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Bonner Center for Community Service and Learning
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Bo nn er Ce nt er
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Staff, Students
Community Scholars program
Bonner Fellows program
Bonner Scholars program
Community Sites and Projects oversight
Ca mpu s Part n ershi ps
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Experiential Learning Centers and Offices
Other Offices
Campus Life
Co mmu nit y Part n ersh ips
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Events
Bonner Sites & Projects
Emerging Needs
Acad e mic Part ners hi ps
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Network Participation
Tours
Meetings
Support for Courses
Presentations
Events
Community-Based Research
Co mmu nicati o ns
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BONNE R CENTER
The Bonner Center oversees or extensively partners
with others to create many activities, programs, and
events in order to address the needs of several
distinct audiences. Those on campus are students,
Community Scholars, Bonner Scholars and Fellows,
experiential learning centers, other offices, and
academics. Those in the community are often
nonprofit services and advocacy organizations and
grassroots groups based in neighborhoods and local
All-Bonner meeting
communities, and families and individuals, especially
from
minorities
Lastly,
All Staff
Bonner staff meetings, weekly, Sun Room
Service on College committees: Diversity Action
Committee; Strategic Priorities Oversight Committee
Oversight of Senior, Junior and High Impact Interns
and marginalized communities.
Guilford's
Bonner
Center
addresses
stakeholders' needs through its membership in
national
and
Foundation,
local
networks
Campus
like
Compact
the
and
All Students
Bonner
Communication with department hiring managers
about student employment
Maintenance of Guilford Job Board
News notices, Buzz, Beacon, Guilfordian (details, see
COMMUNICATIONS)
Greater
Greensboro Consortium.
Wa lk- i n se rvi c es
One-on-ones with students about personal issues,
financial planning, and spiritual ideas
Help students build job search strategies
Resume and cover letter reviews
Mock interviews
Student paper reviews
Individual counseling sessions
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Sp ac e, ac c ess a nd ho urs
Bonner strives to create a safe and welcoming space
for all but particularly for incoming freshmen and new
students, CCE students, local refugee and immigrant
commuter students, international students and
special needs students. Many students use the Sun
Room for homework, study and breaks, an important
need for commuters. Students can access a
computer, print a report or make a cup of tea. They
can store home lunches in the refrigerator or prepare
meals from scratch. Because so many scheduled and
spontaneous activities take place in and around the
Sun Room, few meetings are closed. More often than
not these are the starting point for new students to
join a club, become a Community Scholar, or change
their major. Faculty and staff are often surprised at
the level of energy and busy-ness they encounter one
day, followed by quietude on the next visit.
Reflection and celebration forums,
Individual counseling sessions
Communications with Community Scholar partners
Relationship building with existing partners
Recruitment of new partners
Farm Stand
Access to the Center balances student needs with
security. It is deliberately kept open most evenings
through staff hours, student service hours (for eg,
maintaining the Campus Pantry), programming and
club meetings.
Bonner Fello ws p rogram
Number of Bonner Center Fellows, 4
Hu ng er F ell ows
Sarah Miller, Marek Wojtala
Meetings, monthly, Sun Room
Participation, support of Sustainable Food Systems
Coordination with related clubs, sites and projects
Hunger Fellows coordinate Food Justice projects and
events, such as farm volunteers, Campus Pantry,
Mobile Market etc and are spokespersons for Food
Insecurity, one of three major themes for 2015-16.
Pro grams
Campus Pantry, including Thanksgiving support for
CCE families and other food emergency
Farm Stand, with half the proceeds going to support
of Mobile Market, every Wed, Founders.
Mobile Market, including harvesting and prep,
delivering food to Glen Haven apartments, every
Thurs, Farm to Glen Haven.
Where campus, community and cultures engage
Com munity Sc holars pro gram
Number of Community Scholars, 84; 7,000 hours
During semesters, regular meetings with students
about employment and Community Scholar work
Continuous student recruitment for civic engagement
and activism
Information tabling, Buzz notices, etc
Posters, brochures, notices about community events
Eve nts
Soup Bowl, Day of Service, Kids Fest, Stop Hunger
Now (see CAMPUS PARTNERSHIPS, Clubs)
Pres e ntati o ns
At High Point University, Wake Forest University (see
ACADEMIC PARTNERSHIPS, Presentations)
Information and advising for Community Scholars
Contract and hours approval
Networking among Community Scholars partners
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Pu blic H ealt h F ell ow
Mamta Gurung
Meetings, monthly, Sun Room
Development of new position, activities and training
Coordination with related clubs, sites and projects
AID S F el lo w
Teresa Bedzigui
Monthly meetings at MED
Coordination with LGTBQ Coordinator, Community
AIDS Awareness Project
Eve nts
Field trip to Glen Haven apartment gardens, to assess
needs and possible future projects, July 31, 2015
(see ACADEMIC PARTNERSHIPS, Support for courses
and programs)
Model Health and Wellness Workshop for Bhutanese
elders (see ACADEMIC PARTNERSHIPS, CommunityBased Research)
Interpretation for Mobile Market, Fellow accompanied
team as needed to interpret and facilitate cultural
communications, Fall semester
Day of Service. Fellow assisted EDU 302 CrossCultural Education students to teach Bhutanese
elders, Fellowship Hall, First Pentecostal Holiness
Church, Sept 12, 2015, Fellow, 8 students, 1 faculty
(see ACADEMIC PARTNERSHIPS, Support for courses
and programs)
Atul Gawande, speaker, Bryan Series, Oct 20, 2015,
Fellow, 2 students and 1 staff
Kids Fest. Fellow facilitated Bhutanese youth
excursion and van transportation for about 15
community members, Guilford College, Oct 24.
Society of Bhutanese Cultural Celebration, Christ
United Methodist Church, High Point, Dec 5, 2015,
invitees Andrew Young, Anna Pennell
International meals at Bonner kitchen and Sun Room.
Fellow assisted in preparing welcoming meals for
international, refugee/immigrant and freshmen
students, encouraging them to maintain traditional
healthy diets.
Eve nts
Black Lives Matter week of events, Oct 26-30 and
student protests and campus conversations.
