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PFLAG Endows Kent State University's Gay Studies Scholarship




PUBLISHED: NOVEMBER 27, 2010
The Akron, Ohio chapter of Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians
 and Gays (PFLAG) has given $30,000 to endow a scholarship for students
 enrolled in Kent State University's LGBT Studies minor.
The school's program was the first of its kind in Ohio when the 
small-town college created it in 2001. In March, university officials 
opened the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ)
 Student Center as part of a universitywide diversity initiative.
“We are impressed with Kent State's outreach to the LGBT community,
 particularly the LGBTQ Student Center,” PFLAG President-elect
 Rabbi David Horowitz said in a statement. “Kent State is friendly
 and embracing of the LGBT community.”
“We hope that as more students increase their knowledge of the
 LGBT community, it will broaden that information throughout the
 general public,” he added. “The more people are educated, the more
 people will teach, the more people will understand LGBT issues and 
equality in America.”
“By making this gift to Kent State, we're encouraging others to
 contribute,” Ed Kancler, president of PFLAG's Akron chapter, said.
 “We believe that with our contacts we can generate money for the
 fund, and we hope Kent State alumni and community members will
 help, too.”
BY ON TOP MAGAZINE STAFF 

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