By centering healing, growth and empowerment, Intercultural Engagement provides students with the opportunity to deepen their self-discovery and connection to society through a social justice lens of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
What Do We Do?
Intercultural Engagement pushes forward student-centred initiatives and opportunities that promote greater inclusion and community-building at Yale-NUS College. In activating diversity consciousness, our programmes create initiatives for students to engage in dialogue where opportunities for cultivating greater vulnerability and bravery are met safely. We value an integrated practice of intercultural engagement and competence across the full student experience at Yale-NUS College.
We are committed to:
- Enabling all members of the community to develop a sense of belonging
- Actively building a positive and respectful community culture
- Enhancing community engagement beyond the classroom
- Recognising, serving, and uplifting all identities existing across our diverse community and beyond
- Engaging in conversations around diversity, equity, and inclusion
Diversity Week
An annual Yale-NUS College tradition that serves to elevate our community values and catalyse conversations across campus that centre on diversity and inclusion.
Identity Collectives serve as a space for students of a shared identity to come together to support and hold space for one another through intentional community. All active Identity Collectives can be found in Halcyon Hub. New Identity Collectives can be started by speaking with the Intercultural Office.
Intergroup Dialogue (IGD) aims to create a courageous space for students to engage in open and honest conversations about identity, diversity, power and privilege in relation to their own lives and in their interactions. IGD will prepare students to live and work in a diverse world, and make educated choices that advance equity, social justice and conflict resolution.
For students interested in organising programmes or events involving areas such as cultural and heritage celebrations, identity-based programmes, social justice and diversity-related initiatives, please apply for funding through the Community Initiatives Funding supported through Campus Life. All students are eligible to apply!
Why we do, what we do
Intercultural Engagement designs co-curricular programming in collaboration with staff and faculty on campus to encourage students to:
- Build self-awareness and empathy through active listening, story sharing, and reflection
- Practice vulnerability and courage by authentically engaging with varied perspectives and lived experiences of fellow community members
- Navigate within and between cultural contexts, and resolve conflict through dialogue and discussion
- Become empowered as an active participant of social change and culture building within and beyond the college community
Intercultural Engagement Space
The Intercultural Engagement Space is a dedicated place open for all members of the community to visit and engage with.
What is this space about?
The space serves as a physical space for connecting with Intercultural Engagement to learn more about initiatives, seek guidance, or receive additional resources. This is also a space that can be used by Identity Collectives formed by our student community. There is a Resource Library available in the office, includes books and materials on topics such as identity, social justice, mental health, and sexual health. All materials are available for use by students during office hours.
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Singapore 138529
Monday to Friday
Closed on Saturday, Sunday and Public Holidays