#BlackLivesMatter
Bonner Sc holars pro gram
Number of Bonner Scholars, 60; 9,000 hours
First Year Bonner Scholars, 15 students
Orientation, Aug 17-19 includes Alternate History city
bus tour, State of the World, student presentations
Weekly First Year course (First Semester)
First Year spring break trip fundraiser
First Year fields trips to Civil Rights Museum, AFSC:
No Human Being is Illegal, Greensboro City Market
Me eti ngs
Bonner Advisory Board (BAB) meetings, weekly
Freshmen, soph, junior, senior cohort meetings, 15
students per cohort, biweekly
All-cohorts meeting, 60 students, monthly
Individual counseling sessions
Pres e ntati o ns
At Elon University, NC Biotechnology Center, Wake
Forest University (see ACADEMIC PARTNERSHIPS,
Presentations)
Co mmu nit y-B ase d Rese arch
Health and wellness for Bhutanese (see ACADEMIC
PARTNERSHIPS, Community-Based Research)
Com munity Sites and Pro jects
Meetings with community leaders, organizers
Cupcakes for a cause: Newcomers Fundraiser
Collecting and delivering donations for site needs
Other fundraisers
Rides provided for students to community sites and
related events, 25
Individual counseling sessions
Mobile Market
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Pro grams
Premester training for student community site
leaders, Aug 17-21, 2015
Site and project leaders' monthly meetings
Caucus monthly meetings
Community outreach, maintenance of relationships
Community Service Institute
Mass volunteer training
Small group and individual volunteer training
Cultural competency training
Eve nts
Events, presentations and additional programming is
carried out by student Site and Project Coordinators
at community sites in cooperation with partners and
site hosts
Anytown graduates who became Bonners. Anytown is a
program run by National Conference for Community and
Justice (NCCJ of the Piedmont)
Joint Master of Social Work Program (NCAT-UNCG) CNNC
and Bonner worked together to help a refugee family
reunite almost three years of court appearances,
detention, lost jobs and children separated from parents.
Career Academy community partners at Volunteer Fair
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Experiential Learning Offices
and Centers
wit h MED
Soy Un Lider, Roads to College, Nov 17, 2015
Black History Month planning, Fall 2015
wit h MED, Stu dy Ab r oad , Fr ie nds C e nte r
Day of Service outreach for student leaders’
participation, Fall 2015
CAMPUS PART NERS HIPS
Bonner Center is grouped with several centers that
provide experiential learning opportunities. Bonner
wit h MED, Stu dy Ab r oad
Bonner Scholars, Bonner Site and Project Leaders,
MLSP, International students meeting and social, Aug
18, 2015
works with other campus offices and centers. Here are
examples of significant joint efforts.
wit h MED, A lu m ni Hous e, B la ck Al um ni
Table Talk, a 10th anniversary event marking start of
frank discussions on race in the Caf
wit h St udy A br oa d
Advising, counseling, mentoring international, refugee,
immigrant and first-generation students
Assistance to international students to obtain Social
Security cards, including multiple trips to Social Security
office
Counseling to 2 international students seeking asylum,
including accompaniment to attorney’s office
El Roble, El Salvador community site development
Cultural Competency Project coordination, with
International Club. Project involves over 15
international, refugee/immigrant and first generation
students acting as language facilitators to train
Guilfordians for civic engagement work at Bonner
community sites.
The Cultural Competency Project was started by Ghana
international students Derrick Gyamfi and Elijah
MacCarthy (2013) and developed by Bonners Kunga
Denzongpa and Lesley Manuh (2014-15) with the
purpose of creating an appropriate forum for
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International students to intimately share their cultural
and language knowledge with mainstream students.
Language facilitators have trained over 200
Guilfordians.
wit h Fr ie nds C e nte r
Faith and food discussion held at Bonner Sun Room
Alternate History of Greensboro bus tour, Wes Daniels
and QLSP
wit h Adm issi o ns
Address to Chatham County high schoolers by JordanMatthews alum Danny Rodas Garcia, with Gerardo
Marcos Ocampo, Kaledo Atchabao, Oct 21, 2015
Individual and group meetings with prospective
students, Fall 2015
wit h URCE
Allies in Community Outreach, Research and
Engagement (ACORE), a SENCER-funded communitybased research project, 2014-present. (see ACADEMIC
PARTNERSHIPS, Bio 250)
Students at State of North Carolina Undergraduate
Research and Creativity Symposium (SNCURCS), (see
ACADEMIC PARTNERSHIPS, Presentations, Charette for
Community)
Idea Incubator on refugee housing (see ACADEMIC
PARTNERSHIPS, Meetings)
CNNC Research Fellows' meeting in Collaboratory space
(see ACADEMIC PARTNERSHIPS, Presentations)
Bonner Scholar as Summer Research Scholar (see
ACADEMIC PARTNERSHIPS, Presentations)
Wit h Al um ni Ho us e
Quake Talks, James Shields, Nov 24, 2015
wit h DAC
Understanding Racism workshop, James Shields, a
return to the 2.5 day format, Oct 30-Nov 1, 2015, and
Spring dates scheduled
wit h P res id e nt's O ff ic e
Inauguration Day, table representing Bonner Center,
programs and community partners, table representing
Food Justice and Hunger Fellows
Conversations on Black Lives Matter, Carnegie room,
Library, Nov 2015
wit h C PP S
Day of Service Reflection, Sept 16, 2015
Prison literacy program, with Barbara Lawrence, Fall
2015. Includes Bonner Scholar freshmen, use of
Bonner van for transportation of student tutors to Troy,
NC and Salisbury, NC.
wit h P res id e nt’s O ffic e, CPP S, Al um ni Of fi c e ,
OSL E
Day of Service planning, Summer-Fall, 2015
Campus Life
Presentation to Campus Life (Brian Daniel, Amy Costa,
Brittany Rose, Steve Moran, Jen Agor, Gaither Terrell,
Brittany Wyche, Susanna Westberg, Sandra Bowles)
about refugee/immigrant, commuter and first
generation students, Aug 5, 2015
Presentation to Senate about Bonner Center,
refugee/immigrant, commuter and first generation
students, Sept 7, 2015.
