CAMPUS NAME AND ADDRESS

Ripon College

300 Seward Street

Ripon, WI 54971

http://www.ripon.edu/

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CAMPUS AT A GLANCE

 

Ripon College educates students of diverse interests for lives of productive socially responsible citizenship. Our liberal arts curriculum and residential campus create an intimate learning community in which students experience a richly personalized education.

 

As the birthplace of the anti-slavery Republican Party, Ripon College has a strong history of progressive community engagement.  Our flourishing Bonner Leader program is part of the reason the Princeton Review's 2009 edition ranked Ripon third in the nation for great town-gown relations.

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KEY FACTS

 

Location: 1 1/2 hours from Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Enrollment: 1,000 students

Academics: Nationally-recognized liberal arts college with 31 majors and 37 minors

Community Engagement: Recognition from the President's Community Service Honor Roll, Washington Monthly, Princeton Review, and The Guide to Service-Learning Colleges and Universities

 

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BONNER PROGRAM AT A GLANCE:

 

Name of Campus-Wide Center: Office of Community Engagement

Relevant websites: http://www.ripon.edu/OCE/  http://riponoce.pbwiki.com

 

Type of Program: Bonner Leaders

Year Began: 2005

Bonner Program website: http://www.ripon.edu/offices_resources/OCE/Bonner.htm

 

Number of Bonner Leaders: 42

Active in Bonner AmeriCorps Ed Award: 24

Active in Other AmeriCorps Ed Award: 8

Active in Learn & Serve CBR: No, but will offer a CBR practicum in the fall

Active in FIPSE Civic Ed Certificate/Minor: No, but offer a minor in Civic Advocacy

 

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KEY CONTACTS

 

President: David C. Joyce

Center Director:Deano Pape

Bonner Director: Charles Oberwiser

AmeriCorps*VISTAs: Stefanie Ehle, Laura Eppinger

Bonner Senior Intern(s): Amanda Hoefner, Sierra Bussey, Sara Heim, Cathie Schult

Bonner Congress Representatives: Amanda Hoefner, Cory Alvey

Other: 4 student director-level positions, 15 site team coordinators, 2 policy research interns, 2 nonprofit research and consulting interns

 

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MORE ABOUT US

 

We partner with about 20 key local nonprofits, and place our strongest emphasis on student leadership in every facet of our office. As we've grown from about 15 Bonners at the start of last year to about 45 this year, we've moved from issue-based teams to a site-based model. We hold weekly all-corps meetings, monthly individual advising sessions, and have a year-long course for first year Bonners.  Training comes through our weekly meetings, though we also use three multi-day retreats, an immersion trip, and an exchange trip for deeper training experiences.  Students serve not only as coordinators for each one of our partnering sites, but also hold more advanced leadership roles as directors of those coordinators, leaders of our endeavors into policy research, nonprofit consulting, and outreach, and as senior interns.

 

ANNUAL REPORT OF PROGRAM ACTIVITIES 

Click here for Ripon's 2007-08 Annual Report.

 

 

Student Leadership Planning:

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 Click here for Congress Leadership Plans:

Ripon Congress Action Planning

 

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