Texas Tech University
Cross-Cultural Academic Advancement Center
Sarah Shiver
Director
2015-2016
About
Purpose
The purpose of the Cross-Cultural Academic Advancement Center is to
provide students, faculty, staff and members of the community with the
opportunity to be involved in programs and activities which promote the
discussion and awareness of diversity and inclusion excellence. To
accomplish this, the CCAAC offers a variety of co-curricular programs and
activities which promote a learning environment that stimulates academic
achievement, global communication and personal leadership.
About
Mission
Our mission is to facilitate the academic and personal growth of the campus
community as a whole and to promote a culturally conscious university by
providing a learning environment where students, faculty, staff and the
community are encouraged to be involved in programs and activities that
further support dialogues across academic disciplines and cultural lines and
which enables personal and professional success, growth and development for
the betterment of the university and the community.
About
Vision
To create a partnership nexus on campus and in the community focused on
promoting awareness and understanding of diversity and inclusion excellence.
Programs, Activities & Events 2014-2015
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MRSOE-Welcome Week
Difficult Dialogue
Brown Bag and Comedian
El Grito
Global Leadership Academy
Caesar Chavez
It All Starts With an Idea
OTC
LGBTQ Student & Family Reception
Rainbow Roundtable
HSF—Raider Welcome, Student Org
Fair
• Black History Month Calendar
• Rowan Ricardo Phillips Event
• Lunar New Year
• Big XII Conference on Black Student
Government
• HSF—AVID Night
• Diversity of Dance
• Define American Film Screening
• Diversity Week Mixer
• #DearTexasTech
• GLBTQ Allies Training
• Dear White People
• Holi
• Sponsored Events
Student Learning Outcomes
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Demonstrate an appreciation and awareness of diversity
Develop multicultural competence
Demonstrate effective leadership skills
Increase meaningful interpersonal relationships with individuals
from varied different multicultural backgrounds.
Prove an understanding of one’s own identity, culture and heritage
and seek to learn more about others
Identify academic skills, resources, and services that will enhance
their academic development
Identify characteristics of leadership and define their own leadership
philosophy and style
Recognize areas of development as it relates to their own personal
and professional growth.
CCAAC Objectives 2015-2016
Objectives
To offer guidance, training, resources and information to the campus
community in an effort to achieve the vision of diversity and equity
Method
The CCAAC organizes activities and programs for students, staff and
the community that further the Cross-Cultural Academic
Advancement Center’s approach to promote diversity,
multiculturalism, social justice and inclusive excellence
CCAAC Objectives 2015-2016
Objectives
To provide access to information and resources for current and future students
to enable their academic success and professional achievement.
Method
The CCAAC collaborates with staff and student organizations to
create learning environments where students, faculty and the
community are engaged in programs and activities that promote
cultural and academic learning environments conducive to diversity
in our global community.
CCAAC Objectives 2015-2016
Objectives
To provide a safe and welcoming area on campus where students, faculty and
staff can discuss, share and address diversity and inclusion issues on campus
and in the community.
Method
The CCAAC will collaborate with student organizations who have
committed to community outreach and student engagement that
encourage a love of diversity and equality, as well as staff members
and faculty, in an effort to create a welcoming and intellectually
challenging diverse area for all students that promotes the CCAAC
mission and vision.
CCAAC Objectives 2015-2016
Objectives
To serve as a resource to the Associate Vice President regarding diversity and
inclusion excellence on campus.
Method
The CCAAC will serve as a nexus to the Associate Vice President by
way of providing the most current and up to date feedback, resources,
tendency’s and trends concerning advancements in cross-cultural
explorations and beliefs that support the University’s strategic plan to
further inclusion excellence.
CCAAC Goals 2015-2016
Academic/Co-curricular
1) Create new co-curricular programming to
address the following student need areas:
a) LGBTQ
b) Race, Rights and Law Enforcement
c) Culture and Learning Environments
CCAAC Goals 2015-2016
Research Assessment
2) Create a standard program assessment to
gauge efficacy and success.
CCAAC Goals 2015-2016
Program Participation
3) Increase participation in program and events
by 5% from the year prior.
CCAAC Goals 2015-2016
Funding or Development
4) Pursue options for additional/alternative
funding for programs and services.
CCAAC Goals 2015-2016
Student Goal
5) Reorganize and reintroduce the Diversity
Ambassadors program.
