Intercultural Center

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WELCOME TO THE INTERCULTURAL CENTER

 

Our Mission

The Intercultural Center strives to create a safe and supportive learning environment that values diversity and builds an inclusive community. Through our co-curricular programs and services, the IC promotes cultural competence and social justice.

 

Our Goals

  • Develop and implement co-curricular programs and services that foster cultural competency.
  • Provide a safe space for all students to engage their multiple, intersecting, and evolving identities.
  • Advocate for and empower historically underrepresented and traditionally marginalized groups. 
  • Support student leaders to be change agents for social justice.
  • Build connections to help create a community that values diversity in all of its forms.

 

 

 

 

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES

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Efflorescence: Cultural Night Showcase: KPOP Dance

Student Learning Outcomes

As a result of engaging in IC programs and services, students will:

  • Explore the multiple, intersecting, and evolving dimensions of their identity.
  • Engage with cultures different from their own.
  • Practice civil and respectful ways of interacting with people who are different from them.
  • Increase their sense of belonging within the Saint Mary’s community.
  • Examine and deconstruct power, privilege, and systematic oppression.
  • Advocate for historically underrepresented and traditionally marginalized groups.
  • Demonstrate leadership to work for social justice.