Collegiate Interfaith Directory
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Allegheny
College (Meadville, PA)
Religious
Life Council
The Religious Life Council (RLC), which includes representatives from
the various Christian groups, Hillel, and the Islamic Awareness Society,
meets regularly to coordinate interfaith programming, discuss interfaith
issues, and disseminate information about activities. RLC also sponsors
an annual "Faith Week" to increase awareness on campus of religious
issues and matters of faith.
Contact: jnickell@allegheny.edu
814-332-2800
Amherst College (Amherst, MA)
Multifaith
Council
The Multifaith
Council is made up of representatives from various religious groups who
seek to learn from one another and to provide campus-wide opportunities
for learning about other religions. The Council regularly engages in interreligious
dialogue and community service. Activities of the past have included a
fundraising and awareness evening about Darfur, lectures on Islam, Buddhism,
and minority religions, fundraising for special needs such as Hurricane
Katrina Relief, and service such as the House of Abraham project in which
Christians, Jews, and Muslims worked together on a Habitat House.
Contact: pvsorrentino@amherst.edu
413-542-8149
Beloit
College (Beloit, WI)
Interfaith
House and Interfaith Council
Interfaith House (IFH) is a place for spiritual community, functioning
as a central hub for interfaith activity on campus. IFH provides meeting
space for clubs and interfaith programming. In addition, it is home to
six students of various faith traditions/spiritual seekers. Everyone on
campus is welcome at IFH to explore and grow through interreligious dialogue.
"Conversation and Community" takes place monthly, a chance to
converse and connect with each other over refreshments. Discussion topics
run the gamut from self awareness to social justice, meditation to morality,
relationships to religion, poetry to politics. Students lead many of the
gatherings, while some are led by Beloit’s religious leaders and
off campus guests.
The Interfaith Council is made up of representatives from all faith-based
and spiritual student organizations on campus. These students meet regularly
for interfaith dialogue, community building, and collaboration on campus-wide
events. Also regularly, the Council puts on Sunday evening dinner conversations
for the whole campus about important topics in religion, spirituality,
and interfaith understanding.
Contact: conoverw@beloit.edu
608-363-2389
Brown University (Providence, RI)
Interfaith Program
House
Interfaith House fosters creative discussion and interreligious dialogue for both the religious/spiritual and the nonreligious/spiritual, and everyone in between. The House promotes an active and supportive, close-knit environment. With a unique identity as an interfaith community, some members also participate in specific faith communities, including Catholic Community, Brown Christian Fellowship, Ecumenical Protestant, Brown Hillel, Muslim Student Association, and Quaker Students. Interfaith House has sponsored house dinners and discussions, weekly gatherings, interfaith services, a panel addressing sexuality and religion, and a breakfast (suhur) for Muslim students during Ramadan.
Contact:
interfaith@brown.edu
401-863-2344
Bucknell
University (Lewisburg, PA)
Interfaith
Service Team
Intended to foster cooperation between religious groups, the Interfaith Service Team is an interreligious council that promotes religious dialogue, support, and understanding on campus through common community service experiences and reflection. In April 2007, the Team sponsored its first Interfaith Service Day involving Catholic, Jewish, Muslim, and Protestant students.
Contact:
sfujita@bucknell.edu
570-577-2273
University of California, Irvine (Irvine, CA)
Interfaith
Center
The Interfaith Center was established to provide a ministry that serves
the entire campus community of students, faculty, and staff. Interfaith
is governed by the University Interfaith Foundation - a group of community
and religious leaders - and currently serves over 2,000 people per week.
Interfaith is an ecumenical organization that seeks to overcome barriers
between faiths and sects, and encourages fellowship among all persons.
It provides a place for students, faculty, and staff from any faith to
be involved in faith-based activities, attend religious services, and
interact with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures. Home to a
number of faiths including Baha'i, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, and
Judaism, Interfaith's goal is to integrate the religious activities of
its members and to promote a sense of fellowship and community. At the
same time, each individual is encouraged to rediscover the purpose and
history of his or her own religion.
