LGBTQ Services

The Office of Multicultural Affairs & Diversity provides LGBTQ Services provides services to foster a campus environment that is positive, safe, and supportive for members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning community.

Services Include:

• Supporting students who may have questions about sexual orientation and gender identity;
• Advocating for students experiencing discrimination or harassment based on real or perceived assumptions about sexual orientation;
• Increasing community awareness and coordinating programs on a variety of topics relevant to LGBTQ issues;
• Facilitating Safe Space Training (identifying safe people and safe spaces on campus for LGBTQ persons) and other workshops on combating homophobia and transphobia and developing LGBTQ allies on campus;
• Providing LGBTQ lending library in Cultural Exchange Lounge (Decary 44) on the UNE Biddeford Campus with DVDs and books available for check out;
• Sponsoring educational, academic, and social events during National Coming Out Week in October, UNE GAYpril Pride in April, and programming in the UNE Diversity Lecture Series.

LGBTQ Advisors

Karl Koeppel
Residential Education and Housing , Biddeford Campus
kkoeppel@une.edu
207-602-2798

Jonathan Osborne
Multicultural Affairs, Biddeford Campus
josborne2@une.edu
207-602-2826

Travis Erickson
Graduate & Professional Student Affairs, Portland Campus
terickson@une.edu
207 -221-4267

Donna Gaspar Jarvis
Multicultural Affairs, Biddeford/Portland Campus
dgaspar@une.edu
207-602-2461