Cross-Cultural Services
Office: BH 105C
Alvernia University
Fall, 2013
Volume 1, Issue 1
Important dates
Welcome to the first edition of Cross-Cultural Services Newsletter:
Sept. 16th 8:00pm
We hope you find the information in this issue relevant to you, your work, and that
you look forward to reading upcoming issues. We wish you all the best as we work
together to promote cultural competency and cross-cultural citizenship.
Movie - Stand and
Deliver - BH
Lecture Hall
Sept. 23rd 7:30pm
Keynote
Presentation - Jose
Galvez - BH
Lecture Hall
Sept. 29th 7:00 pm
Bilingual Mass –
Sacred Heart
Chapel—Mother
House
Chat and Chew
1st Monday of the
month chat with
Wanda and/or
Nate Dining Hall
11:30—1:00
In this issue:
Purpose
1
Heritage
Month
Events and
Question
Quotes of the
month
1
2
2
Thanks,
Cross-Cultural Services
Purpose of Cross-Cultural Services
Cross-Cultural Services is part of Alvernia University’s Diversity and Cross-Cultural
Plan. The purpose of the plan is to promote greater diversity and cross-cultural
citizenship through curricula, co/extracurricular experiences, promotion of crosscultural understanding among the Alvernia Community, and campus programming.
The purpose of campus programming is to promote awareness, acknowledgement,
and acceptance of different cultures in order to create pathways of celebration,
appreciation and embracement of all people.
Hispanic Heritage Month Sept 15 -Oct 15
National Hispanic Heritage Month honors the culture, heritage, and contributions of
Hispanic Americans each year. The event began in 1968 when Congress deemed the
week including September 15 and 16 National Hispanic Heritage Week to celebrate
the contributions and achievements of the diverse culture within the Hispanic
Community. However, the observance was expanded in 1989 by Congress to a
month long celebration.
Heritage Month Guide. (n.d.). Diversity Central. Retrieved September 6, 2013, from
http://www.diversitycentral.com/calendar/heritagemonthguide.php
Events
Thursday, September 12th - Student Culture Corner - 7pm - Crusader Café
Monday, September 16th - Movie Night - Stand and Deliver - 8pm - BH Lecture Hall
Wednesday, September 18th - Hispanic Heritage Lunch - Aladdin Food Service - Dining Hall
Monday, September 23rd - Speaker/Photographer Jose Galvez - 7:30pm - BH Lecture Hall
Monday, September 23rd , 30th & Oct. 7th, 14th - Latin Dance Classes - 8:00pm - PEC (Gym)
Question
The decision to have Hispanic Heritage Month start on Sept. 15th was based on several Latin
American countries’ independence dates, such as..
Costa Rica, El Salvador and Guatemala
Honduras and Nicaragua
Mexico and Chile
All of the above
Check out the next issue for the answer and other trivia questions.
Hispanic Heritage Month Quiz - U.S. Hispanic Culture and History. (2012). AARP. Retrieved
September 6, 2013, from http://www.aarp.org/politics-society/history/info-09-2012/hispanicheritage-quiz.html
Quotes of the Month
“No culture can live, if it attempts to be exclusive.” - Mahatma Ghandi
“We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.” - Anais Nin
“Stranger in a new culture see only what they know,” - Unknown
Cross-Cultural Staff
Wanda Copeland, Director
(610) 796-8437
[email protected]
Bernardine Hall 105C
Nathaniel Swarr, GA University Life
(610) 796-8412
[email protected]
Campus Commons 104K