Contact:
voy@uci.edu
714-679-4601
Carleton College (Northfield, MN)
Council
for Religious Understanding and Interfaith Social Action Group
The Council for Religious Understanding (CRU) is comprised of student
leaders and representatives of different faiths (at least one of each
tradition) who meet biweekly over dinner with the College chaplains to
discuss leadership concerns, religious issues and beliefs, and to learn
more about each other’s faith traditions. Discussions are facilitated
by the chaplains, but the topics are decided by the student workers (chaplain’s
associates) and revolve around theological questions, hot-button religious/political
issues, and more personal faith questions.
Interfaith Social Action Group meets weekly to explore the roots of social
action in each faith tradition and to work together doing social service
and social justice work. The group provides both support and challenge
to put faith into action in the world around us.
Contact: cfureslo@carleton.edu
507-646-4003
Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, PA)
Carnegie
Mellon Interfaith Council (CMIC)
Interfaith
Presidents Council
Interfaith
Explorers
Carnegie Mellon University takes pride in purposefully creating opportunities for students to pause, engage in self-inquiry, and to reflect upon and to articulate ones moral fabric. It encourages students to self-author and own their personal visions and core values. As an institution of higher learning, it feels the responsibility to invite them to ask, reflect upon, and answer the deep questions of life; who is my Self and what is my Work? Included in that is an opportunity to engage in several interfaith groups. The Carnegie Mellon Interfaith Council (CMIC) is comprised of lay leaders and clergy who work with and within the university community. The Interfaith Leadership Council is a working body of the leaders of our Religious Student Organizations. There is also the Interfaith Explorers. The 'Explorers' group provides students from any religious or spiritual background (including, non-believers) to share their stories, their current position on the journey, and where they would like it to go.
Contact:
JKroll@andrew.cmu.edu
412–268–9510
Centre College (Danville, KY)
CentreFaith
CentreFaith is an organization designed to allow students and groups from
all backgrounds to explore the world’s many traditions and values.
It sponsors cultural and religious events on campus and in the community
and promotes conversation and cooperation between students of different
faiths. Major campus events in the past have included a Diwali Festival,
an Eid al Fitr, a Hanukah celebration, and an Orthodox Easter service.
The three advisors to the group are Christian, Hindu, and Muslim faculty
members.
Contact: hillary.eason@centre.edu,
axtellr@centre.edu
859-238-5342
Colgate University (Hamilton, NY)
Interfaith
Council and Heretics Club
The Interfaith Council convenes representatives from all of the religious
groups to plan events together. The Council has done everything from sponsoring
dinners and barbecues to holding discussions; from planning how to welcome
the incoming freshman class to attending humanitarian rallies.
In spite of its pejorative name (the chaplains intended it to grab students’
attention), the Heretics Club is not about heretics, rather about questioning
one's faith and having the freedom to hold wide-ranging dialogues about
spirituality and faith without dogma. The club does not promote anti-religious
beliefs but rather offers an open environment for both religious and spiritual
students to engage in a relaxed discussion. Meeting over lunch on Thursdays
in the chapel’s basement, the students talk about what happens after
death or the nature of Catholic spirituality.
Contact: mshiner@mail.colgate.edu
315-228-7682
Colorado College (Colorado Springs, CO)
Shove
Council and Heads of Faith
An interfaith group open to the entire campus that seeks to foster the
life of the spirit at Colorado College, Shove Council promotes personal
and campus participation in issues of religious and ethical importance.
The Council meets weekly to discuss topics, from politics to ethics to
pop culture, in light of diverse spiritual perspectives. Shove Council
also hosts a spiritually oriented retreat to Baca, Colorado, each semester.
Heads of Faith is an interfaith group of leaders from all the spiritual and religious groups on campus. Representatives of religious organizations meet to discuss issues of religious life on campus, cooperative programs, and mutual support. The group also plans an annual Faith Awareness Week.
