Mission StatementMISSION STATEMENT Working collaboratively with the entire College and Community, CSIU promotesteaching and learning for intercultural understanding and global awareness in ourincreasingly diversesociety. To achieve its mission,CSIU seeks to: - Facilitateand coordinateintercultural 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 asan 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 frombest 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.
Perhaps most significantly, CSIU promotes meaningful Dialogue across differences, serving the College as a resource to promote civility, conflict resolution, and ethical decision-making. CSIU's guiding principles are inclusiveness, empathy, and respect - the foundations of Dialogue and a solid basis for intercultural teaching and learning. |