The preparation gap between incoming Andover students and the challenges of meeting the needs of a diverse group of students, issues raised in PA’s Strategic Goals, caused the Department of Community and Multicultural Development (CAMD) to reevaluate its role on campus because of the 2004 Strategic Plan.

Last year, Linda Carter Griffith, Dean of CAMD, along with six students, developed CAFÉ, Community Awareness For Everyone. They decided to establish an environment in which students...