Contact:
bcoriell@coloradocollege.edu
719-389-6638
Columbia University (New York, NY)
Kraft
Family Fund for Intercultural and Interfaith Awareness
Encourages recognized student groups at Columbia University and Barnard
College to collaborate on projects that promote intercultural and interfaith
awareness and understanding across the University. Sponsored programs
provide students with timely and appropriate venues for exploring controversial
issues and resolving conflicts in a manner that promotes greater understanding
among Columbia University students of diverse backgrounds and perspectives.
Contact:
rjw2110@columbia.edu
212-854-4194
Dartmouth
College (Hanover, NH)
Multi-Faith
Council
The Multi-Faith Council seeks to facilitate in the Dartmouth community
both religious and nonreligious opportunities for understanding, exploration,
and discussion of the role that faith plays locally, nationally, and internationally
in the lives and world views of all people. The Council meets weekly for
hour-long informal discussions on issues relating to religious life on
campus or to relevant national events. The Multi-Faith Council sponsors
an annual dinner discussion with a student panel on religious life, as
well as a multi-faith retreat during the summer.
Contact:
ORSL@Dartmouth.edu
603-646-3350
Davidson College (Davidson, NC)
Interfaith
Interfaith aims to provide a space in which all members of the Davidson
College community can honestly discuss their religious beliefs. Sharing
one’s faith offers everyone the opportunity to expand knowledge
of other individuals and cultures as well as challenge and shape one’s
own beliefs. Buddhists, Christians, Jews, Muslims and students of other
faith traditions, or those who are spiritual seekers apart from organized
religion, join together for meals, discussion and visits to a variety
of houses of worship. In addition to regular meetings, campus-wide activities
sponsored by Interfaith have included Diwali (Hindu Festival of Lights),
Moravian Love Feast, Islam Awareness Week, and Holi (Hindu Festival of
Colors).
Contact: rospach@davidson.edu
704-894-2423
Denison University (Granville, OH)
Denison
Religious Understanding
A multi-religious dialogue group, Denison Religious Understanding (DRU)
is made up of students interested in sharing and understanding one another's
beliefs through discussion, presentations, art projects, and many other
oral and visual activities. The DRU makes a conscious effort to explore
as many faiths, ideologies, and beliefs as possible, including the many
forms of Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, Jainism, Hinduism, Sikhism, Shintoism,
Confucianism, Taoism, Christianity, Wiccan, Pagan, and Non-Adherent (Atheist,
Agnostic, Nontheist, Secular). Discussions include religion and consumerism,
religion and nature, interfaith marriages, and religion and sexuality.
Contact: ortenm@denison.edu
740-587-8504
DePauw
University (Greencastle, IN)
Spiritual
Life Leadership Council
The Spiritual Life Leadership Council (SLLC) is composed of representatives
from all of the student religious organizations on the DePauw campus.
With the Office of Spiritual Life, the Council works to facilitate student
exploration and growth within a particular religious tradition or spiritual
journey. The SLLC also advocates for interfaith and ecumenical understanding
by coordinating worship services, panel discussions, and social events.
Through involvement on the SLLC, student representatives gain access to
leadership development opportunities and other resources.
Contact: marjorielytle@depauw.edu
765-658-4615
Duke
University
(Durham, NC)
The
Interfaith Dialogue Project
The Interfaith Dialogue Project is an initiative which fosters understanding and respect for religious pluralism and diversity. It is co-sponsored by the Kenan Institute for Ethics and Duke Chapel. The Interfaith Dialogue Project also co-sponsors events, including forums on peace in the Middle East, religious panel discussions, and a Vocational Lecture Series featuring nationally known figures from several faith traditions.
