Bonner Class of 2017

Elliot Chen graduated from Eastern Guilford High School in Gibsonville, North Carolina. Chen served as a National Conference for Community and Justice of the Piedmont Triad (NCCJ) ANYTOWN Ambassador and was Chairman of the 2013 Student Ambassadors. His achievements also … Read more

Shared passion for sustained service and social justice, supporting communities in need. Bonner Leaders make it happen. The Bonner Leaders Program at the Campus Y pairs a driven, diverse, and committed group of students with a local nonprofit in the … Read more

Blue Ribbon Mentor-Advocate aims to foster student success in all areas of development, including academic, emotional, physical, and social. Blue Ribbon pairs students in fourth grade with adults who will serve as their mentors through twelfth grade. The Bonner leaders … Read more

Travis St. Brice graduated from South Caldwell High School in Hudson, North Carolina. St. Brice, an Eagle Scout, served as Vice President of both the Beta Club and Student Council, taught water safety and canoeing, performed trail maintenance, and built an … Read more

Destinie Pittman graduated from Wallace-Rose Hill High School in Rose Hill, North Carolina. Pittman served as a youth tutor at the Greenevers Community Center, a senator in student government, a member of the Beta Club, and volunteered with the HOSA club … Read more

Alexander Peeples graduated from Alabama School of Science and Math in Daphne, AL. Peeples served as Social Media Director for Grey2K, a nonprofit seeking to end greyhound racing. He also founded the Mobile Bay Biodiversity Education Initiative and coordinated part of … Read more

Seun Omitoogun graduated from The Early College at Guilford in Greensboro, North Carolina. Omitoogun was student council president, an Anytown Ambassador, a volunteer at a local living/recovery center for veterans, and an organizer for the Guilford Model Congress. She likes jokes … Read more

Alaowei Amanah graduated from East Mecklenberg High School in Charlotte, North Carolina. During high school, Amanah interned with the Charolotte Police Department and worked in the Real Time Crime Center. He also volunteered for Sirona Dental Systems, Crisis Assistance Ministry, Kick … Read more

Araseli Valverde of Pinnacle graduated from Stokes Early College High School. Her service experience includes volunteering with Dynamy Gives Back, Samaritan Ministries, and Chapel Hill’s Catalyst Conference. Valverde also worked as a Sunday School Teacher throughout high school and was … Read more