SERVICE PROGRAM OFFICE

2012-2013 Annual Report

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Top 10 Ranking

Service Category

Honor Roll With Distinction

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2012-2013

Service Program

Recognition

Greetings, This year was a very successful one in the Service Program with new beginnings, continued successes and the revival of some exciting initiatives. We implemented the Community Engagement Commitment, our new developmentally based service requirement for students. Based on two years of study, research and planning this unique and innovative model moves us from an hours based requirement to a commitment that asks all students to engage more deeply in exploring their own passions and also in understanding the social and environmental issues that they care about. In support of our new model, we have continued to increase the number and the quality of our course-based service-learning opportunities with more faculty teaching more courses than ever before. We have also re-energized our issue workshop offerings providing education, direct service and advocacy opportunities around specific topics. Finally, our relationships with community partners continue to grow and we are excited to have a vibrant 10-member Community Partner Advisory Board to consult with us on making sure our program meets community needs in a meaningful way. It is a time of transition, excitement, growth and all the challenges that go along with that for our program. We appreciate the broad support we receive from both campus and community partners and collaborators and look forward to another productive year ahead! Best, Cathy

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The mission of the Warren Wilson College Service Program is to prepare students for effective community engagement.

We fulfill our mission by: · Providing opportunities for students to gain relevant knowledge, skills and

experiences, · Supporting students in the development of civic responsibility, and

· Engaging in mutually beneficial community partnerships.

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Service-Learning

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Service Program

Advisory Committee

Faculty

Amy Boyd • Siti Kusujiarti • Lucy Lawrence

Erin Montero • Marty O’Keefe • Graham Paul

Students

Marissa Bramlett • Felicia Hall

Isabel Harger • Beau Ohlgren • Ilinca Popescu

Emily Sprouse • Nora White

Staff

Dustin Rhodes • Dan Seeger

Wendy Seligman • Ally Wilson

Service Program Staff

Cathy Kramer

Dean of Service

Shuli Archer

Director of Student Engagement

Karen Kyle

Service Coordinator

Siti Kusujiarti

Faculty Liaison for Service-Learning

Brooke Millsaps

Director of Service-Learning

Jacqui Trillo

AmeriCorps VISTA

Community Partner

Advisory Committee

Norma Brown

Children First/Communities in Schools

Ashley Campbell

Homeward Bound

Jamye Davis

Big Brothers Big Sisters

Jill Edwards

Town of Black Mountain

Bob Gale

Western North Carolina Alliance

Jay Lively

Asheville City Schools Foundation

Sophia Papadopoulos

Friends and Neighbors of Swannanoa

Susan Sides

The Lord’s Acre

Jack St. Clair

Black Mountain Neuro-Medical

Treatment Center

Mike Stevenson

Loving Food Resources

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2012-2013

Bonner Senior

Interns

Meron Amare

Emily Chiara

Bonner Leaders

Service Crew

Marissa Bramlett

Rob Compton

Deanna Dragan

Caroline Duble

Rita Gunter

Iliana Hernandez

Lia Kaz

Hannah Kilpatrick

Ana Lara

Ben Malmborg

Autum Martin

Manhattan Mathurin-Neville

Blanca Perez

Misha Perez

Emma Post

Delilah Scott

Samrawit Sisay

Emily Sprouse

Emma Van Scoy

Nora White

Vivian Williamson

Amanda Wilson

Jasmine Woo

Bonner Leaders Service Crew

1st Year Trip

The First Year Trip takes first year crew members to participate in educational and service activities in a

geographic region outside their campus community. This year, 11 crew members and 1 staff member travelled to

Washington, DC for a trip focused on advocacy and engagement. Highlights of the trip include: visits to DC

landmarks, a panel presentation by non-profit leaders, and service as peacekeepers for a march for marriage equality.

2nd Year Exchange

The second year exchange facilitates community building in the larger Bonner network and provides the opportunity for

training, service and reflection. This year, WWC hosted Bonner scholars from Wofford College. Together, WWC and Wofford students participated in WWC’s Spring Into Action

conference, a student-run conference focused on engagement, advocacy, and action. The day ended with

time to reflect on the workshops and learn more about the

similarities and differences between the two schools.