Second Annual Day of Service, Bonner in charge of
organizing community sites. (see COMMUNITY
PARTNERSHIPS, )
CCE collaboration and support for Thanksgiving turkeys
and dinner supplies for CCE families (through Bonner
Center Campus Pantry)
CCE support for This is My Home Now (see ACADEMIC
PARTNERSHIPS, Events)
Leadership Expo, Founders Hall, organized by First Year
Experience Dept and OSLE, Dec 2, 2015
Day of Service Reflection
Other Offic es
wit h Gu il fo rd Co ll ege F arm a nd Sust ai na bl e
Foo d Systems
Field trip to Glen Haven apartment gardens, to assess
needs, Summer 2015
Mobile Market, every Thursday, Guilford College Farm
to Glen Haven apartments, initiative and programming
by Bonner Hunger Fellows and Scholars, with volunteer
students.
Farm labor, with Bonner Scholars and Hunger Fellows
contributing more than 300 hours per semester.
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Clu bs
Andrew Young, adviser to Project Community,
Community AIDS Awareness Project, Asian Culture Club,
Community Kitchen Club
wit h I nt er-C l ub C o u nc il
Soup Bowl, support from Hunger Fellows, First Year
Bonner Scholars, Sep 6, 2015
Red Cross Blood Drive, Organizational support and
volunteering provided by Bonner Scholars, Dec 4, 2015
Discussion was begun in Summer 2015 about
broadening student involvement for both Soup Bowl
and the Fall Blood Drive, both popular events, by
channeling organization and oversight through InterClub Council. ICC president Amaris Prince was
supported in this transition by Bonners and Bonner
Center-affiliated clubs. Both events attracted a broader
mix of mainstream students, signaled emphasis on club
accountability, and set a good example for freshmen.
Stop Hunger Now
wit h Asia n Cu ltu re Cl ub
Meets in Bonner Center Sun Room
International meals, prepared in the Bonner Center
kitchen, bi-weekly.
International Ethnosh at Greensboro Farmers Curb
Market, over $300 sales. (see COMMUNICATIONS)
wit h C omm u nit y A ID S A wa re ness P ro je ct
[CA AP] Cl ub
Works with MED LGBTQ Coordinator
Expanding role of club leaders (Bonner Center AIDS
Fellow, Bonner Center club president) and club mission
wit h I nt er nat io na l C lu b, Asi a n C ult ur e C lu b
Thanksgiving Dinner, Bonner Center kitchen and Sun
Room, Nov 26, 2015, 25 international,
refugee/immigrant, first generation and commuter
students
Soup Bowl
wit h t he G uil fordia n
Regular availability by staff for numerous articles and
interviews
wit h P ro je ct C omm u nit y
Meets in Bonner Center Sun Room, Caf
Kids Fest, Hayworth Field, included art, sports, and
educational tours to promote success in education for
community members, especially those from Bonner
Center sits and refugee/immigrant apartments.
Involvement of Cross-Country team, International Club,
Asian Culture Club, Guilford Farm, Hunger Fellows,
Society of Bhutanese, Oct 24, 2015, 35 student
volunteers, 100 community children and parents.
wit h C omm u nit y K itc he n Cl ub
Meets in Bonner Center Sun Room
Uses Shore kitchen for food prep
Stop Hunger Now, prepared 10,000 meals. Organizers
recruited students from teams and clubs to help.
Community Center, date, 65 students participated
Faculty at Day of Service
Faculty at Day of Service
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Events
Day o f Serv ic e
(in collaboration with multiple community partners and
Guilford College offices and centers)
Second Annual Day of Service, on and off campus sites,
Sept 12, 2015. Bonner Center organized student
activities as a continuation of its community outreach
and 2015-16 themes on homelessness, food insecurity
and refugee/immigrant communities.. Activities
resulted from partnerships and close work with the
National Folk Festival, Greensboro Historical Museum,
Montagnard American Organization, Center for New
North Carolinians, Montagnard Hypertension Project,
Society of Bhutanese in High Point, Career Academy,
Friends Home and community site partners such as
Guilford College Farm, Mobile Market, Glen Haven,
Church Under the Bridge, Pathways, Women’s Learning
Group, Mosaic House and Elimu.
Bonner Center reached out to faculty members to
participate and to leadership programs such as MLSP
and QLSP to join Bonner Scholars, Fellows, and site and
project coordinators to lead contingents of Guilfordians
on the Day of Service.
Impact from the Day of Service included large increase
in faculty participation over the previous year (Maria
Amado, Anna Pennell, Nancy Daukus, Tom Guthrie,
emeritus faculty Claire Morse, etc)
COM MUNITY PA RTNE RSHIPS
Greensboro’s Fabric of Freedom Story, Church Street
Stage, downtown Greensboro. Part of the National Folk
Festival. Chronicle of the struggles for freedom from the
1700’s to the present, speakers include James Shields,
Sept 12, 2015.
Bonner Center maintains and seeks to deepen existing
community partnerships while developing new ones
that reflect Guilford's changing place in the world.
Greensboro’s Fabric of Freedom Story, Flight to
Freedom: Music & Personal Stories, Lawn Stage,
downtown Greensboro. Part of the National Folk
Festival. Facilitated negotiations between national
organizers and master Montagnard musicians, Dock
R’mah and Y Suk Buonkrong, to appear and perform.
Sept 12, 2015.
Community relations are the heart of the Bonner
Center’s work.
Greensboro’s Fabric of Freedom Story, This Is Our
Home Now, Greensboro Historical Museum. Part of the
National Folk Festival. Celebration of Greensboro’s
Montagnard community through film, live music,
weaving demonstrations, and other activities, Sept 1213. Organized with the assistance of many Guilford
Montagnard students and other Guilfordians and
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Bonner Center. Over 500 visitors during festival events.
The event also included participation by all three
Montagnard traditional artists named by the Governor’s
Office as recipients of the State’s Cultural Heritage
Award. The UNCG-Bonner joint Montagnard
Hypertension Project research team also participated
with health information and blood pressure readings.
These efforts were also expedited throught the Bonner
Center. Later, many of these activities, artists and
celebrations would be staged on the Guilford College
campus on Oct 24 (see ACADEMIC PARTNERSHIPS,
Events)
Oth er Eve nts
Underground Railroad Tours and Talks, more than ten
tours on campus and talks at schools, James Shields.
