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Fall 2015

Dear Grandham Scholars,Welcome to the Grandham University community! We are excited that you are now on campus and are eager to introduce you to your university and the

city of Chicago. Orientation offers you a deep and meaningful opportunity to connect with members of your class, returning students, faculty & staff, and alumni.

Our institutionʼs founding mothers created Grandham in 1969 because of the need for libratory education for women and people of color. They were driven by the pressing need to create a transformational pedagogy that was not shaped around the needs of dominant groups but rather a place where people from historically marginalized communities could form a sense of self, both intellectually and interpersonally.10 They sought to create an empowered community of scholars that were given the tools to envision and implement effective change for a more socially just world11.In that tradition, our curriculum, co-curricular, and community experiences12 are all intentionally designed for students to learn as a

means to liberation from oppressive dominant systems. This commitment to libratory learning is lived out by our ongoing devotion to diversity as a paramount learning experience21. Our notion of diversity has expanded to include people from all marginalized identities. While you are here, you will find diversity of identity, experiences, and thought. You will be challenged to discover your narrative and thus find yourself empowered by it. You will be charged to create, construct, and share knowledge. All along the way, faculty, staff and community members will affirm and support you24. You will join scores of esteemed alumni, who continue to live out this tradition through their commitment to social justice. Be prepared to learn, change, and grow in ways that you did not expect during your time at Grandham. Once again, welcome to our community. We are so excited to see what contributions you will add to our community. Dr. Caitlin Maureen OʼNeillGrandham University President Grandham University 73ʼ

Orientation 2015

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Table of Contents

Orientation Schedule......................................................................................................................4

Class Profile.......................................................................................................................................5

Mission and Learning Outcomes...................................................................................................6History & Traditions.........................................................................................................................7

Chicago Experience and Alumni Profiles.....................................................................................8

Navigating the Institution................................................................................................................9Academics at Grandham........................................................................................................10-14

Co-Curricular Engagement....................................................................................................15-17

Student Involvement................................................................................................................18-20

Wellness Resources.......................................................................................................................21

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Orientation ScheduleDay  One   • Check  in  and  Move  in  

• Resource  Fair  -­‐  Meet  staff  members  from  numerous  offices  • Presidents  Opening  Session• The  Grandham  ResidenBal  EducaBon  Curriculum  -­‐  • Grandham  Alumni  Ice  Cream  Social  -­‐  spend  Bme  with  local  alumni

Day  Two   • Essential  Details  about  your  Grandham  Education• Alumni  Panel

• Featuring:  Chinwe  Okona  ’06,  Miata  Rogers  ’09,  Cuyler  Otsuka  ’11• Department  Fair  • Exemption/Placement  tests• Evening  Activity:  Valuing  Diversity  in  Community

Day  Three • Individual  advising  appointment  • Course  registration  • Academic  Support  Services

Day  Four   • Social  Justice  Education  and  Values  Formation  • AfPinity  Spaces  • Community  Based  Learning  • Non  Positional  Leadership  Development  • Community  Organizing  • Convocation  Speaker:  Barack  Obama,  How  will  you  lead  with  justice?  

Day  Five • Wellness:  • ConPlict  Resolution  Center  • Community  Safety  OfPice  • Department  of  Student  Wellness• Grandham  Heights:  A  theatrical  production  on  student  life  at  Grandham.  This  play  examines  the  pleasures  and  problems  associated  with  community  living,  relationships,  and  student  well-­‐being.  All  new  students  are  required  to  attend  this  event  either  Wednesday  or  Thursday.  Attendance  is  taken.  Sponsored  by  OfCice  of  Student  Wellness  and  the  OfCice  of  Residential  Education.

Day  Six   Day    of  Service:Spend  the  day  with  local  alumni  connecting  with  local  non-­‐proCits  exploring  and  contributing  to  the  City  of  Chicago  and  the  OfCice  of  Community  Based  Education  .  

