placements in government, nonprofit organizations, lobbying groups, and think tanks.
Well Beyond shares practices from leading-edge research in positive psychology with age-old wisdom on wellbeing from yoga. In group and individual sessions, as well as workshops and retreats, we share the theory and research on wellbeing principles in an interactive style that encourages discussion and practice with new concepts. Customized services designed with your input include: character strength-building for resilience and wellbeing; flourishing through the PERMA formula (Seligman, 2012); retrospective growth and healing; mindfulness practice; strengthening relationships; increasing productivity & engagement; cultivating hope & optimism; and yoga instruction. Based in Skillman, New Jersey, Well Beyond has a national reach through in-person and virtual engagements.
Bonner Alumni Advice
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Larry Hailsham Jr. is a Bonner Scholar and 2015 graduate of Allegheny College. While at Allegheny, Larry served as president of student government, interned in the Obama White House and spent his Bonner Summer of Service at the D.C. Region of Teach for America. His Bonner sites included the Meadville Area Senior High School (tutor coordinator) and the Crawford County Juvenile Probation Services Office (mentor). Larry has experience in the non-profit, political and government worlds. Immediately after graduating from Allegheny, Larry worked as an Advancement Coordinator for Student U in Durham, North Carolina. He moved to Philadelphia, PA to serve as Special Assistant to United States Senator Bob Casey Jr. before relocating to his hometown of Pittsburgh, PA to serve as Outreach Coordinator for the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority. Larry then transitioned to Western Political Coordinator for United States Senator Bob Casey’s successful 2018 campaign.Presently, Larry works at the Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce as a Government Affairs Manager. His work focuses advancing local and federal government policies that create a vibrant south west Pennsylvania. Larry is member of the Alumni Council of Allegheny College, Trustee Board Member of his alma mater City Charter High School, and current president of the Pittsburgh Promise Legacy (the alumni group of Pittsburgh Promise Scholarship recipients).
Tim Krumreig currently serves as the Assistant Director of Community Service Programs within the Office of City and Community Engagement (CCE) at Northeastern University in Boston, MA. In his role, Tim oversees a variety of programs, initiatives, and events that seek to connect university students and staff to volunteer opportunities in Boston and beyond, which range from volunteer fairs to semester long service programs to Alternative Breaks.Prior to joining the CCE team at Northeastern, Tim served and worked with the Campus Compact in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. As an AmeriCorps VISTA member and VISTA Leader, Tim supported programs that aimed to build the capacity and sustainability of K-12 partnerships and college access/success initiatives at colleges and universities across Massachusetts. After 3 years of AmeriCorps service, Campus Compact hired Tim as a Program Manager where he helped create a tri-state VISTA program across Southern New England.Tim was a Bonner Scholar at Oberlin College where he majored in Geology and discovered his passion for community service and engagement in higher education. As a Bonner, Tim served as a Congress Representative, Senior Intern, and Education and Preservation intern with the local historical society. Tim is currently working on his Master of Education in Higher Education Administration at Northeastern University. He strives to support programs that exist on the intersection of higher education and community that help build institutional capacity to recognize the space they occupy and the opportunities to support local organizations, agencies, and city governments in reaching their goals.
Jasmine Rangel is originally from Atlanta, GA. She graduated magna cum laude and as a Bonner Scholar from Berry College in Rome, GA in May of 2017 with a B.S. in Political Science and a minor in Women and Gender Studies. After graduating, Jasmine continued to work in the realm of civic engagement within institutions of higher education with the National Bonner Foundation in Princeton, NJ. As the New Jersey Bonner AmeriCorps Program Associate, Jasmine was able to work with a multitude of local nonprofits, colleges and universities across the state of New Jersey while managing a State AmeriCorps Grant. Her areas of interest are in housing, economic and community development policy. She is currently a second-year Master of Public Policy graduate student at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy. After receiving her MPP, Jasmine intends to pursue work with local governments for affordable and equitable housing and community development policies.
