On Wednesday, May 2, Campus Pride Executive Director Shane Windmeyer presented a special online webinar discussing LGBT-inclusive college recruitment and admissions.

Campus Pride is offering you the opportunity to watch the webinar online for free. Click here to watch the approximately hour-long presentation.

About the Webinar: Gay rights pioneer Harvey Milk often touted: “We’re here to recruit you.” His comment was poking fun at the adage but yet in the same breath advocated boldly for greater LGBT visibility. Over the last few years, a growing visible population of LGBT youth have emerged for college recruitment and retention efforts. These out LGBT and ally youth want to find colleges that not only meet their academic needs but also provide a welcoming, safe, accepting environment. More and more colleges want to actively reach out to these LGBT youth and share their LGBT-friendly programs and services. Campus Pride provides an analysis of LGBT recruitment and retention trends and observations from its National LGBT-Friendly College Fair Program and its LGBT-Friendly Campus Climate Index . The webinar will also feature a panel of guests from some of the leading LGBT-Friendly colleges and universities across the country. Learn how your campus can recruit out LGBT students and provide retention services.

Take Action: LGBT-Inclusive Outreach Opportunities

Learn more about LGBT-inclusive outreach and recruiting opportunities for your college or university through Campus Pride's annual LGBT-Friendly College Fair Program. Running August through November, the fair will tour Charlotte, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, Dallas and New York City. Learn more and register at www.campusprideindex.org/events/.

Campus Pride recognizes the nearly 30 colleges and universities who attended the West Coast LGBT-Friendly College Fair this past Saturday, April 18, 2009. Every college/university has the responsibility to make their campus more inclusive, welcoming and respectful for people who are LGBT and ally. Participation in the Campus Pride College Fair is one way that colleges can come out and recruit LGBT & ally prospective students.

Please learn more about these campuses and the 200 more who are part of the LGBT-Friendly Campus Climate Index at http://www.campusclimateindex.org.

Campus Pride College Fair Roster

Alliant International University
Arizona State University
Bryant University
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Claremont McKenna College
Columbia College Chicago
Drexel University
Emory College (of Emory University)
Gustavus Adolphus College
Kalamazoo College
Linfield College
McNally Smith College of Music
The Pennsylvania State University
Princeton University
Point Foundation
Rochester Insitute of Technology
San Diego State University
Sarah Lawrence College
UC San Diego
University of Colorado at Boulder
University of Maryland
University of the Pennsylvania
University of the Pacific
University of Southern California
University of Utah
Washington and Lee University
Whittier College
Yale