Presentations

Crew members present at various conferences, both on and off campus, throughout the year. Presentations this year

included:

The WWC Community Engagement Commitment - NC Campus Compact Student Conference, Wilmington, NC

The Language of Service - Warren Wilson College MLK Day Conference

Spirituality and Service - IMPACT, Albuquerque, NM

The Language of Service - Warren Wilson College Spring Into

Action Conference

Internships

Each year the Service Program is able to offer scholarships to

Bonner Leaders Service Crew students to engage in internships

around the country and the world. In the summer of 2012, six students

received funding:

Meron Amare - Counseling Intern

Mountain BizWorks - Asheville, NC

Emily Chiara - Garden Intern

The Lord’s Acre - Fairview, NC

Autum Martin - Farm Intern

Garden Raised Bounty (GRuB) - Olympia, WA

Blanca Perez - Education Outreach

Intern

South Central Farmers’ Health & Education Fund - Los Angeles, CA

Breanna Ryan - English Teacher

Love Volunteers - Rabat, Morocco

Nora White - Garden Intern

Bread & Roses - Olympia, WA

The Warren Wilson College Bonner Leader Program is supported in part through the Corella and

Bertram F. Bonner Foundation, which provides funding, training and technical assistance to

community service and service-learning scholarship and leadership programs at colleges and

universities across the eastern United States. The mission of the Bonner Foundation is to transform

the lives of students, their campuses and local communities through providing access to education

and the experience to serve. 20-25 Warren Wilson students participate on the Bonner Leaders

Service crew and their efforts are centralized through the College's Service Program. As crew

members in the Warren Wilson College Work Program, students dedicate 15 hours per week to the

establishment and leadership of community engagement activities such as co-curricular and service

-learning projects, alternative break trips and issue education workshops.

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Aquatics • Campus Support • Ceramics • Environmental Justice • Forestry

Landscaping • Library • Basketball • Old Time String Band • Rentals & Renovations

Residence Hall • Swim Team • Women’s Basketball • Women’s Soccer

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Work Crews

9 crews engaged in

632.5 hours of service

Athletic Teams

4 athletic teams engaged in

690 hours of service

Campus Organizations & Residence Life

2 organizations and multiple

residence life communities engaged

in 159 hours of service

Campus Groups

During the 2012-2013 academic year,

818 Warren Wilson College Students

served over 275 Community Partners

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engaged in over 54,613 hours of service to

local, national, and global communities.

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Fall Break

• 4o students participated in 4 trips and completed 1,411 hours of service

Spring Break

• 45 students participated in 5 trips and completed 1,608 hours of service

I left the trip feeling incredibly inspired and impassioned. I felt this strong need to change

everything about my life at Wilson. I changed my major, my work crew, my housing situation. I

realized that if I was going to be anywhere close to being as happy and driven as the people I

had met on my trip that I needed to start with myself. I needed to change my path so that I

could eventually go on to help others on their path. I met so many people who were beautiful

examples of how it really only takes one person who is willing to commit to a cause to make a

viable difference to a community. I have never felt as hopeful about the future as I did when I

left New York that week. - WWC Break Trip Participant

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Break Trip Program

90% of students agreed or strongly agreed

that they have a deeper understanding of

the issue as a result of the Break Trip

experience.

89% of students have a better

understanding about how to get involved in

the trip’s social and/or environmental issue

as a result of their break trip experience.

Each year, student co-leaders plan and facilitate weeklong service experiences for a group of Warren Wilson College students. Students spend the week learning about an

issue and engaging in service with the community.

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WWC was recognized by Break Away as #2 in the country for

“Highest Percentage of Breakers on Campus.”

Fall 2012 Break Trips

Camping on Cumberland: Preserving a Georgia Barrier Island

Dumping in Dixie: Environmental Discrimination and Community Marginalization in New Orleans

Growing Apples in the Big Apple: Urban Agriculture and Community Sustainability in New York City

Shovels ‘N’ Rope: Land Conservation in Muir Valley, KY

Spring 2013 Break Trips

Living La Vida Local: Agricultural Approaches to Food Security in Buncombe County, NC

Missouri Loves Company…And Conservation!: Conservation and Education in St. Louis, MO

Rally in Raleigh: Community Development in Sanford, NC

Shovels ‘N’ Rope: Land Conservation in Muir Valley, KY

Spreading the Mulch: Expanding Access to Farming in Lynchburg, VA

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This year, issue workshops were revitalized with 11 Bonner Leaders facilitating and 32 Warren Wilson

students participating in the workshops. Through this program, students have the opportunity to

engage in an 8-week-long workshop focusing on issue education, action,

and policy and/or advocacy work, thus strengthening their understanding of the complexity of the issue and their capacity to be effectively involved.

By the Numbers:

When asked “As a result of this

workshop…”

• 82.8% of students responded that

they can identify root causes of the

issue.

• 81.07% of students indicated they

would continue to engage with the

issue and/or agency they partnered

with.

