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GLBT @ NCSU
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History
In the 2006-07 academic year, the GLBT Subcommittee of the University Diversity Advisory Council (UDAC) submitted a proposal to create a gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) center. The UDAC, Student Senate and Faculty Senate endorsed the proposal. On Wednesday January 23, 2008 the GLBT Center officially opened with a ceremony attended by an estimate of 150 people from the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and ally communities.
A recent survey placed NC State in the bottom 20 schools nationally, based on how welcoming the campus is perceived to be for GLBT students. The spring semester of 2003 marked the first official assessment on campus of the climate for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender students. The assessment was conducted by a graduate student and focused on giving voice to GLBT student perspectives of campus climate.
NC State’s 2004 Student Diversity Climate Survey collected data on a wide range of climate issues. All undergraduate and graduate students were invited/encouraged to provide input, and a total of 3296 undergraduates and 1320 graduate students did so. Of the 3146 undergraduates who declared their sexual orientation, 3045 identified as heterosexual, 99 as gay, lesbian, or bisexual, and 2 as transgender. Of the 1282 graduate students who did so, 1223 identified as heterosexual, 55 as gay, lesbian, or bisexual, and 4 as transgender.
The 2004 campus climate survey revealed that GLBT students are the most likely of all students to feel threat of harm to themselves or their belongings and to experience the highest levels of verbal harassment, particularly in residence halls. These results run counter to our mission at NC State University, and the kind of campus culture we strive to maintain.
The university has had GLBT programs and services (established in 2004), provided part-time by a graduate student in the Department of Campus Activities. Numerous faculty and staff members have been providing voluntary programmatic and advising support to the student organization for almost twenty years.
We are currently members of the Consortium of Higher Education LGBT Resource Professionals and the American College Personnel Association (ACPA) Standing Committee for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Awareness.
Click here to download a PDF version of our proposal.
(This information was in part compiled by NC State News Services, January 2008.)