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Purpose Statement
The Cross Cultural Education and Service Program (CCESP) is founded on the
principles of education, immersion, service and reflection. Under these
principles, the program strives to accomplish two main objectives.
The first is to create a wide variety of learning opportunities for both
undergraduate and graduate students of Dartmouth College in order that they
might:
- be better prepared to speak and act as ethical leaders and responsible
citizens in a global community
- better understand diverse cultures and develop intercultural skills
- integrate academic interests in service
- adapt and nurture a life of self-examination and reflection.
The second, equally important objective is to provide service in an
under-developed community by focusing resources on issues and concerns
determined by members of the host community.
These objectives are met by a collaborative effort that focuses on many
varying components of the Dartmouth community, assessing their various
resources and working towards a common goal. The community includes
administrators, staff and faculty from a variety of college departments and
programs, undergraduates, graduate students and alumni.
EXPECTED OUTCOMES:
- students will increase their international awareness
- students will deepen their knowledge and expand their understanding of
cultures other than their own
- students will reflect on their own values in a critical manor
- students will think about the interconnectedness of the work and one’s
obligation to serve in a critical manor
- students will develop a greater awareness of the systematic inequities of
the world – their causes and their consequences
- students will develop the ability to live in a diverse group with
cooperation and compromise
- students will develop a greater awareness of the consequences of ones
actions
- students will further develop skills, including taking responsibility for
their co-workers
- students will develop an interest in the further pursuit of service
- students will develop a greater awareness on how to connect their passions
to academic interests
Program Logo
The Common Ground symbol, the official symbol of the Cross Cultural
Education and Service Program, depicts two converging circles, which represent
the worlds of Dartmouth and another culture coming together. Each of these
worlds has its own multitude of viewpoint, as represented by the many points on
each circle. When these two worlds come together on an equal plane, with an
attitude of service, respect, and learning, they create a third world. It is in
this world of overlap that transformation takes place, hence lines connect
these distinct overlapping points to a central point, or a common ground: a
ground where people from different cultures recognize their shared humanity in
one another. Through the relationships that form, an inextricable bond joins
these two worlds together. It is in this spirit that students and faculty from
Dartmouth College endeavor to carry out the Cross Cultural Initiative.
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