Faculty and Staff Support
Faculty and Staff Intercultural Development
The Language and Intercultural Learning Center supports Valpo faculty and staff in building intercultural competence. LINC facilitates professional development through a range of intercultural opportunities, including an intercultural assessment (IDI) and seasonal reading groups. The continuing IDI Planners Group is for those who’ve committed to further developing their intercultural competence by meeting regularly in a cohort.
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For Faculty & Staff
LINC facilities intercultural learning and curates resources specifically for Valpo. To learn more, contact LINC Director Carol Goss.
2026 – 2027
LINC Opportunities
LINC facilitates seasonal reading groups in which faculty and staff participants read and discuss a novel, memoir, or other text. LINC selects books that explore intercultural perspectives. This is not an ongoing book club; you can participate on an occasional basis, depending on your interest in reading the selected text. The 2026 Fall Reading Group will meet in early October and mid November to discuss What Can a Body Do? How We Meet the Built World by Sara Hendren.
If you are a faculty or staff member who has completed the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI), you are invited to join LINC’s IDI Planners Group to help you begin or continue working on your individual IDI Plan.
If you are interested in participating in this group, contact LINC Director Carol Goss for more details.
LINC Groups
Put yourself in the role of learner and try a new language by participating in a student-led language group. Though these informal groups are created for students, based on their interests, Valpo faculty and staff are also welcome to participate.
Assessment Tools
Pedagogical and Professional Resources
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Pedagogical and Professional Resources
Assessments, Rubrics, & Inventories
The Intercultural Development Inventory is an assessment that measures intercultural competence with a range of campus applications.
Explore other online intercultural tools:
- TalkAbroad Global Experiences – Course integration to connect students with speakers from around the world to discuss cultural topics (in English)
- Intercultural Learning Hub (Purdue University)
- Online resources curated by WISE (Workshop on Intercultural Skills Enhancement)
If you can suggest other intercultural resources, contact LINC Director Carol Goss
TrueNorth Intercultural offers professional development resources and programs for faculty and staff in higher education:
- Intercultural Leadership Forum (monthly online forum)
- Intercultural Competent U (free training)
- Navigating Cultural Differences (self-paced online course)
- Facilitating Intercultural Learning (12-week program)
LINC Director Carol Goss has participated in several TrueNorth Intercultural programs. To learn more about her experience, contact her at .
Carol Goss, M.A.
Director, Language and Intercultural Learning Center