(also see above, Greensboro’s Fabric of Freedom Story)
Roots Retreat, youth discussion and presentation,
Southeast Asian Coalition (SEAC), Raleigh, NC, Aug 22,
2015. Andrew Young, Hlois Mlo, Lek Siu
Counter Stories, grassroots citizens’ group promoting
social justice and dialog, 2014 to present.
Greensboro Mural Project, an ongoing series with
artists including an Underground Railroad theme to be
painted near Greensboro College, James Shields
Fall Volunteer Fair, Sternberger Auditorium. A Spring
fair is also organized. Bonner Center reaches out to
connect to community organizations, nonprofits. Also
represented: Bonner Center Community sites,
Community Scholars program, Career Development
Center, Sept 2, 2015.
International Ethnosh, Greensboro Farmers Curb
Market and Ethnosh, Greensboro, Sept 15, 2015.
Guilford College refugee, immigrant and first generation
students and families prepared, shared and sold over
300 food samples.
Afro-Latino Workshop, James Shields with AFSC. A
Black-Brown dialog, Sept 23, 2015
Kids Fest, Hayworth Field, Guilford Campus. In
collaboration with multicultural communities. Kids Fest
has a long history of inspiring marginalized youth,
promoting educational success and access to college,
Oct 24, 2015 (see CAMPUS PARTNERSHIPS, Clubs,
with Project Community)
This Is My Home Now, Bryan Auditorium. In
collaboration with the Montagnard community.
Organize by an alumnus of past Kids Fests, Bonner
Scholar Lek Siu, Oct 24, 2015 (see ACADEMIC
PARTNERSHIPS, Events)
President Fernandes, Day of Service
Hypertension Clinic, Day of Service
Children at the farm during Kids Fest
Quaker Man at Kids Fest
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Bonner Community Sites & Project s
YWCA Te e n F ami li es, site coordinators Ro
Lutenbacher, Eliza Stevenson, 10 students on site
Highlights: Unique learning experience for Psych
majors, close with program members; Consistent
schedule, volunteers who commit are really
enthusiastic, unique from all the other Bonner sites
Needs: Not enough volunteers, not enough carpooling,
not enough commitment to dates (difficult to get people
to commit) small volunteer pool, limited days and times
that we can volunteer
Professors need to know: The YWCA site is a unique
opportunity for people to take care of young children,
helping them learn and grow and play, as well as giving
opportunities for mentoring insightful and strong teen
mothers; Students work with a very unique
demographic and with an organization in the wider
Greensboro community.
Path wa ys, site coordinator Amburee Edwards,
6 students on site
Highlights: Working with families, building rapport,
helping kids deal with the issues and situations their
families are in
Needs: Getting volunteers who haven't been assigned
to the site. Always having younger kids mixed with
school-aged kids
Professors need to know: Go through the site
coordinator to get background checks and applications
CAP A Kids , site coordinators Jarrett Knepper,
Fernanda Gonzalez,
20 students on site
Highlights: Variety, organization
Needs: Losing volunteers
Professors need to know: Site and school rules that
govern the site and guide the CAPA Kids mission
Amburee Edwwards at Pathways
Life Sk ills at P a ge HS, site coordinator Hlois Mlo
3 students on site
Highlights: Recruiting volunteers, time management,
consistency, communication
Needs: Interaction, contact, expertise weakness in
some school subjects pertaining to homework, fun
activities
Professors need to know: This site is tutoring refugee
students, mostly coming from Newcomers but some
have been here for a few years. Greensboro is a diverse
community and there are lots of refugees from different
ethnicities.
Jarrett Knepper and Fernanda Gonzalez
Ch ur ch Und er t h e Bri d ge , site coordinators Connor
Pruitt, Nicole Zelniker,
40 students on site
Highlights: Good numbers of volunteers, consistency of
food provided by the Caf, accumulating donations that
are relevant to the season
Needs: Number of consistent volunteers, and post site
reflections with volunteers
Professors need to know: Dress modestly, attempt to
initiate conversations, let coordinator know how you
honestly feel afterwards
Mo nta gna rd Wom e n's L ea r ni ng Gr ou p, site
coordinator Vung Ksor
Highlights: Clean up of Mosaic House during Day of
Service, work with Charles Raczkowski at NCAT Farm to
grow hundreds of pounds of vegetables, start of Elon
ethnobotany project with Catherine Bush
(see ACADEMIC PARTNERSHIPS, Community-based
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research)
Do ris He nd ers o n Ne w co me rs Sch o ol, site
coordinators Veronica Zambrano, Cristy Samaniego,
10 students on site
Highlights: Inspire and motivate the students, Build
relationships
Needs: Lack of transportation, and teachers that
actually need help.
Professors need to know: Be patient with the kids that
are just learning the language, and be open to help the
students in every subject.
Zach Lindsey promoting Elimu
Serv a nt C ent er
Needs: Students need to be re-energized to help this
nonprofit
Professors need to know: Servant Center is one of the
oldest sites we’ve maintained, and vets appreciate
student interaction.
Oak wo od Fo rest , site leader Marimar Mantuano, Isa
Guttierez,
6 students on site
Highlights: Returning to the site after a year’s absence
Asht o n Wo ods, site leader Emmanuel Williams,
5 students on site
Highlights: Seeing strong turnout at Day of Service
Cult ur al C om pet e nc y P ro je ct, project coordinators
Mo Mo San, Zi Huang
Trained 50 students
Highlights: Coordinators involvement, collaboration with
International Club, diverse, flexible, and interactive
Needs: Need more projects to carry out; disorganized
and lack of members
Professors need to know: A project that builds bridges
between international students and the
American/native English-speaker students. Cultural
competency is helpful in communicating and helping
people with a different cultural background, especially
for students who are planning to study abroad.
Lati no Imp act , site leader Roberto Mojica,
4 students on site
Highlights: Good kids, good volunteers, good tutoring
Needs: No consistency, not a lot of kids, transportation
Professors need to know: The deeper issue of tutoring
students
First Fr ie nds at Em pir e C ross i ng, site leader Clare
Forrester,
7 students on site
Highlights: One on one contact with kids, form bonds
with families, help with kids' studies.