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Racial and Ethnic Diversity14 African American: 25%American Indian 5%Asian: 21%Latino/a: 18%Multiracial: 9%International Students: 10%White: 12%

Grandhamʼs student body of 2500 undergraduate students is among the most diverse in the United States. The majority of our students identify as students of color. In addition 20% are first generation college students. Roughly 17% of our students identify with the LGBTQIA community.26

The Class of 2019 hails from all 50 states and 35 countries.

The most profound lessons you learn will come from your peers

Class of 2019 Profile

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Mission and Learning Outcomes Grandham University creates scholars that can critically think, and creatively apply knowledge

through effective communication and leadership that is grounded in personal values and social justice25

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Knowledge Area Scholars will know... Scholars value... Scholars will...

Critical Thinkers How to evaluate multiple perspectives and form an opinion.

That a truth lies in the center of community, context and personal experience

Challenge linear thinking and analyze knowledge without simply acquiring it.

Effective Communicators

How to present clear and articulate ideas in written and verbal form.

Building community with people is furthered by sharing ideas, thoughts, and experiences

Communicate effectively through verbal and written means.

Creatively Applying Knowledge

How to apply theoretical knowledge in order to create relevant innovative practices

The individual has an obligating to work towards constructive change

Demonstrate leadership to create new theories, organizations, and systems.

Social Justice Advocates

How power and privilege impact systems

The pursuit of justice is characterized by acknowledging historic oppression in order to create an equitable present

Work to create equitable power structures.

Values-Based Actors How to articulate personal values.

Ethical decision making is the foundation for advancing justice.

Navigate ethically challenging situations while maintaining a commitment to personal values

Lifelong learners How to continuously engage in a process of learning

Life long learning is critical to the continual formation of new knowledge

Remain a curious and engaged citizen that not only engages in the process of learning, but facilitates that process for others.

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History: The Past and Present at

Transforming Educational Spaces: Grandham, named for a number of women and queer, women of color, scholar-activists is the first institution to be created specifically for students of color, women and people that identify with a historically marginalized identity. In this tradition, Grandham forever strives to be an inclusive community that engages in transformative learning. This heritage is reflected in everything from the architecture, which is named for inspirational change agents32, to the curriculum, which challenges you to create innovative solutions to todays local and global challenges.

“Grandham is an education that connects the will to know with the will to become. This community will allow you to find that learning is a place where paradise can be created.” - bell hooks

Traditions Each year incoming students walk through the North entrance of the Moraga Gates at Convocation. The Moraga Gates, which border the entire campus, remain closed on the North end, opening only for convocation of new community members and commencement for graduating community members. The South entrance, which faces the city of Chicago, remain open to communicate the ongoing commitment to sharing and knowledge and engaging with the city33.

The Reading Girl The Reading Girl, a statue by Giovanni Battisa, is a symbol of resistance through learning. The statue was donated by Wangari Muta Maathai, a Kenyan political and environmental activist and Grandham graduate Class of 1989. The statue is located in Narayan Library which is located in the heart of campus. Many students rub her foot for good luck before they start final exams35.

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Chicago: Our Classroom, Our Inspiration Nestled in the heart of the world class city of Chicago, Grandham strives to connect our scholars to the city in many meaningful ways. Chicago will be your laboratory and your inspiration during your time at Grandham. Our campus is located in Hyde Park, a neighborhood on the South side of Chicago. This neighborhood shapes the activities, interests, and passions of our students. Graduates have made significant relationships in and around the city by the time they Graduate. We canʼt wait to see how you make Chicago even greater!

Cuyler Otsuka, ʼ11Cuyler Otsuka recently graduate from Grandham in 2011 with a degree in Politics and Gender and Sexuality Studies. While at Grandham, Otsuka was incredibly involved with the Social Just ice Center and facilitated the queer men of color affinity space. His academic focus explored the intersection of race , gender, and sexua l orientation in Chicago Public office. Otsuka is now the youngest Alderman in the city of Chicago. His current agenda focuses on creating equitable and affordable housing in his district

Chinwe Okona, ʼ06Chinwe Okona, MPH, PhD. graduated from Grandham University in 2006. During her time at Grandham she was a peer health advocate in the Health and Counseling Center. Her academic interests focused on HIV/AIDS in the LGBTQ community. Okona is the creator of the HIV/AIDS Center on Halsted Ave. T h e c e n t e r p r o v i d e s comprehensive and holistic medical care and educational services for LGBTQ youth. The holistic framework has received acco lades f rom Amer i can Medical Association for the Best Innovative Holistic Practice.

