Learning to connect - Connecting to Learn
Mission
The Institute for Cultural Connections is a student-centered, faculty-driven initiative to enrich education through culture benefiting MCC and our surrounding community.
goals
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Instruct: To enable faculty to enhance learning and curriculum through culture.
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Cultivate: To expand students’ experience through cultural encounters.
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Connect: To encourage the development, preservation and display of culture in our community.
Instruct
Instruct—To enable faculty to enhance learning and curriculum through culture.
To accomplish this, we will:
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Create and maintain a cultural calendar for the college and community.
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Create a location where teachers can share information about guest speakers.
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Develop a database to serve as a repository for cultural artifacts, speakers, lesson plans and faculty and student research.
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Sponsor a cultural training seminar for MCC faculty.
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Facilitate multi-cultural/cultural events on campus.
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Host an annual culture conference at MCC.
Values
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We honor Omaha's rich and diverse tapestry of cultures, woven over the years by many people, by seeking to preserve their experiences.
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We challenge students to develop a life-long love of learning based in their wealth of cultural experience.
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We nurture a more harmonious college and community by helping our students acquire the education, skills and resources necessary to prosper in a global and multi-cultural world.
Cultivate
Cultivate—To expand students' experience through cultural encounters.
To accomplish this, we will:
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Provide discounted tickets through area arts and cultural organizations.
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Subsidize student attendance at cultural events.
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Coordinate and subsidize transportation to selected events.
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Invite students to share their unique cultural experiences through activities sponsored by the ICC.
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Secure funding/grant support to promote multicultural programming.
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Encourage student attendance at the ICC's annual cultural conference.
Connect
Connect—To encourage the development, preservation and display of culture in our community.
To accomplish this, we will:
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Create and maintain a cultural calendar for the college and community.
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Develop a database to serve as a repository for cultural artifacts.
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Coordinate a community cultural advisory council.
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Facilitate community multi-cultural and cultural events.
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Collaborate with students/faculty from other institutions.
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Collaborate with faculty and others on research projects.
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Maintain a map of multi-cultural community locations, such as restaurants, churches etc.
Upcoming Events
Events will be posted to the calendar after being reviewed by the ICC.
Contact Us
Email: icc@mccneb.edu
To submit a new event, contact one of our faculty members:
