These programs include, but are not limited to the following.
When students arrive to Rutgers the resource center provide a Welcome Week packed with events and programs to familiarize students with the University, their peers, and the center. Past Welcome Weeks have included a Movie Night, Queer Club Fair and Social, where students are able to meet some of the many LGBTQA organizations on campus. The week continues with a LGBTQA International Student Brunch where students enjoy a complimentary breakfast and engage in discussion about the Resource center and what it has to provide for students. Finally the First Breathing Room of the year, where students talk about topics related to coming out on campus often concludes Welcome Week.
Aside from Welcome Week the resource center has daily events throughout the year. Starting Every Monday the Resource center has the Breathing Room which the resource center describes as “a laid-back weekly discussion group for students who are LGBTQA or questioning to get together, relax and discuss issues they are facing with their identities or life in general.” The discussion group meets from 6 PM to 7 PM. Every Tuesday the resource center provides Open Office Hours with CAPS (Counseling and Psychological Services). No appointment is required and students are able to speak …show more content…
The center was first formed in 1990 after the Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Network (UGLBN which is now the Queer Student Cultural Center) lobbied the university to analyze the campus climate in regards to lesbians, gays, and bisexuals. As a result of the lobbying, they created a select committee to analyze the concerns from the community and three years later published a report on 5 recommendations to address the discriminations issues that the GLBT brought
When students arrive to Rutgers the resource center provide a Welcome Week packed with events and programs to familiarize students with the University, their peers, and the center. Past Welcome Weeks have included a Movie Night, Queer Club Fair and Social, where students are able to meet some of the many LGBTQA organizations on campus. The week continues with a LGBTQA International Student Brunch where students enjoy a complimentary breakfast and engage in discussion about the Resource center and what it has to provide for students. Finally the First Breathing Room of the year, where students talk about topics related to coming out on campus often concludes Welcome Week.
Aside from Welcome Week the resource center has daily events throughout the year. Starting Every Monday the Resource center has the Breathing Room which the resource center describes as “a laid-back weekly discussion group for students who are LGBTQA or questioning to get together, relax and discuss issues they are facing with their identities or life in general.” The discussion group meets from 6 PM to 7 PM. Every Tuesday the resource center provides Open Office Hours with CAPS (Counseling and Psychological Services). No appointment is required and students are able to speak …show more content…
The center was first formed in 1990 after the Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Network (UGLBN which is now the Queer Student Cultural Center) lobbied the university to analyze the campus climate in regards to lesbians, gays, and bisexuals. As a result of the lobbying, they created a select committee to analyze the concerns from the community and three years later published a report on 5 recommendations to address the discriminations issues that the GLBT brought