Miata Rogers, ʼ09Miata Rogers graduated from Grandham University in 2009. During her time at Grandham, she was incredibly involved in the Office of Community Based Education as a volunteer tutor.

Roger ʼs academic interests focused specifically on the levels of col lege access for first generation and low income c o l l e g e s t u d e n t s . U p o n graduation, she was awarded the Truman Fellowship and went on to create a Chicago based College Access Consortium that was specifically designed to address post-secondary access for 1st generation students.

Distinguished Alumni Panelists

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Navigating the Institution

The organizational chart pictured above indicates the way our community is organized. In keeping with the Grandham values of sharing knowledge, and creating equitable structures, the institution is organized in a network configuration. This structure allows for repeated, enduring, exchange relations with various stakeholders. There is not a traditional hierarchical distribution of power. This structure allows for our community to preserve greater diversity, and simultaneously foster learning because of the shared investment within all the stakeholders of our campus community22..  

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Grandham Scholars!

W e l c o m e t o o u r community, we are so excited to learn with and from you! Our curriculum is designed for you to make the most of the liberal arts tradition.2 At t h e h e a r t o f y o u r

academic journey will be milestone courses. Your milestone courses are designed to ensure that you create meaningful relationships with both community members and faculty18,20, while meeting the learning goals of our institution. In addition to milestone courses, you will be required to take courses that fulfill the General Education requirements. These

requirements ensure that you gain a breadth of experience in substantive knowledge areas. These subjects will encourage you to grow cognitively3 and give you the skills to think creatively about how you will create solutions to the complex challenges that you will be charged to solve upon graduation5.

While here are Grandham, you will assume the role of an educator. You will create scholarship. You will create new possibilities. All the way through your journey, you will have a wealth of resources to support you. I welcome you once more and I look forward to learning from each and every one of you!

# # # # Dr. Warren Harding" " " " Provost

Beyond Books: Academics at Grandham

Milestone Courses:Your Shared Experience

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The Freshman Year values seminar course is an interdisciplinary, writing intensive course. This seminar style class is designed to begin introducing you to the liberal arts curriculum while challenging your ability to critically think and communicate effectively4. Each course addresses values formation which is an essential part of the ethos at Grandham. Get ready to reflect, discern and begin writing!

The community based learning course will connect students to a Chicago Community Based Organization that is relevant to a passion or interest8. In the fall semester students will find a mentor at an organization. Under the mentorʼs guidance, students will create a proposal based on that community organizations and apply for grant funding to the Community Based Learning Office18. In the Spring, students will implement the project under their mentorʼs guidance. The project will culminate in a presentation at the Annual Spring Service Symposium6.

As a junior, students will find a mentor within the faculty and will work on a year long individual research project under their supervision18. Students will be placed into a cohort based on area of academic interest. The cohort will meet monthly to share, critique and exchange ideas throughout the research process. The culmination of this project will be a presentation at the annual spring research symposium13. *The coursework will count towards your major

As a senior, students will have the choice of taking either a senior seminar or an internship practica course. The Senior Seminar is highly recommended for those scholars who wish to pursue an academic career upon their graduation from Grandham. This seminar will allow you to refine and publish the findings from your year long Junior Research fellowship. The Internship Practica Course will pair you with a cooperative internship that furthers your academic area of interest through a field experience in a work place of your choosing.22 *You may take both senior year options, with special permission.

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General Education Core The Grandham University education is guided by the liberal arts tradition. The liberal arts tradition allows for students to receive a broad knowledge base of many different subject areas. These broad capabilities and perspectives are now important in all fields3 because they allow for individuals to be creative and apply distinct approaches and different knowledge to various specialty areas. Furthermore the courses within these differing areas help to stretch students to utilize analytical skills that differ from their typical cognitive process1. The general education core will advance your ability to critically think, communicate, help form your values and assume the role of a life long learner7. The knowledge areas that you need to satisfy your foundational courses are2:

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Neil Graves, 2018ʼMy community based learning course was an amazing opportunity! During my placement, I was looking for an opportunity to combine my interests in education and theatre. I was paired with Rev. Sarah Whitaker, who leads a church on the South side of Chicago18.