Needs: Not enough volunteers, not enough
transportation, not very professional
Professors need to know: It is important to be
committed because kids will depend on you, and it is a
helpful site for seeing new perspectives.
Comm u nit y K itc he ns Cl ub , Ben Randazzo,
15 students and fac/staff on site
Highlights: Organization, communication, consistency;
Stop Hunger Now; sharing more knowledge across sites
Needs: Expansion of the project
Professors need to know: All are welcome
Mob il e Mark et, Sarah Miller, Marek Wojtala, Moira
O’Neill
15 students and fac/staff
Highlights: Aiming for larger projects in the spring
semester, making sure everyone is held accountable
Needs: Aiming for larger projects in the spring
semester, making sure everyone is held accountable
Professors need to know: Have cultural training about
the Glen Haven community
Gl e n Hav e n, site leader Elliott Jarrett,
4 students on site
Highlights: Halloween party, Mobile Market, getting to
know families better
Elim u , site coordinator Zach Lindsey
4 students on site
Highlights: Elimu students applying to Guilford
Needs: More volunteers
Professors need to know: Young Africans need
encouragement and guidance to make it to higher ed
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Emerging Needs
Ho usi ng /H o me les sn ess
Highlights: Church Under the Bridge continues to be a
strong site
Social support for impoverished family, Summer to Fall
2015, Sav Dew
Support for homeless CCE student, Summer to Fall
2015, Susan May
Refugee housing discussed, Idea Incubator, Oct 7,
2015
Needs: A comprehensive look at housing problems in
our area presented to Guilford students and more
know-how about addressing community members’
immediate needs, such as renters’ rights, social
services, court system.
Professors need to know: Housing and homelessness
are fundamental to ideas about peace, community and
Core Values.
Soc iety o f Bh uta nes e, Mamta Gurung
30 students and fac/staff involved
Highlights: Good relations with the families,
involvement of faculty
Needs: Few volunteers, far from Guilford College.
Professors need to know: Step up and make the site
progressive. Be familiar with the work we do, why, and
who are we working with.
Foo d I ns ec urit y
Highlights: Farm Stand and work through the Farm
remain popular; Sustainable Food Systems promises
more academic interest in community needs; Mobile
Market has built strong community bridges; NCAT
relationship is growing; health research with UNCG
partners is helping bring awareness
Needs: Most of the work is done by students with only
modest resources (Mobile Market van, for eg).
Professors need to know: Talking about Greensboro’s
#1 national rank in food insecurity is a start, but
students have been trying to tackle this problem on
their own for years. Stronger support by more
academics.
International Advisory Committee
Int er nat io na l Adv iso ry Co mmitt ee ,
Human Relations Department, City of Greensboro.
Since 2014, Bonner Center and Bonner Scholars have
been involved in the formation, work and promotion of
the Committee. Jose Oliva, IAC secretary (and Irving
Zavaleta, vice-chair). Public meetings were held
throughout the year at downtown Cultural Arts Center,
Central Library, etc.
Forc e Migrat io n: Re fu ge es, I mmigra nts a nd
Cha ngi ng D e mograp hics
Highlights: Looking at issues from the public health
(new Fellows position), housing (Syrian refugee
interest), and food insecurity (research, Mobile Market,
Farm) perspectives.
Needs: More than 70% of the student site and project
coordinators state that if Guilford provided reliable
volunteer transportation (students currently provide
their own) it would improve volunteer participation at
their sites.
Professors need to know: Students come from diverse
backgrounds. Learning abounds when their stories and
experiences are included.
All numbers of student participants are averages over
the semester and do not include special events (Kids
Fest, Day of Service, etc)
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Network participation
Bonner Congress, annual conference for Bonner school
representatives, Marimar Mantuano and Nicole
Zelniker, University of Houston, Oct 9-11, 2015
Bonner Foundation Fall Directors and Coordinators'
Meeting, Adamstown, MD, James Shields, Nov 1-4,
2015
President’s Summit, NC Campus Compact, James
Shields
Citizenship, Service, Networking and Partnerships
(CSNAP) Annual Conference, UNC Pembroke. Bonner
freshmen Abigail Bekele and Patricia Martinez and
Phoebe Hogue-Rodley, QLSP, attended, Nov 7, 2015
ACADEM IC PART NERSHIPS
As one of the founding members of the Bonner
Foundation's network of schools, the Bonner Center at
Guilford pursues strategic academic alliances to assist
its community partners, address emerging themes, and
Tours
model the relationship of Service Learning and
Alternative History of Greensboro, for staff-faculty First
Year Bonner Scholars, QLSP. Held from late summer
through fall, encouraging staff and faculty to
incorporate the region’s rich resources, history, people
and little known grassroots organizations and
neighborhoods into their classes and activities. Total
participants, 17 faculty-staff, 15 Bonners, 6 QLSP.
Experiential Learning to Academics (CommunityEngaged Scholarship and Community-Based
Participatory Research). To better explain this model to
academics and staff, this year's Bonner Center work
Underground Railroad Tours, James Shields. (also see
COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, Greensboro’s Fabric of
Freedom Story)
and many ongoing sites and projects were grouped into
three conceptual frames: Housing/Homelessness,
Forced Migration, and Food Insecurity.
Meetings
To encourage and improve faculty participation in
experiential learning and civic engagement, numerous
individual meetings and conversations in late Summer
and Fall centered around course planning, the
upcoming Day of Service, Bonner Center themes (on
housing/homelessness, food insecurity and forced
migration) and ongoing research projects.
CNNC researchers at Collaboraty
Program for Ethnographic Research and Community
Studies (PERCS) meeting with with Mussa Idris,
Anthropology professor at Elon, Jul 9, 2015
SOAN food issues meeting. Called by Tom Guthrie, a
review of food-related issues and projects on and off
campus, with Sustainable Food Systems, Guilford Farm,
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PPS and Bonner representation, Nov 4, 2015
Project demonstrating data entry
Oct-Nov, 2015: Guilford, NCAT students accompany
Hypertension Project team members collecting
biographical data in refugee homes
Dec 7, 2015: Team celebration meal and review,
with students, faculty and staff at Bonner Center
This course grew out the project, Allies in Community
Outreach, Research and Engagement (ACORE), created
by a team from Guilford (URCE, BIO, Bonner) and NCAT
(Undergraduate Research office, BIO, SOC-MSW) who
attended the 2014 SENCER conference.
