Penn State has once again been ranked among the top 30 LGBTQ-friendly colleges and universities.
The 2016 rating is published by Campus Pride and includes schools with student populations of 807 to 45,000, private and public institutions alike. Penn State also was included in the 2015 ranking for top 30 and shares the title this year with schools such as Cornell, UCLA, Princeton, and the University of Maine.
“Now more than ever, there are colleges that are recruiting LGBTQ youth – and they are investing in a campus that is fully supportive of LGBTQ students,” Executive Director of Campus Pride Shane Windmeyer said in a press release. “This Top 30 list showcases those ‘Top’ campuses leading the way.”
Penn State’s LGBTQ center is headed by Alison Subasic, who has been the director since 2001.
“I have been working in higher education for over fifteen years and I honor my position and responsibility to support students in their growth and development as individuals in their personal life, academic life and professional life,” Subasic writes on the LGBTQ website.
The group is planning a Rainbow Retreat September 9-11. The retreat is a three-day event to facilitate growth among aspiring leaders in the LGBTQ community.
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