CPE To Hold Webinar Focused On Serving LGBTQ+ Students At Western Kentucky University

Paducah KY

01 July, 2021

7:48 AM

Description

Press release from Western Kentucky University: June 30, 2021 The Council on Postsecondary Education will hold a webinar, Supporting the Full Spectrum of Gender Identities on Our Campuses, at 11 a.m. ET/10 a.m. CT Wednesday (July 7). Part of the Council's Higher EDquity series, the webinar will focus on how higher education institutions can better serve LGBTQ+ students with special emphasis on providing mental health support, expanding cultural competence of the student population, and how to create more inclusive pedagogy. Featured speakers are students and faculty from WKU: Peggy Crowe, director, Counseling Center and Student Accessibility Resource CenterIzzy Gentry, studentKirsten Hooks, program specialist for Living Learning CommunitiesMolly Kerby, assistant provost for institutional effectiveness and co-chief diversity officerKyle Phillips, student and representative on the Committee for Diversity and InclusionMartha Sales, dean of students and executive director of TRIO Programs and the Intercultural Student Engagement CenterThe event is open to the public, and those interested in attending can register on the Council's website at http://cpe.ky.gov/higheredquity/webinar-070721.html. This press release was produced by Western Kentucky University. The views expressed here are the author's own.