“I had such a great experience for

sure, and I feel like I have a great

appreciation for what a community

garden can mean and symbolize to

individuals (as a result of this

workshop).”

–WWC Issue Workshop Participant

“The long-term effect the Housing and Homelessness experience has had on my life stretches

even further since I have incorporated what I learned into my studies at Warren Wilson in

Social Work and into other experiences where I engaged in strengthening community

relationships.”—WWC Issue Workshop Participant

Issue Area Programming

Issue area programming is led by our Bonner Leaders Service Crew. Crew members collaborate with

community partners to organize and facilitate ongoing service opportunities and issue workshops for

other Warren Wilson College students. Issue workshops are designed to deepen students'

understanding of and involvement with a particular issue through education and action.

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Environment: Students served 15,433 hours

Regular Service Opportunities: Home weatherization for low-income families

Issue Workshop: Land Conservation

Key Community Partners: Asheville Greenworks, Community Action Opportunities, Western North Carolina Alliance

Food Security: Students served 7,644 hours

Regular Service Opportunities: 2 community gardens, local food bank, and local food pantry

Issue Workshop: Community Gardens & Empowerment

Key Community Partners: Black Mountain Community Garden, Loving Food Resources, MANNA Food Bank, The Lord’s Acre

Housing & Homelessness: Students served 4,524 hours

Regular Service Opportunities: Move-ins and canvassing with a permanent housing program

Issue Workshop: Housing First

Key Community Partners: Habitat for Humanity, Homeward Bound

Race & Immigration: Students served 2,023 hours

Regular Service Opportunities: Leadership development with Latino youth; community dialogue on race

Issue Workshop: Collaborated with Community Gardens & Empowerment and Education Reform workshops

Key Community Partners: Building Bridges, Buncombe County Migrant Education Program, Emma Family Resource Center

Youth & Education: Students served 12,998 hours

Regular Service Opportunities: 3 mentoring programs

Issue Workshop: Education Reform

Key Community Partners: ArtSpace Charter School, Asheville City Schools Foundation, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Buncombe County - Owen District schools

The Service Program has given increased attention to strengthening partnerships in the following five issue areas.

The ongoing partnerships facilitated by the Bonner Leader Service Crew and the overall student engagement

within these issue areas are shown below.

Other Issue Areas In addition to the five key issue area partners, Warren Wilson College also partners with the following agencies

Regular Service Opportunities: Animal Welfare -Weekly caretaking of animals at an animal shelter;

Health - participate in weekly music activity with residents of health care center.

Key Community Partners: Animal Compassion Network, Black Mountain Neuro-Medical Treatment Center, Friends and Neighbors of Swannanoa (FANS), Global Village, Just Economics

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81.07% of students agreed or strongly agreed that service-learning strengthened the learning experience of the course.

“I think the course concepts were

very intertwined with the service

trips. The classroom concepts were

not only demonstrated, but served

as a framework for how to reflect

and engage with the

service. Really enjoyable and

fruitful experience.”

- WWC Service-Learning

Student

By The Numbers

47 Courses

• 8 First Year Seminars

• 4 study abroad courses

• 2 immersion experiences

368 students served 8,075 hours

through service-learning courses

26 faculty, representing

11 departments, taught service-

learning courses

Service-Learning

Departments with Service-Learning Courses

Anthropology • Biology • Chemistry • Education • Environmental Studies

First Year Seminar • Global Studies • Modern Languages • Outdoor Leadership

Psychology • Social Work

Service-Learning has a long history at Warren Wilson College and continues to evolve. In the

past two years an increasing number of faculty have engaged with service-learning and

students have increased community engagement through service-learning courses by 60%.

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Team Fellows

Sydney Idzikowski Student

Lucy Lawrence Social Work Faculty

Deborah Lundy Community Partner with First at Blue Ridge

SWK 320 - Practice I course

Jessa Madosky Biology/Environmental Studies Faculty

Sue Stuska Community Partner with National Park Service

Kelly Wilson Student

ENS 310 - Conservation Biology

Individual Fellows

Jill Edwards - Community Partner with the Town of Black Mountain.

Will partner with Biology Plant Physiology Course in 2014-2015

Jeff Keith - Global Studies Faculty

GBL 298 - Engaging Appalachia

Jay Lively - Community Partner with Asheville City Schools Foundation.

Partnering with 2 First Year Seminars: Voices of the Caribbean and

Music of the 19th and 20th Centuries

Erin Montero - Modern Languages Faculty

LAN 353 - Latin American Culture

Julie Wilson - Director of Writing Center

WRI 120 - College Composition I: Incarceration

“I loved being able to work with my team in order to shape our service-learning course. The

guidance from the workshops helped substantially and I'm really glad I took part in it!”

