We're three weeks out from Campus PRide's first LGBT-Friendly College Fair ever held in the Southeast, and North Carolina colleges are stepping up.

Along with Nashville's Vanderbilt University and Chicago's Columbia College, six North Carolina schools have signed up for spaces at the LGBT-Friendly College Fair: Warren Wilson College, Guilford College, UNC Charlotte, North Carolina State University, Appalachian State University and Elon University.

The Fair, held in collaboration with Time Out Youth and the Lesbian & Gay Community Center, will be held on Oct. 2 during the Pride Charlotte festival at the N.C. Music Factory.

For more information, check out our release from last week...

Are you a college or university staff member interested in getting your campus at the Fair? Jump on the bandwagon quick! Our special $195 early bird rate ends Sept. 14. Learn more...

Photo: Pride Charlotte 2008. Credit: Willamor Media, via Flickr, licensed under Creative Commons.

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Wed, November 4, 2009

Campus Pride College Fair Comes to New York City to Recruit Out LGBT & Ally Students this Friday, November 6, 2009

Nearly fifty colleges to attend national fair program in partnership with the New York LGBT Community Center

New York, NY, Wed, November 4, 2009 – This Friday Campus Pride (www.campuspride.org) comes to New York City to host its national college fair, the only program in the nation for out lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) and ally students to find LGBT-friendly colleges. The fair will take place on Friday, Nov. 6 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the LGBT Community Center at 208 West 13th Street, New York, NY. The fair is in partnership with the Youth Enrichment Services (YES) Program of the LGBT Community Center. More information available at http://www.campusclimateindex.org/events.