Your LGBTQ* Services Update for the Week of September 17 - September 23, 2018
LGBTQ* Services News and Announcements
Visit the LGBTQ* Center!
LGBTQ* Center Hours for Fall 2018 are:
Monday - Friday: 12PM - 11PM
Saturday: 12PM - 4PM
Located on the 2nd floor of West Side Dining.

The LGBTQ* Center features:
  • A large mutipurpose lounge with a tv to watch movies and play games on.
  • Several computer stations that you are welcome to use.
  • A small collaborative area to host meetings or study sessions, with state of the art technology.
  • An all-gender restroom.
  • A spacious conference room.
  • A small kitchen area to make coffee, tea, or heat up some food in the microwave.
LGBTQ* Services Collaboration with the SBU Food Pantry
We're starting a collaboration with the Stony Brook Food Pantry to make the LGBTQ* Center a new point on campus where students, faculty, and staff can come pick up a care package of food at no cost! We want to encourage you to take the whole bag, and if there is anything you do not want please pay it forward and give what you don't need to someone who does.

Each bag contains food from the major food groups. If you want to come pick up a bag, come to the Center and speak with one of our staff members who can show you to where we keep the pantry.

You can come grab a bag anytime the LGBTQ* Center is open during the fall!
Let's Talk! At the LGBTQ* Center
LGBTQ* Services is partnering with Counseling and Psychological Services to make the LGBTQ* Center a Let's Talk location!

Let's Talk is a chance for students to drop by for brief conversations with a counselor in their communities. Students can stop by and say hello, pick up some giveaways, or stick around to discuss anything bothering them.

The counselors are caring, unbiased and trustworthy professionals, who can suggest resources for further support, if necessary.

If you would like to chat with someone about anything, you can find a counselor at the LGBTQ* Center.

Tuesdays, during the Fall semester
3:30PM - 5:30PM
LGBTQ* Center
(Above West Side Dining C-Store)

Around Stony Brook!
Stay Connected with SB Engaged
Stay connected to all the going ons around campus from campus departments (like us at LGBTQ* Services!) and our over 400 student organizations!

SB Engaged is the online directory for all recognized student clubs & organizations, & student events on campus.
Corq is the mobile app version of this platform. If you are looking for ways to get involved on campus, these are your go to resources. 
Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Awareness Month Events
September is National Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Awareness month. To provide you with a collection of resources and events centered on raising awareness of how mental health affects people in the world, the Center for Prevention and Outreach has put together a calendar of events open to the Stony Brook campus community that we would like to encourage you all to take part in!

Student Diversity Dialogues
From USG's Office of Diversity Affairs! The biweekly Student Diversity Dialogues are an opportunity for all students to ask questions, share ideas and concerns, and learn about different updates regarding diversity and inclusion on campus. 

Thusday, September 20
7:00PM
SAC 306
Walk of Hope: For Suicide Prevention and Awareness
To help wrap up National Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Awareness Month, the Center for Prevention and Outreach is putting on the Walk of Hope. A march and rally aimed at raising awareness around these topics and host an event where students and those in the community can seek out resources that are available to them across campus.

Wednesday, September 26
March: 1:00PM, SAC Plaza
Rally and Info Fair: 1:30PM SAC Auditorium

Strength Is for Everyone!
Join Stony Brook Professor, USAPL National Team Member, and IPF World Medalist Melissa Forbis as she teams up with the SBU Strength Club in a strength seminar that centers women, LGBTQ identified students, and trans* and gender non-conforming students who want to make use of the gym!

In the seminar Melissa Forbis will go over the basics of why building strength can be positive (from phyisical health to mental health to confidence) and then focus on the basics of powerlifting (basics and proper form of the 3 main lifts: squat, bench, and dead lift) which is a great choice for building strength in a welcoming community.


Wednesday, September 26
1:00PM - 2:30PM
Campus Recreation Center, MAC Courts
Beyond Stony Brook
Registration is Open: 6th Annual SUNY Pride Conference
Pride Without Borders: Sharing Our Stories Beyond the Rainbow
The SUNY Pride Conference Committee cordially invites students, community members, resource professionals, junior and senior faculty, and administrators to submit proposals for our upcoming conference theme, Pride Without Borders: Sharing Our Stories Beyond the Rainbow...

Today’s students entering college come with new attitudes and understandings around gender and sexuality. Despite the progress made in different areas of policy, education, and pop culture, there’s still a lot of work to be done in order to give the best support and education to students in a nation full of uncertainty. To this effect, this year’s theme serves to provide an avenue for different voices to be heard and allow for greater representation of individuals who are so often silenced.

The 6th Annual SUNY Pride Conference will take place:
October 12th & 13th
SUNY Oneonta
Oneonta, NY

Registration is Open: Translating Identity Conference
"Opening its doors to the public once more, the Translating Identity Conference (TIC) explores a wide array of topics in discourses regarding gender and transgender identities, expressions, communities, and intersections. The largest conference of its kind in New England, TIC is a free conference that seeks to reach not only the University of Vermont & Burlington community, but the nation as a whole.

A one-day event, TIC has numerous sessions to choose from at any time, ranging from healthcare to law to education, that are directed towards people at all levels of inclusion in the trans and allied communities. This conference is designed to be a safe space for everyone to come, learn, and enjoy themselves!"
-From the Translating Identity Conference website

The Translating Identity Conference will take place:
November, 3, 2018
Dudley H. Davis Center
590 Main Street
Burlington, VT

LGBTQ* Scholarship Opportunities
A new resource for LGBTQ* identified students from Learn How to Become is their "Scholarships & Financial Aid for LGBTQ Students" guide! It details about 20+ scholarships and grants for LGBTQ students, that provides step-by-step advice to help optimize applications! The scholarships range from identity specific scholarships, to scholarships for specific types of programs. There are a few scholarships who have deadlines coming up soon so check them out when you can!

Check in!
It's getting close to the middle of September so we're getting into the end of the beginning. Keep in mind some dates that might impact your time at Stony Brook!
Mon, Oct. 8 - Tue, Oct. 9
  • Fall Break: No classes in session.
Fri, Oct. 12, 4:00 PM
  • Move Up/Drop Down: Last day to submit an approved adjustment form for selected AMS, MAP, MAT, and PHY courses to the Office of Registrar. Changes must be processed by 4:00 PM.
Fri, Oct. 19
  • Graduation Application: Last day for Fall and Winter degree candidates to apply for graduation via SOLAR.
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