NOGLSTP at Purdue

NOGLSTP members with President Cordova at Boiler Blast

On April 10, 2009,  NOGLSTP at Purdue volunteered in Boiler Blast, a one day, campus-wide day of service where student volunteers work on campus beautification or help perform spring chores for residents of Lafayette. NOGLSTP at Purdue helped out at Trinity United Methodist Church and look forward to participating again next Spring!

On April 1, Kay, Alex, and Mandy had a meeting with John Dennis, the mayor of West Lafayette. They discussed a survey sent out by the West Lafayette Human Relations Commission, getting gender expression in the West Lafayette anti-discrimination statement, and comments made by Randy Truitt, West Lafayette city councilor, regarding Purdue students. Mayor Dennis seemed very interested in and concerned about dialogue with the university, especially in regards to the environment for queers on and off campus.

IBM, a company which has had a HRC Corporate Equality Index of 100 for the past 6 years, is coming to speak to students about being Out at work.

Sponsored by PQSU, NOGLSTP at Purdue, and IBM

On Wednesday April 8, 2009, NOGLSTP at Purdue cosponsored the Shell Career Forum. Susan Lallier Smith, a representative from Shell Oil, gave a short speech and answered audience questions about the various opportunities that Shell has to offer college students, as well as their open attitude towards members of the queer community and their allies. As a representative of “SEA-SHELL” [Supporting Education and Awareness at Shell], the company’s LGBTQ network, she was able to speak about how she has had many positive experiences working as an ally and has met very many interesting people. She explained that the a few of the reasons that Shell earned the highest possible score from the HRC were their domestic partner benefits, diversity training classes, and the content of their discrimination statement. Although Smith did not expend as much effort speaking about being “out” on one’s resume as expected, she provided an interesting and informative insight into Shell Oil’s accepting community.

Kay Johnson’s TDOR article - in the Purdue Exponent

Kay Johnson speaks at Purdue Police Department forum on diversity (WLFI)

Journal and Courier article on the Purdue Police Department forum on diversity

WBAA Gender Spectrum Town Meeting: Kay Johnson interview

WBAA Gender Spectrum: An Educational Town Meeting on Transgender and Intersex Identities