BREAKING NEWS: $5,000 Available Exclusively to CU Faculty and Staff

BREAKING NEWS

The Bonner House for Campus-Wide Community Service excitedly announces that five $1,000 stipends are available exclusively to Concord University faculty and staff.

The stipends are available to Concord University a faculty or staff member at either the Athens or Beckley campuses. To be eligible, these faculty or staff members must be willing to add/modify course requirements to include a service component, oversee or mentor a student service project, develop his/her own service or outreach program, conduct community-based research or connect with the goals of the Community Service Center in some other way.

The purpose of the stipends is so faculty and staff members may “be recognized and compensated, in a small way, I know, for giving his or her time and expertise in helping CU connect with the greater community,” said Kathy Ball.

To apply, faculty and staff can complete an application online or download one at http://volunteer.concord.edu/stipend/. The application deadline is December 19, 2008. More information is available at that web address.

If less than five people apply with eligible projects, all will be awarded a stipend. If more than five applications are received, a committee will be formed to determine the awardees.

Awardees will be notified by January 12, 2009. Funding is provided through the Bonner Enrichment Grant from The Corella and Bertram F. Bonner Foundation.