Kaylee Raymer graduated from Berea College in 2017 with a B.A. in Peace & Social Justice Studies. At Berea, Kaylee was a Bonner Scholar and served in multiple capacities: planning after school programs for local youth and campus-wide social justice awareness events. Most recently, Kaylee earned a Juris Doctor from the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law where she served as a fellow in the Human Rights Advocacy Program and the Justice Action Network. She will soon begin work as an attorney at the Louisville Metro Public Defender’s Office where she will have the honor to represent people charged with crimes who cannot afford an attorney.
Morgan Stacy is a Bonner Scholar alum from the Berea College Class of 2017. She is currently a fourth-year veterinary student (Class of 2021) at Lincoln Memorial University – College of Veterinary Medicine. Morgan is a proud Appalachian native from Southwestern Virginia, where her passion for service began and where she intend to return to serve post-graduation. Morgan is also so grateful for her experience through the Bonner Scholars program that allowed her to have a different perspective in the veterinary community through leadership, civic engagement, cultural awareness, and mentorship. During Morgan time in veterinary school, she has continued her dedication to community service as President of the Shelter Medicine Club to help local animal shelters adopt and transport pets to their new loving homes. Morgan was also one of the founding members of the Veterinarians as One Inclusive Community for Empowerment (VOICE) chapter at LMU-CVM through which they have coordinated student-led diversity and inclusion workshops for the College of Veterinary Medicine. Morgan also had the amazing opportunity to serve internationally at the BigFix Uganda and Comfort Dog Project in Gulu, Uganda. All of these experiences have influenced her plan to pursue a veterinary career providing access to high-quality, affordable veterinary care in the Appalachian region. Morgan intends to be involved with public policy and utilize my knowledge to advocate for economic growth, animal welfare, and agricultural development within my region. Finally, she plan to give back to future generations by offering mentorship, encouragement, and education, just as my own mentors gave to me. Morgan hope that any Bonner Scholars interested in pursuing a path in veterinary medicine or any post-graduate studies would feel free to reach for questions or mentorship! The life of a Bonner Scholar doesn’t have to end with your undergraduate studies - there’s so much more out there!
Nathaniel (Nate) D. Stewart is Bonner alum and a third year PhD student and former science teacher in Detroit, MI. Upon leaving the classroom, he accepted a position to teach a preservice teacher course at Ohio State while pursuing his PhD in educational policy. His work examines the unique role of k-12 teachers as both policy activists and shepherds of student agency. In collaboration with all educational stakeholders, he argues that teachers must be connected with their capacity to organize against racial, economic, and sociopolitical inequity. Simultaneously acting to challenge inequitable policy themselves, teachers connect students with their capacity to transform society. Students’ learning how to transform society manifests through various pedagogies of teaching and learning (i.e., Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy, Critical Pedagogy, Hip Hop Pedagogy, Anti-Racist Pedagogy, Social Justice Pedagogy). Stewart’s research aims to illuminate how educators resist harmful norms in the education system that structurally disadvantage Black and brown communities—he holds critical hope that coalitions of past and present equity advocates can capture the power to transform inequitable structures.
Alex Russell Strein is a 2015 Bonner alum from Lindsey Wilson College. During her time as Bonner, she primarily worked with senior health programs and as a student leader. Her summer of service was completed with the Alzheimer’s Association in 2014. Alex began working for the Alzheimer’s Association in 2016. There, she managed nonprofit development for central and Eastern Kentucky. Presently, she serves as the Community Relations Director for The Lantern at Morning Pointe Alzheimer’s Center of Excellence. Alex continues to serve others through the Lexington Young Professionals Association, where she is serving a third term as the organization’s Community Involvement Chair. She was elected as Vice President in 2020 and will assume the role of President in 2021. Alex holds a certificate of aging studies from Western Kentucky University and will graduate from Campbellsville University with an MBA in Healthcare Management next spring.