College of Cultural and Community Studies (CCS)
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Size: 39 residents
Location: 2303 Sheridan Road
Master: Eli Finkel
associate professor of psychology, Weinberg
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One of Northwestern's older residential colleges, CCS has historically encouraged the exploration of urban communities, social issues, and Chicago's cultural diversity.
These interests remain strong at CCS, inspiring frequent group outings to Chicago's ethnic neighborhoods, including Chinatown, Little Vietnam, Devon Avenue's Asian Indian community, and Pilsen's Mexican community. These visits often include sampling cuisines at ethnic restaurants, a favorite college pastime.
CCS residents express their social concerns through philanthropic activities. On a weekly basis, a number of CCS residents volunteer at Family Focus Our Place, an Evanston family support program. Others might choose to volunteer with Habitat for Humanity or participate in Alternative Student Breaks or Dance Marathon.
Located just north of the Technological Institute, near the Henry Crown Sports Pavilion, CCS has a homelike atmosphere that is conductive to community life. Nearly all of Northwestern's six undergraduate schools are represented in CCS, and members come from across the country and around the world. They go to see plays and visit museums together, compete in intramural sports, ice skate at Chicago's Millennium Park, gather for study breaks, and begin the year with a fall camping trip. At student-run firesides, CCS members often report on their experiences studying, living, and traveling abroad.
 Because CCS's faculty fellows also represent a wide range of disciplines, residents may find themselves having lunch with a physicist, art historian, civil engineer, or political scientist. Fireside topics have ranged from Big Bang theory to Tchaikovsky's operas to the history of women at Northwestern. CCS members also enjoy the company of fellows at the college's quarterly game nights and faculty teas.
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