Her community is in the middle of gang territories and she is an activist that works to create safe alternative spaces for youth.

During my time working with her organization, we created several theatre workshops for students in her youth groups. The workshops were designed to support the further healing and to create healthy outlets to express emotion for these young people. These workshops utilized a restorative justice framework to allow for participants to heal through channeling their expression of challenging experiences in a productive and restorative manner.

I am so grateful for the opportunity to work with Reverend Whitaker, and am resolved to continue my service work with this community while I am a student at Grandham.

Omar Aquino, 2017ʼMy junior year research fellowship was an incredible opportunity that I will cherish forever in my academic journey.

My mentor, Professor Nichole Smith, is a renown scholar on identity politics who focuses on the intersections of race and gender. I am so grateful that she took me under her wing20.

I started my fellowship really intimidated by the task in front of me. How could I contribute to the academy? What could I really have to add to the wealth of knowledge that already exists?15

Professor Smith, supported me through these moments of indecision and helped me to find my voice as a scholar. My current research is exploring mattering in adolescent male students of color in Chicago Public Schools. I hope to present my recommendations to the superintendent of Chicago Public Schools. I am so grateful for this project and the amazing mentorship of Professor Smith.

Saima Farhad, 2016ʼAs a senior I really appreciated the ability to connect the research I had done in my junior year to a practical field experience. My research project explored the instances of domestic abuse of South Asian women in urban communities in the United States.

My scholarship concluded with a list of culturally relevant suggested interventions that centered around supporting the survivor.

My field experience with Sakhi, an anti-domestic violence organization that works with the South Asian community, expanded my knowledge by giving me an understanding of policy driven, educational interventions. These interventions challenged me to include all members of the community, not only survivors in my contributions to social change.

My field experience made me think critically and added further dimension to my scholarship19. I grew as a scholar and activist. Furthermore, I have gained incredible skills and mentors. The field experience was the perfect connect all for me!

Reflections from Current Students:

Where will your scholarly journey take you?

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First Year Seminar Spotlight The Freshman Seminar course is designed to cultivate your writing, critical thinking, and discussion skills. Furthermore these courses will be your gateway into your Liberal Arts education. Each course fulfills the Values Formation requirement and will challenge you to apply your intellectual curiosity to interdisciplinary, social justice related topics. All First Year Seminars will be capped at 15 students to ensure that you have a close relationship with your peers and professor36.

The Privileged and the Marginalized: History and Culture of American Colleges and UniversitiesJoin Professor Meredith Gadsby in her first year seminar. While large strides have been made to transform educational institutions, the current system still falls short. Course participants will get an overview of the history of post secondary institutions in the United States. Participants will be asked to critically apply a social justice framework to past and present higher education issues.

Immigration: Movement, Migration and Community Building Join Professor Adrian Bautista in exploring the Anthropological and historical impact of immigration on the Chicago-land area. Participants will be gain an understanding of the mass movement of people as it relates to the growth and development of the city of Chicago. Furthermore students will be asked to engage with the many narratives regarding the experiences of immigrants in the city. How do xenophobic and post colonial tropes of identity impact popular conceptions of immigrant communities in Chicago? What is the more complex and nuanced truth?

Empowered Prose: Post 9/11 Counter-Narratives Join Professor Pushkar Sharma, a community activist and poet at Grandham in unpacking and interpreting the impact of the politics of fear, post 9/11, both nationally and globally. In addition participants of the class will also learn about the development of performance studies, and how performance can be a vehicle for scholarship and change. In this course, you will be working to uncover these narratives and communicate them through critical prose. The culmination of this course will be a performance in which participants share their academic works through performance art.

