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LWC Hosts National Foundation’s
Summer Leadership Institute
More than 250 individuals with a deep commitment to
service-learning came to Columbia-Adair County in late
May for a national meeting about civic engagement and
community-building.
Those were among the topics discussed at the 27th-annual
Bonner Foundation Summer Leadership Institute, held
May 23-26 at Lindsey Wilson College.
The Bonner Summer Leadership Institute, known as SLI,
is an annual conference hosted by a school affiliated with
the Corella and Bertram F. Bonner Foundation of Princeton,
N.J.
Nationally, the Bonner Foundation partners with 60 college
campuses on creative service-learning programs designed
to contribute to the education, health and well-being
of the communities they serve while providing students
with scholarship opportunities.
Bonner Foundation National Program Director Annie
Pasqua said LWC was an obvious choice to host the 2017
SLI.
“Every year we pick a different school to host the conference,
and this year it was a no-brainer,” Pasqua said. “The
LWC Bonner Program is enthusiastic and ready to get to
work on SLI. It just seemed like the perfect time for Lindsey
Wilson. I believe that I speak for most everyone when I
say that we’ve all been blown away by their hospitality,
love for the area and serving others.”
This year’s SLI attracted more than 250 participants from
more than 50 U.S. institutions, which included national
partners, Bonner administrators and Bonner students. The
three-day conference featured five sessions in which participants
discussed a broad range of issues that included civic
engagement and community-building. Sessions were led by
students, administrators and national partners.
LWC Bonner Program Director Natalie Vickous said
that holding SLI at LWC served as a way to “break some
Corella and Bertram F. Bonner Foundation National Program Director Annie
Pasqua, left, and Bonner Foundation Vice President Ariane Hoy kick off the
2017 Bonner Summer Leadership Institute, held May 23-26 at LWC.
misconceptions” people may have about Kentucky.
“By the end of the week, everyone I spoke to was in love
with Kentucky and Lindsey Wilson College, raving about
our beautiful campus, our supportive administration and our
community partners,” Vickous said.
And Vickous said that events such as SLI are great reminders
to always remember the big picture.
“It’s so easy for us to get caught up in the day-to-day requirements
of our own small program and forget about the
national scale and the impact Bonners are having on the
world,” she said. “It was our privilege to host everyone and
be part of that annual reminder of the bigger picture.”
Two Bonner Scholars Receive Honors
Bonner Scholar junior Autumn Bishop of Brooksville, Ky., left, and
Bonner Scholar senior Logan Adams of Somerset, Ky., were honored
with the 2017 Inspiring Service Ambassador award. The award, presented
by the Corella and Bertram F. Bonner Foundation, is given to individuals
who log more than 100 hours of community service that align with at least
one of the 17 United Nations’ “Sustainable Development Goals.” Examples
of the U.N. goals range from providing progress toward eliminating
hunger to fighting for gender equality worldwide.
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