Contact:
betmark@msn.com;
alden@duke.edu; tedlpurcell@aol.com
919-660-3033
Emory University (Atlanta, GA)
Interreligious
Council
Representatives of 30 faith traditions on campus form the Interreligious Council, which promotes interreligious dialogue, shares calendars and resources of faith groups, and plans campus-wide programs addressing particular issues from an interreligious perspective. In addition, an interfaith prayer service takes place every semester. Opportunities are made available to focus on the histories, traditions, beliefs, observances and practices of faith groups in a respectful, peaceful, and service-oriented manner.
Contact:
bcpowel@emory.edu
404-727-6226
Georgetown
University (Washington, D.C.)
Interfaith
Council
The Interfaith Council encourages open dialogue between every religious organization, shapes campus policies by working closely with GUSA (Georgetown University Student Association) in aiming to provide a unified religious voice to the campus community, and promotes joint programming and networking between religious groups. The Council hopes to serve as a springboard for creating active programs to foster interfaith dialogue and cooperation.
Contact:
gusa@georgetown.edu
202-687-3476
Georgia
State University
(Atlanta, GA)
Council
on Interfaith Concerns
Comprised of campus ministries from diverse faiths, the Council on Interfaith Concerns (CIFC) acts as a coordinating body for religious organizations at Georgia State. The Council meets monthly to plan and implement interfaith programs and activities throughout the year that encourage students from various religious organizations to get together for fun, fellowship, and charity.
Contact:
wesley@gsu.edu
404-651-2455
Gettysburg
College (Gettysburg, PA)
Interfaith
Council
The Interfaith Council is composed of students from the numerous religious
groups of the Gettysburg College campus as recognized by the Office of
the Chaplain. The focus of the Council is to promote mutual understanding,
dialogue, and tolerance, and to broaden the representation of students
for discussion of religious and spiritual life issues. The Council is
also instrumental in the development of Religious Emphasis Week. Any student
is welcome to join the Interfaith Council, and a representative of each
religious group on campus attends meetings as well.
Contact: donnella@gettysburg.edu
717-337-6280
Harvard University (Cambridge, MA)
Interfaith
Council
The purpose of the Interfaith Council is to unite all of the student religious
organizations on campus in one unified coalition so as to facilitate interfaith
dialogue, understanding of and exposure to different faiths, and networking
for collaborative interfaith and service initiatives. The Council provides
a forum through which members may focus on both similarities between all
religions as well as the important differences. The group seeks to promote
greater awareness and understanding of interreligious issues in the Harvard
community, not only in a personal and student group context, but also
in relation to social and political issues, moral reasoning, literature,
art, history, science and technology, and other disciplines. Members are
from all faiths and no faith, including Bahai, Buddhist, Christian, Hindu,
Jain, Jewish, Muslim, Sikh, Zoroastrian, agnostic and atheist. In addition,
the Council focuses on tapping into the many resources for interreligious
dialogue at Harvard and beyond, including the United Ministry, the Undergraduate
Department of Religion, the Center for World Religions, Harvard Divinity
School, and the Harvard Pluralism Project.
Contact: hic@hcs.harvard.edu
617-495-5529
Johns
Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD)
Interfaith
Council
The Interfaith Council is a student committee that operates through Johns
Hopkins Campus Ministries and the Bunting Meyerhoff Interfaith and Community
Service Center. It is composed of members of various student religious
groups on campus who, although they may have differing viewpoints, have
one vision in common: to sponsor and work towards establishing a cooperative
community spirit among religious groups on the Hopkins campus and to dispel
the myths and misunderstandings others may hold about various religions,
faiths, and belief systems. The members of the council are all students
who have undertaken the task of establishing a bond of mutual respect
and understanding between the groups that they represent. The Council
recognizes the legitimacy of other religious groups on campus, in that
each religious organization has the right to practice its individual traditions
and exist peacefully on the campus. Implicit in the vision for the Center
is the willingness and enthusiasm of the University's many religious communities
to educate one another about their traditions in the hope of promoting
an environment that goes beyond tolerance to a genuine appreciation of
and respect for religious diversity.
Contact:
chaplain@jhu.edu
410-261-1880