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Majors: Become an Expect in your Field The liberal arts curriculum is supported by the major field of study. When you choose your major, you are choosing the field that you want to specialize in7. You will have an in depth understanding of the field, its context within the academy, and its implications on other fields of study. The following areas are majors at Grandham35:

African Studies Program

American Studies

Anthropology

Arabic

Architecture 3-4 cooperative program

Art and Art History

Astronomy

Biochemistry

Biology

Chemistry

Chinese

Classics

Community and Global Health

Computer Science

Creative Writing

Critical Theory

Dance

Economics

Educational Studies

Engineering 3-2 cooperative program

English

Environmental Studies

French and Francophone Studies

Geography

Geology

German Studies

Greek

Hebrew

Hispanic Studies

History

Human Rights and Humanitarianism

International Development

International Studies

Japanese

Latin

Latin American Studies Program

Legal Studies Program

Linguistics

Mathematics

Media and Cultural Studies

Middle Eastern Studies and Islamic Civilization

Music

Neuroscience Studies

Philosophy

Physics & Astronomy

Political Science

Portuguese

Pre-Law

Pre-Med

Psychology

Religious Studies

Russian Studies

Sociology

Spanish

Statistics

Theatre and Dance

Urban Studies

Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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Welcome Scholars & Change agents!G r a n d h a m i s incredibly excited to have you join us this Fall! Upon your arrival I encourage you to step out of y o u r b o x . A

Grandham Education is more than just the classroom experience. This educational experience will allow for you to construct knowledge and apply it for the betterment of your local and global community18. The scholar-practitioners that work in the Career Development Center, Community Based Learning and Residential Education are guided by a mission that views your out of classroom experience as integral to your education. Through

our programs and initiatives, you will critically apply what you are learning in the classroom. Furthermore you will bring what you learn in your residence halls, service sites, and internships back into your classroom24. Not only will you create knowledge, but you will be encouraged to share it.

Throughout orientation week you will have many chances to get to know our offices. My advice to you is to jump right in and engage with the community! We have many opportunities for you to get involved, so please take advantage of them! I look forward to getting to know you better in the coming week!

# # # Dr. Daviree Velazquez" " " Dean " " " Co-Curricular Engagement

Co-Curricular Engagement

Programs & ServicesThe Career Center has many opportunities to connect you to local, national and international internship opportunities. In addition to connecting you with opportunities we offer many workshops for you to understand and begin crafting an authentic professional identity. Stop by for an individual session or a community workshop! Open House

Join us for an open house on Sunday September 30th! 5:00P.M.-7:00P.M.

Career Development Center The Career Development Center seeks to support your development of a career identity. We aim to create avenues for you to apply the knowledge you gain at Grandham to working experiences. Your brilliance and thoughtful minds are in high demand, we look forward to connecting you with experiences where you can creatively apply your knowledge!

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Community Based Learning The Walker Center for Community Based Learning seeks to engage students, faculty and community members in learning and working together to address inequalities in our society. Through our office, students are educated and prepared to lead lives of purpose where they are effectively advancing social justice.

Community Partnership Programs Molly Matthias, Class of 2014, first got involved in the Walker Center through the Elementary Tutoring Community Partnership Program. Grandham specifically supports public schools that have large communities of refugee and students of color. Molly regularly goes to Dewitt Elementary in order to promote literacy and to mentor to 2nd and 3rd graders. Her classroom experience is primarily with students that are recently displaced refugees from Afghanistan and Somalia. She will continue her work with the Elementary Tutoring Partnership this year as a coordinator of tutors.

InternshipsAs an activist student leader, Jack Nguyen is the chair of the Vietnamese Student Association and has supported Chicago-based Asian-American youth in college access initiatives during his time at Grandham. Although Jack had uncovered a passion area in supporting these underrepresented youth, he was also curious about understanding and pursuing greater policy initiatives. Given his interests, the Walker Center paired Jack with a summer internship in the Department of Education in Washington, D.C. Through this internship he was able to learn more about federal education policy and bring the narrative of the youth he worked with to policy makers in the Nationʼs Capital.

