UW-Eau Claire Remains Best in State for LGBTQ+ Student Support
For the second consecutive year, the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire has been named the best school in the state for LGBTQ+ student support by BestColleges.com and Campus Pride, two websites dedicated to informing prospective students and ranking universities in the United States.
Christopher Jorgenson, the director of the Gender and Sexuality Resource Center, is proud to be a part of the movement toward acceptance and celebration at UWEC, but maintains that there is still more work to be done. Jorgenson said that “rankings such as these do not serve as confirmation that we’ve reached some ultimate pinnacle of LGBTQ+ advocacy; rather, they are indications that we are on the right track.”
Since January of 2017, the United States has experienced an alarming number of setbacks and roadblocks in the fight for LGBTQ+ rights and acceptance. Nevertheless, it is Jorgenson’s hope that, “amidst a national political landscape saturated with white supremacy, misogyny, xenophobia and virulent anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment, UW-Eau Claire will continue to engage in critical self-reflection, so as to realize its institutional commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion.”
