Odyssey
Odyssey is a one-week summer program for first-year students who are first-generation college students, people of color, or eligible for the Pell Grant. Odyssey helps incoming students build relationships with fellow students, faculty and administrators, and familiarizes them with campus resources and the local communities.
Mentor Program
This mentoring program supports first-year domestic students of color and international students, and also those in the Passport Program. Small groups of incoming students are matched with both faculty and peer mentors who offer them friendship and advice, easing the transition to life at Holy Cross.
Learn more about the Mentor Program.
ProspHER
ProspHER is a group focused on community building among current women of color students on campus to create a supportive space of solidarity and to celebrate different experiences.
Identity-Based Student Organizations
At the College of Holy Cross the multicultural student organizations – MSOs – are a foundation of identity for numerous self-identified groups. We encourage you to learn more about our current identity-based student groups:
- Asian Students in Action (ASIA)
- Black Student Union (BSU)
- Caribbean African Student Assemblage (CASA)
- Developing & Educating South Asian Ideologies (DESI)
- Feminist Forum
- HCF1RST Scholars
- Latin American Students Organization (LASO)
- Movimiento Estudiantil Progressive Action (MEPA)
- Men's Involvement Coalition (MIC)
- Pinoys of Worcester (POW)
- Pride
Bishop Healy Committee of the Holy Cross Alumni Association
The Bishop Healy Committee of the Holy Cross Alumni Association links alumni in outreach to students of color through recruitment, campus programming, and channeling alumni resources and support. The Bishop Healy Committee has an ongoing, visible presence on campus and works directly with us in achieving its goals. The committee is one of the few alumni support groups established by a college alumni association to work specifically toward promoting a warm and receptive campus environment.
Learn more about the Bishop Healy Committee of the Holy Cross Alumni Association.
LGBTQIA+ Community
Learn about programs and resources that are available for those who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, intersex, asexual/aromantic, and other underrepresented sexual orientations and gender identities.
Visit the LGBTQIA+ Community website.
First-Generation Students
As a first-generation student, we are aware that you face unique challenges in applying, enrolling and succeeding in college. We are committed to supporting you socially, academically and financially — before you arrive on campus to graduation and beyond.