Fellowships Tania Mukherjee is one of the recipients of the Walker Fellowship for Social Justice. Originally hailing from Kolkata, India, Tania was incredibly interested in working for public health initiatives that had a social justice framework. As a fellow in the Walker Center, she received a grant that allowed her to travel to Bangladesh and work with Naripokkho, a womenʼs rights organization that utilized a feminist framework for their public health work. In part she particularly worked in creating communication and education that helped women in rural areas of Bangladesh become informed regarding resources and support for a range of womenʼs health needs.

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Residential Education The Department of Residential Education supports the educational mission of the institution by developing students’ capacity to communicate, live in community, understand and apply social justice, and engage in learning beyond the classroom through creating safe and inclusive residential environments.

Year One & Two Upon entering Grandham, students join living learning communities that are arranged by a range of academic interests that focus on lifestyle, culture, language, and identity. Students are placed in a community through indicating their interests in a ranking style system. The communities are supported by faculty-in-residence, professional live-in staff and student staff members18. These learning communities provide a shared thematic focus to a students residential experience. Residents can expect targeted programming that explores these important themes. As a returning second year, students have the ability to create new thematic focuses for the following year. The ability to create a new community, is one of the ways that Residential Education develops leadership and allows students to have a greater sense of ownership in their residential communities24.

Year ThreeIn their third year, students will move into apartment style housing. This housing option will allow students to have significantly more privacy but will be designed to promote a greater sense of autonomy while also experiencing a greater sentence community. Community Assistants live within each building and a professional staff member lives within the neighborhood. Students are expected to maintain healthy and safe living environments and respect community standards within their apartment and the greater building that they are living in. Furthermore students will receive a reduced meal plan, and will therefore need to begin managing their own dietary and housekeeping needs. Students can expect programming that will support their academic milestone courses and further development of a professional and academic identity.

Year Four16 In the senior year of the Grandham University Residential experience, students ascend to the greatest level of autonomy. Residential Education partners with local landlords to provide private housing for students. The college does so to maintain a relationship with small business owners in the city of Chicago, and leverage community partners as educators for our students. In their fourth and final year, Grandham students negotiate signing leases, paying rent, utilities and other extraneous bills monthly and maintain their residential experience through a private landlord. All campus safety regulations and responsibilities apply so students are still held accountable to their Grandham code of conduct. The increased independence and autonomy, however, allows for students to learn how to effectively manage a landlord/tenant relationship, and live both responsibly and independently.

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Welcome scholars and activists!

W e a r e s o incredibly excited for you to join us at G r a n d h a m Univers i ty. Our i n s t i t u t i o n i s special because of the many ways its s t u d e n t s h a v e chal lenged and

s h a p e d t h e organization. Student involvement will support your ability to build community during your time at Grandham. The offices within our division are guided by creating engagement opportunities that allow for you to creatively apply your classroom

knowledge to leadership and community opportunities. Furthermore our commitment to social justice is evident in supporting studentsʼ identity development through allowing for involvement opportunities to be the driving force behind peopleʼs personal narratives. You will have the opportunity to profoundly impact the student experience through assuming roles like: community builder, social justice advocate, innovator, educator, and activist. The offices housed within Student Involvement are all designed for you to maximize your ability to shape this campus through the application of your experiential and academic knowledge. We look forward to getting to know you better this week, and cannot wait to see your light ignite our campus community!" " " Dr. Kellyn Mackerl-Cooper! ! ! Dean ! ! ! Student Involvement

Student Involvement

Center for Faith and Reflection The Katie Geneva Cannon Center for Faith and Reflection is a multi-faith resource center that supports the development of diverse religious, spiritual, and ethical programs and activities. We seek to support the ongoing development of a spiritual and ethical identity and to promote opportunity for values formation on campus.

Programs & Services

Chaplains and spiritual mentors are available for a variety of faith backgrounds. These mentors act as guides for your spiritual development.Retreats are a great way to expand your experience at Grandham by forming relationships with others, exploring your faith and strengthening your spiritual foundation. Many different retreats are offered throughout the year for different communities and to celebrate various milestone moments

Open House Join us for an open house on Monday September 31, from 5-7PM Asher Kolieboi, MDiv., Chaplain of Grandham University

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Trainings & WorkshopsThe Davis Center provides workshops and trainings that are spaces to process and make meaning of your identity. In these workshops, you will work towards a greater understanding of your role in systems of oppression and how to cultivate a greater sense of allyship.