Research Fellows monthly meeting, Center for New
North Carolinians, co-sponsored by Hege Library and
Bonner Center, with invitation to faculty, Nov 20, 2015.
#EveryCampusARefugee meeting, Diya Abdo and
Bonner Scholar Lily Collins about likely needs of a
newcomer family on campus, Dec 9, 2015.
Support for co urses a nd p rograms
FYS 1 0 2 First Year sections. Presentations to students
at Bonner Sun Room or in FYS classrooms on invitation
by instructors: Bob Williams, Erin Dell, Barb Boyette,
Karrie Manson, Suzanna Westberg.
G ST 1 07 Intro to Community Learning, James Shields
JP S, SO AN , BIO , E D U I nde pe nde nt St u dy Bonner
Center students using Service Learning sites and
experiences under the sponsorship of faculty.
JP S 1 03 Community Problem Solving, daytime and
evening courses taught by Krista Craven, Barbara
Lawrence. Planning sessions and selection of Bonner
community sites for students to complete field work,
coordination with teaching assistant Julia Geaney
Moore, information presentation to classes. About 40
students total.
PSY 22 4 Developmental Psychology, Karen Tinsley.
Info session for experiential learning class
ED U 3 02 Cross-Cultural Education, Anna Pennell.
Students tutored elders facilitated by Mamta Gurung,
Society of Bhutanese in High Point, Fellowship Hall,
First Pentecostal Holiness Church, Sept 12 (Day of
Service), which led to …
BIO 2 5 0 (Guilford-NCAT) Community Health Problems,
Michele Malotky (Guilford), Kelsie Bernot (NCAT Bio)
Teaching assistants Lek Siu, Vung Ksor, Hlois Mlo,
Tasmia Zafar. In collaboration with Montagnard
Hypertension Research Project (See below, CommunityBased Research), Guilford and NCAT students learned
about community data collection and CBPR practices
and participated in biographical data collection in
homes of refugee families.
Jun 9, 2015: Community dinner at Ichiban
restaurant, with Montagnard elders, Montagnard
and mainstream students from UNCG and Guilford,
NCAT, UNCG and Guilford faculty and staff
Aug 26, 2015: Course meeting at NCAT with Dr H
Wier Siu, Montagnard community leader
Sept 21, 2015: Course meeting at Guilford with
UNCG professors from Montagnard Hypertension
NCAT-Guilford class, with UNCG professors and student
explaining data entry. Bonner Center students served as
teaching assistants.
ENT -EL C 4 0 4 (UNCG) Innovation and
Entrepreneurship in Community Leadership, Cathy
Hamilton (Director, Office of Leadership and ServiceLearning), Andrew Young (Bonner)
Sustai nabl e F o od Syste ms ma jo r, including
summer field trip to Glen Haven apartment gardens to
assess Bhutanese needs and possible future projects
with Bonner Public Health Fellow Mamta Gurung,
Summer Research Scholar (Bonner Scholar and Mobile
Market organizer) Moira O’Neill conducting research on
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food insecurity, Mobile Market van participation by Gail
Webster.
Sustainable Food Systems conversations began in
summer, 2015.
Pub li c Healt h m aj or , support of proposed major
through the creation of a community service-based
Public Health Fellow (see BONNER CENTER, Bonner
Fellows program)
Jo i nt Mast er o f Soc ial Wo rk Pr o gram (NCAT,
UNCG) involves Jonathan Riffey (MSW-UNCG) and past
MSW candidates working under Mary Anne Busch
(CNNC) and Bonner Scholars and other students
working under Andrew Young to assist refugee family
entangled in a DSS and court case. In 2013 family
members were arrested and detained; in 2014 the
family’s children were reunited; in Dec 2015 all charges
were dropped.
Sustainable Food Systems visit NCAT-Bonner site
Part of this project was the source of presentations
made at the 2014 National conference of the
Association of Refugee Service Providers (Interpretation
and Refugee Civil Rights, Young) and 2014 Bonner
Congress (The Newest Frontier, Protecting Civil Rights
and Building Stronger Communities, Young)
Saliva collection at community church.
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Presentatio ns
(with travel funding from Academic Dean’s office)
Mobilizing and Mentoring the “Next Generation”
through CBPR: The Montagnard Refugee Household
Hypertension Project, panel discussion by Sharon
Morrison (UNCG), Sudha Shreeniwas (UNCG), Andrew
Young (Bonner), 76th Annual Meeting, Society for
Applied Anthropology, Vancouver, BC, Mar 31, 2016
Mobilizing the Montagnard Refugee Community as
Academic Allies to Address Hypertension,“We need to
conquer hypertension together” poster presentation by
Tou Vang (UNCG PHE), Lek Siu (Guilford PECS), mentors
Sharon Morrison (UNCG), Andrew Young (Guilford), 37th
Annual Minority Health Conference, Gillings School of
Global Public Health, UNC Chapel Hill), Feb 26, 2016
Showcase workshop: High Impact Practices: Engaging
with Immigrant Communities, panel discussion by
Andrew Young (facilitator, Guilford), Michele Malotky
(Guilford), Christine Swoap (facilitator, Warren Wilson)
and Sharon Morrison (UNCG), Kelsie Bernot (NCAT),
Sherrie Mahowald (Asheville-Buncombe Community
Tech), North Carolina Campus Compact 2016 Pathways
to Achieving Civic Engagement (PACE) Conference, High
Point University, Feb 10, 2016
Mamta Gurung and Moira O’Neill at Wake Forest
Cultivating Food Justice, panel discussion, Robin
Emmons (Sow Much Good), Marianne LeGreco (UNCG;
Mobile Oasis), Moira O'Neill (Bonner Center at Guilford
College), Mamta Gurung (Bonner Center at Guilford
College), Gini Bell (Farmer Foodshare), Connect2Direct
Conference, Wake Forest University, Dec 8, 2015.
