About Us
We are committed to helping you grow in faith and understanding in a welcoming Christian community. The Calvin community is committed to a biblical vision of racial reconciliation and cross-cultural engagement.
CISD Mission
To inspire, challenge, and equip our community to engage in intentional and redemptive cultural interactions and student development. We serve all students through specific intercultural programming and student leadership development. By supporting students in this way, we serve the entire Calvin ecosystem to think deeply, act justly and live wholeheartedly as Christ’s agents of renewal in the world.
CISD Core Values
Cultivate a Welcoming Space of Thriving
We are committed to cultivating a deep sense of welcoming and thriving across the campus so that all can be agents of change at Calvin and beyond. A large component of this work will be done through student leadership development, fellowship, and celebration of who God created us to be.
Redemptive Kingdom-Work
Acknowledge that we are created in the image of God living in a broken world and strive to be agents of renewal towards the redemption of the world. We seek to do this within our Christian witness and by utilizing educational best practices.
Relevant Educational Programming
We commit to facilitating developmentally appropriate and culturally relevant co-curricular educational programming that increases cultural self-awareness, cultural understanding and appreciation across campus.