Check out our featured workshops: Trans Allyship Workshop9/6Intersecting Identities9/10Navigating Privileged Identities 9/15

Speaker Series The speaker series within the Davis Center for Social Justice was created to demonstrate institutional support and raise awareness about important social justice issues in our community.

Speakers focus on engaged scholarship, personal identity transformation and empowerment, and dismantling systems of oppression. The series takes this work another step forward, cultivating exciting conversations within the Grandham community, across disciplines, and with national scholars and community organizers on the front lines of academic and sociopolitical innovation.

Affinity SpacesAffinity spaces are identity centered safe spaces that are centered around a particular identity.

Affinity spaces offer an opportunity to be in community with people who have a shared experience. In these groups, you will make meaning of your varied experiences and share resources and strategies for support28.

Each Affinity Space has faculty and staff that are active participants. Creating multigenerational communities lends a deeper dimension when understanding an experience. See Pg. 20 for more information...

Social Justice Education The Davis Center for Social Justice Education supports the identity formation of the undergraduate student body at Grandham. Through engaging with the Davis Center, you will learn more about power, privilege, systems of oppression, and how all three interact with your lived experience.

Stop by soon Davis Center 786 Grandham Ave. Chicago IL,60611773-508-7862

Events This Week: Covocation Speaker: Barack Obama, President of the United States of America

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Faculty, Staff & Alumni Mentoring Initiative A hallmark of the African American Affinity space is the involvement of African African Male identified faculty, staff and alumni. The personal relationship allows for guided reflection and informal interaction with an appointed role model within the community24. Mentor-mentee relationships will allow for current students to have guidance on academic and personal matters.

African American Male Affinity SpaceThe African American Male Affinity Space was created to allow African American Males a place to understand and make meaning of their identity at Grandham, in Chicago and within the context of the greater world. Through involvement with the affinity space, participants will be given leadership and inclusion skills that will promote involvement and retention9. The African American Male Affinity Space meets weekly and is facilitated by upper class students scholars within the community. Participants discuss academic & interpersonal wellness, history, current issues in the community, social justice, and identity development theory.

Participants utilize their personal narrative to develop a greater sense of allyship this is grounded in their identity as an African American male11. Topics include LGBTQ allyship, Understanding and Deconstructing Rape Culture, and the Contemporary Cultural Images of Africana Men.

In addition to meeting weekly to discuss the challenges and issues in the experience of African American men, participants take part in biweekly outings.

The outings are designed to build community inside and outside of the affinity space. Outings often collaborate with other identity based affinity spaces. Many of the outings have an experiential learning or service learning component.

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Counseling Center The Rivera Center for Counseling Services is committed to providing wellness support to ensure that the campus community is emotionally and mentally well.

Conflict Resolution CenterThe Lourde Center for Conflict Resolution is a place that promotes social change through utilizing conflict resolution as a means of transformation, social change, and community building37.

Community Safety OfficeThe Diallo center for Community Safety supports creating a safe environment in which all members of the college community can thrive on campus. Community Safety responds to all campus concerns 24 hours a day.

Our counseling services include individual counseling sessions and group therapy workshops.

Weekly Workshops: Outspoken: LGBTQ Mental Health & Wellness Tuesdays, 6P.M. Shades: Women of Color and Self Care Thursdays, 5 P.M.

The mediation training for students, faculty, and staff provides an additional learning opportunity for community members to create more socially just communities by using conflict mediation as an opportunity for transformation. Check out our special upcoming programming: Roommate Conflicts: Dismantling DisagreementsOctober 15, 6P.M.

We are committed to maintaining a safe environment32 with a social justice lens. We welcome any feedback or students that would like to contribute to our educatioal mission! Workshops: Campus Community: Ensuring safe and socially just interactions with local community members October 9, 4P.M.

Wellness Resources

Connor Jerzak Director of Community Safety

Deborah Al-AminDirector Counseling Center

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Grandham Faces of AllyshipSpring 2013