Jonathan Franklin attends National Bonner Congress meeting

2014 Oct 22

Bonner Scholar Jonathan Franklin attended the National Bonner Congress meeting, held on Oct. 18, 2014, at Guilford College in Greensboro, N.C. The mission of the Congress is to develop their Big Ideas, strategize about issues in their region, and learn from each other and national partner organizations.

Franklin, a member of the class of 2016, is majoring in English and humanities wtih a concentration in African-American studies. His primary Bonner work has been with the Urban League of the Upstate. He also spent the summer interning at the Bonner Foundation in Princeton, N.J., researching best practices in college access and success programs.

In the fall of 1990, the Corella and Bertram F. Bonner Foundation began recognizing students who demonstrated the ability to succeed both in the classroom of their colleges and in the communities beyond those classrooms. To promising students whose economic situations ordinarily demanded that they spend their out of class hours and summer months raising money to meet college expenses, the Bonner Foundation awarded scholarships and provided other practical support.

Bonner Scholarships provide deserving students with financial access to a Wofford education while providing them with the opportunities, resources and skills to serve humanity. Wofford Bonner Scholars volunteer at least 10 hours each week during the school year and 280 hours over each of at least two summers.