Committee on Intercultural and Global Understanding

The Committee on Intercultural and Global Understanding (CIGU) is a subcommittee of the IPPC专用 that advises the president and other College offices and bodies as appropriate regarding issues related to intercultural and global understanding. In undertaking this work, the CIGU takes into account a comprehensive institutional 视图.

The CIGU advises on policy issues, practices, and procedures relating to diversity, intercultural and global understanding, intercultural literacy, issues of campus climate, and other related matters and serves as a resource for the College officials charged with coordinating and implementing the College's strategic efforts in these areas.

多样性 and Inclusion at 火博体育大学

火博体育大学 is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive community in which members develop their abilities to live in a complex and interconnected world. 一致的 with our educational mission, we recognize ourselves as a community that respects individual identities based on varying sociocultural characteristics, such as race, ethnicity, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, national origin, first language, religious and spiritual tradition, age, ability, socioeconomic status, and 学习风格. We strive to create a socially just world that honors the dignity and worth of each individual, and we seek to build a community centered on mutual respect and openness to ideas — one in which individuals value cultural and intellectual diversity and share the responsibility for creating a welcoming, safe, and inclusive 环境. We recognize that our community is most inclusive when all members participate to their full capacity in the spirited, and sometimes challenging, conversations that are at the center of the College's educational mission.