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Accepted
to AU? Want to come to an AU overnight?
Request a host knowledgeable about GLBT issues.
The GLBTA
Resource Center offers an advisor program to prospective freshmen and
transfer students. Through this program, we match up prospective students
with current AU students for an honest look at American University.
Advisors are trained students who are given the resources to be able
to answer questions about the university effectively. The benefit of
the program is that incoming students are able to get a candid view
of campus as well as a student’s answer to their questions.
Participants
in the program engage in e-mail correspondence and have the opportunity
to take part in the overnight program as well. The overnight program
is designed so that advisors and advisees have an opportunity to meet
face to face and advisors can be a guide around American University
and Washington D.C.
The objectives of the program
are to:
A. Create a bridge between
gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender
high school students in the metropolitan
Washington, DC area and the students
and faculty of the American University.
B. Assist gay, lesbian, bisexual,
transgender, and other sexual minority
high school students from around the
country with their applications for
admission to American University by
offering advice, counseling, and first-hand
experience.
C. Make an active effort to
recruit talented gay, lesbian, bisexual,
transgender, and sexual minority high
school students from around the country
to attend American University after
they graduate high school.
D. Work
with the Admissions Office at American
University to make sure all prospective
students are aware of the groups and
organizations on campus that deal
with gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender
issues.
E. Encourage local gay, lesbian,
bisexual, transgender, and other sexual
minority high school students to take
part in many of the social, educational,
academic, and political events that
occur and/or are hosted by American
University.
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here to Get an Advisor!
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"American University
is a safe environment for those who are closeted and for those who are
out as well, it's a very non-confrontational environment. People on
campus seem to be sensitive to queer issues, and my experience has been
a positive one." - Celeste, Class of 2003.
"The school offers
many events and organizations for gay students . . . there is the city
. . . Dupont Circle, one of the big gay neighborhoods in Washington,
is a place where I feel welcome. I have even had openly gay professors."
- David, Class of 2002.
"There
is a variety of activities on campus to immerse
yourself in as a GLBT student. Being a politically-minded
campus, political discussions and events are encouraged
amongst the GLBT community here at AU. We
also try to organize various social outings to
keep things light and varied." - Franc, Class
of 2004.
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