The Cultural Celebrations and Education Committee is responsible for researching ethnic, religious, cultural and national holidays and customs from around the world. The CCEC then plans appropriate celebrations for the College community and members of the Crossroads Program. Committee responsibilities include two all-campus events each semester and periodic smaller events. Crossroad signature all-campus events have included Ramadan Celebration, Diwali (Hindu Festival of Lights), Chinese New Year, Hana Matsuri (Celebration of Buddah' Birthday), and Cinco De Mayo.
The Campus Connections Committee is responsible for keeping Crossroads connected to student cultural organizations (ICC, PASO, ACC, DLC, Language clubs, Swedish House, etc), to faculty whose course work contains a multicultural component (languages, international business, etc), and offices with connections to intercultural issues. Through these relationships "C3" will encourage co-sponsorship of campus events and will nominate events for co-sponsorship to the Crossroads Executive Board. "C3" is also responsible for coordinating "Global Tuesdays," monthly event hosted in Carlson International Center (which of course includes coffee!) Global Tuesday events have included students sharing their study abroad stories, faculty sharing an area of interest with a multicultural focus, local and international authors, language lessons, and so on.
The Cultural Peer Educators Committee is responsible for creating and facilitating multicultural programs within the residence halls. These workshops are designed to inform, educate, and challenge the students of Gustavus, with the goal of increasing cultural awareness and providing an opportunity to examine world issues. he members of the Cultural Peer Educators Committee will work very closely with Residential Life Area Coordinators, Head Residents, and Collegiate Fellows in order to assess student needs and plan events.
The In-House Committee is responsible for helping to create connections and community within Carlson International Center. In-House will work closely with the Collegiate Fellows and the Head Resident of Carlson International Center to plan activities and events that allow the members of Crossroads to share their individual stories, cultures, and histories, as well as connect to each other.
The Public Relations Committee acts as the hub of all information related to the Crossroads Program and Crossroads events. Members of the committee are responsible for gathering information about upcoming Crossroads events and creating a comprehensive public relations and advertising plan. These plans may include the creation of signs and posters for campus buildings and residence halls; posting events to the College Calendar; creating press releases and organizing coverage of events by the Gustavian Week, GACTV, and KGSM radio; the College's Office of Marketing and Public Relations as appropriate. The PR Committee is also responsible for upkeep of the program website and taking pictures at Crossroads events.
The Crossroads Executive Board is comprised of the two Crossroads Program Coordinators, the Co-Chairs and Secretaries from the five Crossroads Committees, and the Crossroads Program Advisor/Faculty Advisor. The Exec. Board works as a team to create the Crossroads Events Calendar, makes decisions about co-sponsorship of non-Crossroads events, votes on the distribution of the Crossroads programming budget, and is responsible for the overall success of the Crossroads Program.
