Welcome from the new Director
It is our great pleasure to announce the first edition of our monthly newsletter sponsored by the Intercultural Relations/Cross-Cultural Center featuring multicultural news that you can share and use.
We would like to take this opportunity to welcome our incoming freshmen and transfer students! We are happy to have you join our San Diego State University student community. We also welcome our returning students who are already part of our community. We hope that your summer was full of memorable events, and that you are refreshed and ready for an exciting school year.
San Diego State University is a community in which the uniqueness of each person is honored and where diversity is celebrated. We are a community where the well-being of each individual is supported and service to others is encouraged. As we enter a new semester and you begin your journey at San Diego State University let us think about our shared values and work together to make our learning community the best it can be.
We would also like to take this opportunity to introduce ourselves, as the Intercultural Relations/Cross-Cultural Center staff. Your new Director is Dr. Tanis Starck who previously served as the Director of the Centers for Student Involvement and who has for over eighteen years developed programs and services for students. The Assistant Coordinator is Jerome Budomo and along with Adriana Espinoza, the Administrative Support Assistant, we are honored to serve your multicultural needs and help you, our students, achieve your personal and professional goals while at SDSU.
Our staff in the office of Intercultural Relations/Cross Cultural Center looks forward to working with all of you, and we encourage you to contact us if you should ever need anything. We have many exciting events planned for your school year, so we encourage you to prepare your schedule and to become involved.
Dr. Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez kicked off the first annual Chicano/Latino Heritage Month Celebration with a lecture A Legacy Greater than Words: U.S. Latinos & Latinas and WWII - “Latinos in Mass Media”
Dr. Rivas-Rodriguez is an Associate Professor and Director of the Center for Mexican-American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. She is the Founding Director of the U.S. Latino/a WWII Oral History Project.
The lecture was September 19, 2007, in Casa Real, Aztec Center.
See our photo gallery/archive page for pictures from this event.
Calendar of Events
Here is a sampling of events from the Latino/Chicano Heritage Month Celebration.
- Tijuana: Una Ciudad en Desarrollo
with Mayor of Tijuana Kurt Honold
DATE: September 27, 2007 • 7 pm
PLACE: Arts & Letters Building, Room 204
SPONSOR: Center for Latin American Studies - Who am I: Chicano(a), Latino(a), or Hispanic?
DATE: October 1 • 5–6 pm
PLACE: Casa Real
SPONSOR: ICR/CCC - Movie: Compromiso Complido OAXACA
DATE: October 3 • 7–9 pm
PLACE: Casa Real
SPONSOR: ICR/CCC - Dia de la Raza
DATE: October 12 • Noon–1pm
PLACE: Free Speech Steps
SPONSOR: MEChA - Café con Chicana
DATE: October 17 • 5–6 pm
PLACE: Cross-Cultural Center
SPONSOR: AChA and ICR/CCC
See the full schedule (PDF file)
About SDSU Intercultural Relations/Cross-Cultural Center
Website
Staff
- Dr. Tanis Starck - Director
E-mail: tstarck@mail.sdsu.edu - Jerome Budomo - Assistant Coordinator
E-mail: jbudomo@mail.sdsu.edu - Adriana Espinoza - Programs Assistant
E-mail: espinoza@mail.sdsu.edu - Interns
Brianna Bennett - Programs Intern
Ianne Cambaliza - Marketing Intern
Jhoselle Padilla - Outreach Intern
(Learn more about our intern program)
Location and Contact Information
SDSU Cross-Cultural Center
Aztec Center Room 202 (next to Starbucks)
Phone: 619-594-7057
Hours:
Monday – Thursday: 8:00 am – 6:00 pm
Friday: 8:00 am – 4:30 am