MOUNT HOLLY, NJ – Bonner Community Scholars from the Environment brought a group of about 20 TCNJ Freshmen to Mount Holly on Saturday, April 6th for a Community Engaged Learning day, during which students helped prep land around the Mount Holly Public Library for a community garden. The students turned over soil, spread hay, and… Continue Reading
The Wall Launches Homelessness Awareness Campaign
EWING, NJ – The Wall, a homelessness newspaper produced by and for the homeless in collaboration with the Mercer Alliance to End Homelessness and the Bonner Center for Civic and Community Engagement, has launched a campaign to raise awareness about homelessness in Mercer County. Homelessness is a condition, but not a permanent one. As the… Continue Reading
Environment Team Goes to DC
WASHINGTON, DC – This weekend, several TCNJ Bonner Community Scholars from the Environment Team traveled to Washington, DC to show their support for the environment and protest against the Keystone Pipeline. Bonner Scholars Regina Zick ’15, Shayna Innocenti ’16, Jimmy Jaramuzchett ’16, Tarika Mahal ’15, and Nick DiMauro ’15 traveled down to Washington, DC on… Continue Reading
$25,000 Grant for PEI Kids CJOOS Program and Bonner Partnership Highlighted in Lawrence Sun
The Lawrence Sun, the local Lawrenceville and Lawrence Township newspaper, published an article covering a $25,000 grant PEI Kids has received from the Office of Faith Based Initiatives, A Division of Programs in the Department of State. The grant will support PEI’s Comprehensive Juvenile Offenders Outreach Services (CJOOS) program, which prevents gang participation and criminal… Continue Reading
Bonner Scholar, Regina Zick, Interviewed by EbruNews
Regina Zick, a Second-Year Bonner Community Scholar, was interviewed on January 26th by EbruNews regarding the Hurricane Sandy Disaster Relief efforts of The College of New Jersey as part of its TCNJ Here for Home Campaign. The video segment highlighted volunteer efforts of over 25 TCNJ students on January 26th in Union Beach, NJ. There,… Continue Reading
First-Year Bonner Community Scholars in New Orleans
This week, the First-Year Bonner Community Scholars cohort is traveling to New Orleans, LA for an enrichment service trip. Students will learn about Hurricane Katrina, the impact the hurricane had on New Orleans and the Gulf Coast region, the government’s response to the natural disaster and the rebuilding efforts that are still going on today,… Continue Reading
TCNJ Bonner Hosts Statewide YouthBuild Symposium
EWING, NJ – The TCNJ Bonner Center for Civic and Community Engagement hosted the semi-annual New Jersey Statewide YouthBuild Symposium at The College of New Jersey on December 5, 2012. The Symposium was part of an effort to address the needs of young people in the State of New Jersey on the part of the… Continue Reading
Secretary Rochelle Hendricks of the NJ Commission on Higher Education Joins Bonner at the Academic Sports Academy
TRENTON, NJ – The Bonner Center for Civic and Community Engagement welcomed Secretary Rochelle Hendricks of the Commission on Higher Education on November 16th to one of its community partner sites, the Academic Sports Academy (ASA) at Hedgepeth-Williams School in Trenton. Students collected nonperishable food during the week to benefit people whose lives had been… Continue Reading
Pat Donohue Serves as Key Note Speaker at TASK GED Graduation Ceremony
On October 24th, the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen (TASK) celebrated its first annual GED Graduate Celebration to honor the twenty-one students who passed the GED test while attending TASK’s Adult Education Program (AEP). Pat Donohue, Assistant Provost for Community Engaged Learning and Partnerships gave the key note speech for the evening, focusing on the value… Continue Reading
Bonner Welcomes Experts to Campus to Speak to Students and Train Bonner Communtiy Scholars
Ewing, NJ – The Bonner Center for Civic and Community Engagements has welcomed an impressive group of speakers and trainers to campus so far in the Fall 2012 semester. As part of its Student Development Model, the TCNJ Bonner Center strives to provide beneficial and practical trainings to its students throughout the Academic School Year.… Continue Reading