Glover Alston Intercultural Center
Fall 2025
The Whitman College Food Pantry and Clothing Closet—which has been operating temporarily in the Third Space Center—will reopen on Monday, Nov. 3, and will be open daily from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the Glover Alston Intercultural Center.
Access: Due to street closures from construction, please use the temporary crossing adjacent to the Walla Walla Sub Shop, directly across the street from the GAIC.
While the GAIC remains unavailable for group meetings as modifications to the Junior-Senior Village continue, staff are available to meet with students. Staff members with offices at the GAIC include Interim Director of Identity and Belonging and Director of LGBTQIA+ Student Services Shelby Hearn; Interfaith Chaplain and Director of Religious and Spiritual Life rev. seigen johnson; Assistant Dean of Students/Director of Student Activities, Involvement & Leadership NiQo Bullock; and Resident Director and Intercultural Program Manager Cheysen Cabuyadao-Sipe.
Questions? Please reach out to Cheysen Cabuyadao-Sipe (cabuyack@whitman.edu).
The Glover Alston Intercultural Center (GAIC) is a resource to facilitate Whitman’s commitment to sustaining a diverse community. The GAIC seeks to foster intercultural awareness, inclusiveness and respect for all in the Whitman community. The GAIC 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. GAIC programming is created with and for students and the center is a space where all gather to build connections and learn from each other.
A vibrant space for meaningful conversation and interaction, the GAIC 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 GAIC 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.