Mission Statement

MISSION STATEMENT

Working collaboratively with the entire College and Community, CSIU promotes teaching and learning for intercultural understanding and global awareness in our increasingly diverse society.

To achieve its mission, CSIU seeks to:

• Facilitate and coordinate intercultural initiatives and activities.
• Encourage faculty, through discussions on curriculum and teaching, to make students aware of global interdependence.
• Fund and develop pedagogy that engages our students in the critical issues of our day.
• Involve students in community issues that enhance racial, religious, and ethnic understanding.
• Build partnerships on campus and throughout Bergen County that foster harmonious communities as well as an appreciation of diverse perspectives.

A Vision:

We envision the Center for the Study of Intercultural Understanding as an essential "home" - a resource, advocate, broker, and arbiter - for intercultural teaching and learning at Bergen Community College.

• CSIU connects existing intercultural learning experiences on campus.
• CSIU brokers partnerships and alliances among and between members of the campus community, the Bergen County community, and the global educational community (including the United Nations).
• CSIU strives to help BCC members explore and draw from best proven practices to foster innovation.
• CSIU leverages the rich diversity of the College's student populations to create new educational synergy.
• CSIU encourages the exploration and study of cultures, both on campus and abroad.