Marketing
OTC Fall 2014
The Faculty
Dr. Miguel Levario
Dr. Curtis Bauer
Dr. Kent Wilkinson
Dr. Michael San Francisco
Dr. Michael Farmer
Dr. Mukaddes Darwish
Dr. Chris Smith
Dr. Sara Spurgeon
Dr. Gary Elbow
Dr. Nathian Rodriguez
Dr. Margaret Elbow
Dr. Joseph Aranha
Dr. Jacki Fitzpatrick
Dr. Brian Shannon
Dr. Aliza Wong
Dr. Rob Davison
Dr. Fernando Valle
Dr. Emily Skidmore
Dr. Rob Weiner
Dr. Keira Williams
Dr. Elizabeth Trejos
Dr. Upe Fleckinger
Dr. Francisco Delgadillo
Dr. Colette Taylor
Dr. Kristen Moore and
Katie Langford
Social Media & OTC
Faculty, staff, and students could
follow each lecture and activity
through Twitter or Facebook
Strategic Partnerships
Faculty
OTC, Difficult Dialogues, Cross-Cultural Grants
Staff
El Grito, Diversity Welcome Event
Student
HSF recruitment, Welcome Week Event, Holi, OTC, Funding various student
organization events supporting cultural awareness
Recruitment and Retention
HSF Events: ISD visits and on campus set ups, Scholarships, Cross-Cultural
Grants, It All Stars With A Dream
Inherit Findings
Staff
Currently the Cross-Cultural Academic Advancement Center holds staff
positions for a Director, Senior Administrative Assistant, Section Coordinator,
Unit Coordinator-Student Engagement, Unit Coordinator—Community and
Outreach and two student assistants. However, the CCAAC has been without a
Director for nearly one year and the two Unit Coordinator Positions are vacant.
One of which has been vacant for nearly five months. It is my understanding
the Section Coordinator was recently promoted to his current position from
Unit Coordinator of the same office. However, due to the center’s lack of
management and staff, the Section Coordinator has been managing programs,
events and activities and therefore, has limited time for data collection and
storage.
Tasks
A new director would be tasked with hiring two Unit Coordinators and creating
a data management system.
Inherit Findings
Programs
The Cross-Cultural Academic Advancement Center coordinates a multitude of events which
promote multiculturalism and an awareness and understanding of diversity and inclusion
excellence. The CCAAC is known for coordinating signature events such as Holi, Lunar New
Year, Open Teaching Concept, Difficult Dialogues, and various events hosted by student
ambassadors of the Hispanic Scholarship. The CCAAC also partners with numerous student
organizations, staff members and the community to host, plan, promote, and fund various
events held mostly on the Tech campus to promote a culturally conscious university. Such
programs, activities and events have been successfully organized through the CCAAC,
however, there is little data as to the programs effect on staff, student and community cultural
diversity, nor is there data that details the effort these events have gained in student retention,
scholarly research or inclusion excellence.
Tasks
The new director would be tasked with researching the cultural effectiveness these programs
have had on the faculty, staff, students and community, in addition to whether or not the
previously stated student learning outcomes have been appropriately stated and proven
valuable. In addition, the new director would be tasked with creating new culturally diverse
programming that would foster the University’s strategic plan to further inclusion excellence.
Inherit Findings
Budget
The Cross-Cultural Academic Advancement Center’s budget, outside of
salary and expenditures, has historically been a resource of funding for
various cultural diverse events hosted both at Texas Tech and in the
surrounding community. The current CCAAC administrative assistant has
kept an expenditure log which details funding both in operating and student
expenditures.
Tasks
The new director would be tasked with locating data that would support the
CCAAC’s funding effort, whether or not to continue funding historical
events and prospecting the need for funding new and innovative culturally
diverse programs that further the CCAAC’s mission.
Inherit Findings
Data
The Cross Cultural Academic Advancement Center currently has no definitive
data storage. Although certain past events have had limited data collection,
there is no centrally located data storage area. The new director would find it
difficult to find contact information for previous and future events, locations for
these events, attendance numbers, cost and funding contributions, student
learning outcomes and faculty, staff, student and community perception on
whether or not these events are culturally diverse and therefore support the
University’s mission and vision.
Tasks
The new director would be tasked with creating both a digital and tangible data
management system. In addition, the director would be tasked with gathering
data regarding previous events and programs in an effort to create a new data
management system which will be centered around current staff members’
verbal recollection of previous events and limited tangible data tracking to date.
Our Staff
•Director – Sarah Shiver
•Section Coordinator – Ricky Sherfield
•Unit Coordinator --Student Engagement – Vacant
•Unit Coordinator --LGBTQIA & Community and Outreach – Vacant
•Administrative Assistant – Nina Follis
•2 student assistants