Tailoring a Biological Risk Factor Survey for Use in
Hypertension Assessment with Montagnard Refugees,
poster presentation by Nhung Budam (UNCG), Jalisa
Horne (UNCG), H'Lois Mlo (Guilford), Tasmia Zafar
(Guilford), Abigail Budam (UNCG), Branda Mlo (UNCG),
with mentors Sharon Morrison (UNCG), Sudha
Shreeniwas (UNCG), Andrew Young (Guilford), 2015
State of North Carolina Undergraduate Research &
Creativity Symposium, High Point University, Nov 14,
2015
Hlois Mlo at SNCURCS
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(with URCE, Sustainable Food Systems)
Developing Partnerships to Address Food Hardship in
Greensboro, NC, poster presentation by Moira O’Neill,
2015 State of North Carolina Undergraduate Research
& Creativity Symposium, High Point University, Nov 14,
2015
Why is My Community Sick?, story presentation on lack
of social support, a root cause of illness and despair in
the Bhutanese community, by Mamta Gurung (Bonner
Public Health Fellow), mentors Andrew Young, Jigna
Dharod (UNCG), at the 2015 Triangle Global Health
Annual Conference, NC Biotechnology Center, Nov 6,
2015
Cultural Competency Demonstration for HNR242A1501
(Elon) Cultural Approaches to Health Communications,
Aunchalee Palmquist, Lucinda Austin. Sel H, Mamta
Gurung,Andrew Young, at Elon University, Oct 8, 2015
(supported by Idea Incubator, Library, URCE, Faculty
Development)
Charette for Community, How to Design a Living Space
for a Refugee Family, Andrew Young, facilitator, and
students Mamta Gurung, Sel H, Tun Puih, Sav Dew,
Nhan, Idea Incubator, Carnegie Room, Oct 7, 2015
(various offices)
Human Flotsam: Refugee Crisis, panelist participant
Andrew Young, Bryan Auditorium, Sept 29, 2015
Moira O’Neill at SNCURCS
Why Is My Community Sick? at NC Biotechnology Center
Charette for Community
Pechakucha slide show at Charette for Community
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Events
(with Peace and Conflict Studies & Political Science
Depts, Greensboro Historical Museum, Montagnard
American Organization)
This is My Home Now, featuring a PBS broadcasted film
on Greensboro refugee youth, songs, dance and
cultural activities presented by Montagnard students
and community members. Included two traditional
artists, North Carolina Cultural Heritage Award
recipients, Oct 24, 2015. Organized by Lek Siu, Vung
Ksor, HLois Mlo, Sel H et al.
This event grew out of the success of Day of Service
events and Bonner collaboration with the National Folk
Festival and Greensboro Historical Museum.
Model Health and Wellness Workshop for Bhutanese
Elders, Senior Resources Center, Greensboro. Culturally
appropriate educational material presented in an
interactive, engaging way to a highly isolated
community, Sept 5, 2015, Bonner Center Public Health
Fellow and Montagnard Hypertension Research team
members, 3 Guilfordians, 5 UNCG, 1 Guilford staff, 1
UNCG faculty, 25 community members
The student research team is made up of students from
refugee-immigrant communities or come from multicultural
backgrounds.
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Com munity-Based Research
include: Transnational Plant and Food Use in Health
and Hypertension Among Montagnard Refugee
Families; Synthesis of Family Relationships and Other
Hypertension-Related Factors for Southeast Asian
Refuge Communities; Montagnard Refugee Health
Behavior: Cortisol-Related Hypertension and
Psychosomatic Morbidity; Analysis of Psychosocial
Stress Factors of Hypertension Among Southeast Asian
Refugee Populations; Analyzing Disparities within the
Montagnard Community Using Community-Based
Participatory Research.
(Part of the Montagnard Health Disparities Research
Network, CNNC)
CBPR, Montagnard Hypertension Research Project,
Sudha Shreeniwas (UNCG HDFS), Sharon Morrison
(UNCG PHE), Andrew Young (Bonner), Highly diverse
student research team from Guilford, UNCG, ASU,
UNCW, Campbell, UNCC and local high schools,
including Montagnard Bonner Scholars, Guilford
students, 20 students from the Montagnard
community, UNCG graduates, and former Bonner
Scholar (now UNCG PHE Masters program), 2013present.
Jun 13, 2015: Biological data collection, United
Montagnard Christian Church
Jun 20, 2015: Biological data collection,
International Montagnard Dega Bible Church
Jul 18, 2015: Biological data collection,Central
Highlands Church Church
July19-present: Montagnard American Organization,
youth meetings,
Aug 7, 2015: Summer team celebration meal,
Calypso restaurant,
Sept 5, 2015: Health Fair, Lewis Recreation Center
Sept 5, 2015: Model Health and Wellness
Workshop, Mamta Gurung, Vung Ksor, Tasmia
Zafar, Aiperi Iusupova, et al, mentors Sharon
Morrison (UNCG), Andrew Young (Guilford), Senior
Resources Center, Greensboro
Sept 12 (Day of Service): Health Demo: GSO
Historical Museum (Day of Service)
Sept 15, 2015: Ethnosh, Farmers Curb Market,
Greensboro
2015: Montagnard Community Health Fair, United
Montagnard Christian Church
Family interventions and assistance as needed.
Examples:
Jun 13, 2015: Community member with
dangerously high blood pressure brought to RiteAid;
assisted in purchasing prescription drugs
Dec 17, 2015: Community member's family of 6
children without working thermostat; visited to
inspect house and contact repairman
2014 research team of UNCG and Bonner students.
2015 research team has included as many as 40 students
with a core of Montagnard Bonners, other Bonners and
Guilford students, UNCG undergrads ( including students
from the Montagnard community), grad students, and
Montagnard students attending ASU, UNCC, UNCW, and
Campbell. The team’s diversity has been staggering, with
members whose families come from Nigeria, India, Angola,
Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan, Sikkim, Peru, Vietnam, Laos, and
Nepal.
