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Service-Learning Alliance (Bonner Scholars)

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RG 07-7.10

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of records evidencing the administration, management, of the Service-Learning Alliance (formerly known as Bonner Scholars program) and the documented reflective experiences of participating students. The materials consist of a range of records types including journals, reports, correspondence, and informational printed materials. The records documents the relationships Berea College created / sustained with local and national advocating organisations.

Dates

  • Creation: 1989-1997

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research in the Special Collections and Archives reading room. Access to archival records containing sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state laws and regulations is restricted. Please contact the archivist to discuss specific access restrictions.

Biographical / Historical

The Service-Learning Alliance began in 1990 as the Bonner Scholars program. Berea College was chosen by the Bertram F. Bonner Foundation of Princeton, New Jersey, to be the pilot school for its new Bonner Scholars program. Launching with forty selected students known as “pioneer Bonners”, the program quickly spread nationally to include multiple Universities.

After the end of the Bonner Foundation pilot scheme, in April 1993 the program was renamed to the Berea College Service-Learning Alliance. The program instilled Service-Learning as a concept of combining both humanitarian service with academic pursuits. The office worked with hundreds of agencies nationally to establish volunteer or placement opportunities for Berea College students. Often students were welcomed and trusted to work with vulnerable populations plus organisations leading advocacy grassroots operations.

Full Extent

14 boxes_(general)

Full Extent

6.44 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

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