Normandale Community College Created by: Sharon Harris

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Normandale Community College

• Created by Sharon Harris -Human Resource
  Director
• Slava Portnov - Technical Advisor
• 2005

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WELCOME TO OUR MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITY!
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Our Responsibility to Students

• To create a respectful and caring learning and
  working environment
• To our cultural knowledge and skills to help them
  grow and prosper in a multicultural world

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Our International Students come from more than
78 countries

• Including Albania, Azerbaijan, Bahamas,
  Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cameroon,
  Canada, China, Colombia, Czech Republic,
  Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, Egypt,
  Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, Gambia, Germany,
  India, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Japan, Kenya,
  Latvia, Lithuania, Mexico, Nigeria, Panama,
  Philippines, Republic of Korea, Romania, Russian
  Federation, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Somalia,
  South Africa, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tunisia, UK
  Great Britain, Viet Nam, Zambia, and more

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Our students

• American Indian/Alaskan Native .06
• African/ African American 14.1
• Asian/Asian American 6
• Caucasian 68.3
• Hispanic or Latino 1.5
• International 1.4
• Unknown 8.64

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We look different
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We have many political beliefs
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Our friendships/relationships are unique to us
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We are of different ages
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We come from many places
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We have various religious beliefs
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We all do our own dance in the same circle.
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Normandale Community College

• Respects, values and appreciates differences.
• Promotes a discrimination and harassment free
  work and learning environment.
• Creates a welcoming community for everyone.

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OUR PHILOSOPHY

• Normandale Community College is committed to
  honoring human differences. President Kathi
  Hiyane-Brown
• Diversity enhances the campus environment for
  all students and employees. Presidents
  Diversity Task Force

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NORMANDALEWhere You are part of AMultiCultural
Community