{"id":48,"date":"2016-01-05T15:52:47","date_gmt":"2016-01-05T20:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/counselors\/?p=48"},"modified":"2026-04-13T12:24:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T17:24:56","slug":"a-home-away-from-home-cultural-centers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/counselors\/2016\/01\/a-home-away-from-home-cultural-centers\/","title":{"rendered":"A Home Away from Home: Cultural Centers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The four <a href=\"http:\/\/csil.uiowa.edu\/multicultural\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UI Cultural and LGBTQ Resource Centers<\/a> provide a &#8220;Home Away From Home&#8221; for many students.\u00a0Regardless of\u00a0 sexual orientation, gender, ethnicity, or religion, students find that each center is an open and welcoming space for studying, attending events, or just relaxing and meeting new people!<\/p>\n<p>The mission of each resource center is to provide intra- and cross-cultural education for all students.\u00a0Functionally, the cultural centers provide ample space, computer access, and additional resource materials and libraries.<\/p>\n<p>They provide welcoming all-inclusive social and meeting rooms, kitchens, and dining areas year-round. Such programs provide all students with a chance to celebrate and stretch themselves to think about local and global topics. They foster an environment for students to connect within their familiar communities and learn about new cultures.<\/p>\n<p>Our current cultural and resource centers include:<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-48 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/counselors\/files\/2016\/03\/Afro-American-Cultural-Center1-2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/counselors\/files\/2016\/03\/Afro-American-Cultural-Center1-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"African American Cultural Center.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-57\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/counselors\/files\/2016\/03\/Afro-American-Cultural-Center1-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/counselors\/files\/2016\/03\/Afro-American-Cultural-Center1-2.jpg 274w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-57'>\n\t\t\t\tAfrican American Cultural Center\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/counselors\/files\/2016\/03\/Asian-Pacific-American-Cultural-Center1-2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/counselors\/files\/2016\/03\/Asian-Pacific-American-Cultural-Center1-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Asian Pacific American Cultural Center\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-58\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/counselors\/files\/2016\/03\/Asian-Pacific-American-Cultural-Center1-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/counselors\/files\/2016\/03\/Asian-Pacific-American-Cultural-Center1-2.jpg 274w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-58'>\n\t\t\t\tAsian Pacific American Cultural Center\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/counselors\/files\/2016\/03\/Latino-Native-American-Cultural-Center1-2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/counselors\/files\/2016\/03\/Latino-Native-American-Cultural-Center1-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Latino Native American Cultural Center.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-59\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/counselors\/files\/2016\/03\/Latino-Native-American-Cultural-Center1-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/counselors\/files\/2016\/03\/Latino-Native-American-Cultural-Center1-2.jpg 274w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-59'>\n\t\t\t\tLatino Native American Cultural Center\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/counselors\/files\/2016\/03\/LGBTQ-Resource-Center-2.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/counselors\/files\/2016\/03\/LGBTQ-Resource-Center-2-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"LGBTQ Resource Center.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-60\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/counselors\/files\/2016\/03\/LGBTQ-Resource-Center-2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/counselors\/files\/2016\/03\/LGBTQ-Resource-Center-2.png 274w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-60'>\n\t\t\t\tLGBTQ Resource Center\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>In addition to the Cultural and LGBTQ Resource Centers, there are over 50 <a href=\"http:\/\/uiowa.orgsync.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">multicultural student organizations<\/a> at the University of Iowa that provide programming, service, educational programs, and cultural experiences to the campus community.<\/p>\n<p>I challenge all students to move beyond first impressions and to discover the diversity around them.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-61 alignnone alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/counselors\/files\/2016\/03\/goswami.jpg\" alt=\"goswami\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" \/><br \/>\nSauvik Goswami<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>Senior Counselor, Diversity Outreach<\/em><br \/>\nThe University of Iowa<br \/>\nOffice of Admissions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The four UI Cultural and LGBTQ Resource Centers provide a &#8220;Home Away From Home&#8221; for many students.\u00a0Regardless of\u00a0 sexual orientation, gender, ethnicity, or religion, students find that each center is an open and welcoming space for studying, attending events, or just relaxing and meeting new people! The mission of each resource center is to provide intra- and cross-cultural education for all students.\u00a0Functionally, the cultural centers provide ample space, computer access, and additional resource materials and &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":82,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/counselors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/counselors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/counselors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/counselors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/82"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/counselors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/counselors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":682,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/counselors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48\/revisions\/682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/counselors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/counselors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/counselors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}