Glover Alston Intercultural Center

The Glover Alston Intercultural Center (IC) is a resource to facilitate Whitman’s commitment to sustaining a diverse community. The IC seeks to foster intercultural awareness, inclusiveness and respect for all in the Whitman community. The IC coordinates several equity programs (food pantry, clothing closet, textbook lending library) and works to support students in navigating potential structural barriers to success through individualized guidance and resources. IC programming is created with and for students and the Glover Alston Intercultural Center is a space where all gather to build connections and learn from each other.

A vibrant space for meaningful conversation and interaction, the IC welcomes and supports differences, collaborates with academic departments, encourages input from divergent perspectives, enhances intercultural and international awareness, and models respect for all in the Whitman community. The IC achieves this by serving as:

• A unique place for programs to develop understanding, and community involvement.
• A place where conversations about diversity, difference, multiculturalism and social justice occur.
• A social and academic space for collaboration between members of the Whitman community.
• A meeting place and home for a number of campus organizations and clubs.
• An open space for meditation, contemplation, and reflection. 

With this facility, the Whitman community hopes to foster meaningful exchanges between individuals and groups for the greater understanding and mutual respect of one another by encouraging engagement, leadership development and learning.

The Glover Alston Intercultural Center is located near the west side of the campus, at 26 Boyer Ave.