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LGBTQ+ Center Newsletter - April 28, 2025

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LGBTQ+ Center Updates

April 28, 2025

Announcements

Come see us in Room 249 of the Mountainlair

8:15 a.m. - 4:45 p.m. | Monday - Friday

Contact us by phone at 304-293-9594 or by email at lgbtq@mail.wvu.edu

Upcoming Events

Check out our events page or subscribe to our Google Calendar so you can be the first to receive more information.

It’s Open Enrollment for WVU employees!

Open Enrollment is the only time of the year to add, drop or make changes to some WVU employee benefits without a qualifying life event (QLE). Open Enrollment is happening now through May 15, 2025and changes made during Open Enrollment are effective on July 1. 

This is a changes-only enrollment, meaning if you do not wish to make changes to your benefits, you are not required to do anything further. 

To learn more about Open Enrollment, benefit options, and changes for the new plan year, visit the WVU Benefits Strategy Open Enrollment webpage. Contact WVU Shared Services at SharedServices@mail.wvu.edu or 304-293-6006 with questions, or visit in person for a video chat option at one of the Shared Services Storefronts. 

Note that The Health Plan health insurance plan options include coverage for medically necessary gender affirming care. Limitations and prior-authorization apply. Please contact The Health Plan at 888-847-7902 with questions regarding this policy.


Dance Your Way To Wellness (With Tinh Dang)

Tuesday, April 29 from 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.

Mountainlair - Mountaineer Room

Want to get grooving in an inclusive environment while building community? Join the Carruth Center and the LGBTQ+ Center for Dance Your Way to Wellness! This weekly program will provide a comfortable space for students to practice dance movements in ways authentic to them to promote physical and mental wellbeing and connect with themselves and others.

This program is open to all students of all identities. No dance experience required, and all abilities are welcome!

Glen Or Glenda

Saturday, June 7at 2p.m.& 7p.m.

M.T. Pockets Theater

Our summer fundraiser for the LGBTQ+ Center this Pride Month will be a live reading and discussion of the 1953 film Glen Or Glenda at M.T. Pockets Theatre !

This campy live reading, adapted from the film written and directed by cult classic film legend Ed Wood, will show how gender nonconformity was viewed in the early 1950s. Themes of sex and gender will be discussed, as well as topics like allyship. See how far we’ve come, talk about the future, and support your community.

Adventure WV: LGBTQ+ & Allies First-Year Trip

July 12 -17

Odyssey 11b

Adventure WV is partnering with the LGBTQ+ Center to provide an exciting opportunity for first year students in the summer of 2025. Sign up today to reserve your spot!

Community Corner

Our Place

Wednesday, May 21 from 6 -10p.m.

The Co-Op at 131 Pleasant St. in Morgantown

Must be 18+

Come together in real time as a community! Talk, eat, dance, hang, and play games in a safe space for all LGBTQ+ people.

WGST Celebration and Recognition Ceremony

Thursday, April 24from 4:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Downtown Library - Milano Room

The Center for Women's and Gender Studies would like to invite you to celebrate 47 years of women's and gender studies at WVU. We are hosting an event on April 24th to celebrate our continued existence and to recognize the accomplishments of our students and faculty. We would love for you and your faculty to join us. Can you please circulate the attached flyer to your list serves and pass on to any other interested parties?

Faculty, staff, and students are welcome to attend. In these fraught times, it is particularly important to come together as a faculty and enjoy some camaraderie and joy.

The Rack at WVU

The Rack: WVU Student Food Pantry is committed to alleviating hunger and fostering a healthy, inclusive community by providing access to food and essential items for all WVU students.

The Rack has three locations that students can visit once per day, every day as needed. Offerings include fresh produce, perishable and nonperishable food items, and hygiene products—all available to currently enrolled students.

All students are welcome to use The Rack’s services. Just complete the yearly intake form before visiting, or stop by and ask for assistance if you need help getting started.

Gamma Rho Lambda - New In Town?

Anyone interested should email lgbtq@mail.wvu.edu .

An all-inclusive social sorority emphasizing tolerance, diversity, unity, and trust wants to start a chapter at WVU! Gamma Rho Lambda (GRL) welcomes potential members of all genders, sexual and romantic orientations, races, cultures, and abilities, and offers a network of assistance in the areas of scholastic guidance, emotional support, and community service.

WVU Art in the Libraries Graduate Student Exhibits Awards

Submission Deadline: May 15

WVU Libraries invites graduate students to submit ideas for an exhibit that showcases their scholarship. $500 reward, visual interpretations based on academic or creative research.

research

List of academic research in need of participants. Studies must be IRB approved. Priority will be given to research being conducted as a requirement to fulfill academic degree.

View Opportunities