- 2013 Service-Learning Fellow

“I really enjoyed being part of a group that included students, community partners, and faculty. This

is a phenomenal part of the program.” - 2013 Service-Learning Fellow

Service-Learning Fellows Program

In its second year, the Service-Learning Fellows Program invited community partners, faculty and

students to participate and adopted a hybrid model of individual and team participants.

The 2013 Service-Learning Fellows Program was funded by the Black Mountain - Swannanoa Valley Foundation, Lipscomb

Family Foundation Fund, and Janirve Legacy Fund of The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina.

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Each year the Service Program recognizes

the exceptional service careers of

graduating seniors and one faculty, staff

member and community partner.

Senior Service Award Winners

Tsepak Dolker • Meron Amare • Nicholas Biemiller

Emily Chiara • Felicia Hall • Casey McManus

Courtney Newsome • Beau Ohlgren

The Andrew Summers Award for Faculty Leadership in Service-Learning

Annie Jonas - Education Department

The Tom Crumpler Award for Staff Leadership in Service

Dan Seeger - Director of Student Activities

The Grace Lee Peace Community Partner Award

Bob Gale - Western North Carolina Alliance

At the beginning of each semester, the Service Program At the beginning of each semester, the Service Program At the beginning of each semester, the Service Program At the beginning of each semester, the Service Program

organizes an orientation service event for all new students. organizes an orientation service event for all new students. organizes an orientation service event for all new students. organizes an orientation service event for all new students.

Service Day: Fall orientation with focus on food security:

• 19 Community Partners, including school gardens, community

gardens and food banks

• Over 300 participants

• Over 1,700 hours served

MLK Challenge: Winter orientation with focus on education

• Partnered with Hall Fletcher Elementary

• 25 students participated

• Over 150 hours served Orientation

Senior Service

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During the past few years, the Service Program has focused on developing key partnerships within the

Asheville/Buncombe community in specific issue areas. Through this focused partnership development in our

local community, we hope to have a greater community impact. This graph indicates that a significant portion

of students’ community engagement occurs in the Asheville/Buncombe County region and that our increased

efforts to engage students locally continue to be successful.

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2,427

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6,619

12%

Asheville/Buncombe Area

International Projects

North Carolina (except

Buncombe County)

United States (except North

Carolina)

Service Hours by Geographic Area

Service Hours by Academic Year The following graph shows the breakdown of service hours by students’ year in school. Please note that

community engagement hours through the Eco-team and MACFC work crews as well as ELC internships are

excluded from this particular data set.

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Service Hours by Issue Area

The Service Program Office focuses its programming around 5 issue areas:

Environment, Food Security, Housing & Homelessness, Race & Immigration and

Youth & Education. We also support students and faculty who pursue

meaningful partnerships outside of these 5 areas. The graph below shows the

issue areas in which Warren Wilson College students engaged during the 2012-

2013 academic year.

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5 Year Look at Total Service Hours

In the *2010-2011 academic year we started including student internship and work

crew hours that are consistent with the goals of the Service Program and our

external reporting. This includes Eco-team, MACFC, and Service Program work

crews as well as Bonner, ELC, and Social Work Internships. Of particular interest

to the Service Program is that the number of hours continues to increase at the

same time that the number of students enrolled in the college each academic

year has decreased. We infer from this that individually, students are engaging

with more service each year.

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5 Year Look at Service Hours by Category

Break Trips Campus and Non-Crew Led Groups

Individual Orientation

SPO Crew-led Service Service-Learning Courses

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During the past 5 years, the Service Program has changed focus on types of programming

offered in order to better support student learning and respond more appropriately to

community needs. Some particular points of consideration:

• The organization of the Bonner Leaders Service Crew has changed considerably since 2008

-2009. During the 2010-2011 academic year, the Service Program made a conscious choice

to significantly decrease one-time trip offerings facilitated by the Bonner Leaders Service

Crew and focus on more in-depth opportunities. As a result, the Bonner Leaders Service

crew has been able to focus on strengthening the quality of community engagement and

not just the quantity of opportunities. Additionally, crew members have increased the

time in which they serve as resources for students interested in finding meaningful ways to

engage in the community.

• The Director of Service-Learning and Faculty Liaison for Service-Learning positions started

during the 2009-2010 year. These positions focus primarily on academic initiatives and

strengthening the quality and quantity of service-learning course offerings.

5 Year Look at

Service Hours by Category