DePaul launches new resource and cultural centers

Feb. 8, 2018

In late January, DePaul hosted an open house for the university's four new cultural and resource centers. The identity-specific student centers include the Black Cultural Center, Latinx Cultural Center, Asian Pacific Islander and Desi American Cultural Center, and the LGBTQA+ Resource Center, all located in O'Connell Hall on the Lincoln Park Campus. Visitors had the opportunity to meet the center's staff members while enjoying food, refreshments and several performances by students and guests.

Guests move between the new student spaces as the Office of Multicultural Student Success hosts an open house for the new Cultural & Resource Centers. All the centers are located in close proximity to each other to encourage collaboration. (DePaul University/Jamie Moncrief)

Guests tour the new Asian Pacific Islander Desi American Cultural Center during the open house for the new Cultural & Resource Centers in O'Connell Hall on DePaul's Lincoln Park Campus. (DePaul University/Jamie Moncrief)

Patricia Santoyo-Marin, left, associate director and liaison to undocumented students, greets the guests as they gather in the new Latinx Cultural Center during the recent open house. (DePaul University/Jamie Moncrief)

Guests fill the Latinx Cultural Center during an open house for the four new Cultural & Resource Centers on DePaul's Lincoln Park Campus. Visitors had the opportunity to meet the four centers' staff members while enjoying food, refreshments and several performances by students and guests. (DePaul University/Jamie Moncrief)

Author and poet Jose Olivarez performs in DePaul's new Latinx Cultural Center as the Office of Multicultural Student Success hosts an open house for the four new Cultural & Resource Centers. (DePaul University/Jamie Moncrief)

Chicago artist and organizer Monica Trinidad speaks to the guests as they gather in DePaul's LGBTQA Resource Center. (DePaul University/Jamie Moncrief)

Norma Hidalgo, left, watches as Chicago artist Jireh L. Drake, works on an art installation inside the new Black Cultural Center. The space is one of four new identity-specific student centers, which also include a Latinx Cultural Center, a Asian Pacific Islander Desi American Cultural Center and the LGBTQA+ Resource Center. (DePaul University/Jamie Moncrief)