This project follows up on the 2011-12 CBPR project
(Jigna Dharod, UNCG Nutrition) on food insecurity in the
Montagnard community. It has produced 2 best
category poster presentation winners in last year’s
SNCUCRS and faculty and student team members have
participated in several presentations and conferences
over the years. Past student poster presentations
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CBPR, Urban Farming Research Project, Charles
Raczkowski, Marsha McGraw, Betsy Renfrew
(Independent Scholar), Women’s Learning Group, Vung
Ksor (Bonner), adviser Andrew Young (Bonner)
Mar 2015 - present
Nov 2015: WLG NCAT Tour
May - present: Food harvesting
(under discussion)
CBPR, Infant feeding among refugee, asylee, and/or
immigrant communities in Greensboro, a proposed
project between students from the Bonner Center at
Guilford College and students from PERCS at Elon
Spring 2016
This project grew out of visits and discussions with
Elon’s PERCS (Program for Ethnographic Research and
Community Studies).
This project is based on the interest of NCAT
researchers who observed Women’s Learning Group
members harvesting vegetables at the Research and
Demonstration Farm and a visit by an NCAT delegation
to the Guilford College Farm.
Guilford students with Catherine Bush
Advising
CBPR, Medicinal and Food Study of Montagnards in
Greensboro, NC, Catherine Bush (Elon), Betsy Renfrew
(Independent Scholar), Vung Ksor (Bonner), Sel H
(freshman), adviser Andrew Young (Bonner), Fall 2015present
Barghar-Mukhiya in the Tharu Indigenous Justice
System, Nepal, Andrew Young, adviser to Narayan
Khadka's PhD thesis, Nova Southeast University, FL
This project follows up on IRB ethnobotany research in
Vietnam conducted by Bonner Scholars Lek Siu and
Vung Ksor in 2014.
CBPR, Health and Wellness Program for Bhutanese
Community, Jigna Dharod (UNCG Nutrition), Andrew
Young (Bonner), Mamta Gurung (Bonner Public Health),
Narayan Khadka (Nova Southeastern University PhD
candidate), Fall to present
This project grows out of Bhutanese community
concerns about mental illness, homicide and suicide
also reported by CDC and follows up on the 2014 Day
of Service participation by Guilford College students
who were members of the “Himalayan Club”
(international and refugee students from the region) in
the Bhutanese community’s mental wellness
conference.
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The Bea co n carried several stories about the Bonner
Center which convey some of the range and depth of
the Center's work.
• Black Lives Matter Week at Guilford, Dec 2015
http://www.guilford.edu/academics/multiculturaled/black-lives-matter-week/index.aspx
COM MUNICAT IONS
Bonner Center events, programs, sites and projects are
• Connecting Service Learning to Undergraduate
Research, Dec 1, 2015
http://www.guilford.edu/news/item/index.aspx?LinkId
=921&ModuleId=74
regularly represented through Bonner Scholars,
Fellows, site and project leaders and other students
• Black Guilford College students demand better
treatment, Nov 12, 2105
http://www.greensboro.com/news/schools/blackguilford-college-students-demand-bettertreatment/article_6f7e3b73-c16f-5580-af3c9fe8d63d55f9.html
tabli ng a n d d istrib uti ng i nfor mati o n outside the
Caf in Founders Hall. 25% state they rely on tabling to
inform Guilfordians about their sites and use it to enlist
volunteers.
• James Shields Presents at National Bonner
Conference, Nov 9, 2015
http://www.guilford.edu/news/item/index.aspx?LinkId
=899&ModuleId=74
Bonner’s activities are extensively documented and
• #BlackLivesMatter Week, Oct 26-30, Oct 23, 2015
http://www.guilford.edu/news/item/index.aspx?LinkId
=880&ModuleId=51
updated on F ace bo o k to keep faculty, students and
community partners fully informed.
• Hunger to Serve, Sept 14, 2015
http://www.guilford.edu/news/item/index.aspx?LinkId
=838&ModuleId=74,51
Regular B uzz notices appeared as many as 2-3 items
• Andrew Young Presents at Elon, Sept 7, 2015
http://www.guilford.edu/news/item/index.aspx?LinkId
=831&ModuleId=74
per week because over 35% of the student project and
site coordinators report that they rely on the Buzz to
• Guilfordians Offer Advice for Refugees, Immigrants,
Sept 3, 2015
http://www.guilford.edu/news/item/index.aspx?LinkId
=828&ModuleId=74,51,54
inform Guilfordians about their sites and use it to enlist
volunteers.
• Guilfordians Attend Bonner Foundation’s 25th
Anniversary, Jul 23, 2015
http://www.guilford.edu/news/item/index.aspx?LinkId
=828&ModuleId=74,51,54
The Gu il for dia n student newspaper regularly cited the
Bonner Center, covered events and quotes students
• Mamta Gurung Named Public Health Fellow, Jun 25,
2015
http://www.guilford.edu/news/item/index.aspx?LinkId
=779&ModuleId=51
and staff members.
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Other notable media stories related to the Bonner
Center.
• City Year, Furthering My Passion, Dec 17, 2015
http://www.cityyear.org/blog/furthering-my-passion
• News-Record, International cuisine and culture in the
spotlight, Sept 9, 2015
http://w w w.greensboro.com/international-cuisineand-culture-in-the-spotlight/article_5f928bb5-fd3857fc-b2df-eff4c87a7aa1.html
• UNCG Center for New North Carolinians, Volunteer
Perspective, Nov 24, 2015
http://cnnc.uncg.edu/volunteer-perspective/
• Triad City Beat, Decoding the City’s color line from
the mill village, Aug 26, 2015
http://triad-city-beat.com/fresh-eyes-decoding-a-cityscolorline-from-the-mill-village/
• News-Record, Newcomers School bridges language
gap among Guilford students, Aug 31, 2015
http://www.greensboro.com/news/local_news/newco
mers-school-bridges-language-gap-among-guilfordstudents article_8a0e83a2-4dad-11e5-904c83b15803d80e.html
Mariah Perry (’14) on Furthering My Passion
TRA NSF O RMAT IV E LEA RNI NG
Risuin in Munich. A Bonner refugee student helps
arriving Syrian refugees during his semester abroad.
Samira in Action. Here from Ghana for only one
semester, she attended mosque, took the bus to NCAT,
and participated in every community service event.
Mobile Market. Students were invited to people’s
homes to share food and later, to participate in Diwali.
Model Health Presentation. Students create an ideal
learning environment for the elderly and marginalized.
#BlackLivesMatter. Students insist on bringing
community issues to the campus.
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