Consortium History
Inaugural Meeting
People who were working with LGBT populations on campus began discussing the value of a possible "get-together" of those doing such work. The University of Pennsylvania hosted the first meeting of what was to eventually become the Consortium on April 22, 1994 (the date was adjacent to a conference in Delaware which a number of key folks happened to be planning to attend).
Present at the 4/22/94 inaugural meeting were the following (listed with their affiliations at that time):
- Curt Shepard, NGLTF's campus coordinator
- Felice Yeskel - University of Massachusetts Amherst
- James Toy - University of Michigan
- Beth Zemsky - University of Minnesota
- Cheryl Clarke - Rutgers University
- James Lee-Van Patten (now James Lee) - University of of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Saralynn Chesnut - Emory University
- Phil Martin - The Ohio State University
- Heather Wishik - Tufts University
- Elizabeth Storz - University of Pennsylvania
- Bob Schoenberg - University of Pennsylvania
Subsequent meeting dates and locations:
- 11/10/94 - NGLTF Creating Change @ Dallas, TX
- 11/9/95 - NGLTF Creating Change @ Detroit, MI
- 3/10/96 - ACPA @ Baltimore, MD
- 11/7/96 - NGLTF Creating Change @ Arlington, VA
- 3/23/97 - ACPA/NASPA @ Chicago, IL
- 11/13/97 - NGLTF Creating Change @ San Diego, CA
The Consortium was formalized as an organization at the San Diego meeting. - 3/7/98 - University of Pennsylvania (in conjunction with NASPA in Philadelphia, PA)
The Consortium's Bylaws were officially adopted at this meeting, establishing that the Annual Meeting would be held at Creating Change with additional meetings at either ACPA for NASPA.
More Consortium Milestones
- 2003 - A 5-year Strategic Plan is developed to guide the Consortium.
- 2004 - Bylaws revised to define membership based on supporting the Mission, completing an application and paying dues.
- 2005 - Bylaws revised to create formal Working Groups, launching the Internship Program and Consultants/Speakers Network and formalizing the Mentoring Program.
- 2005 - First LGBT Campus Administrators Institute, NGLTF Creating Change Conference.
- 2005 - Consortium Listserv becomes members-only.
- 2006 - Consortium becomes a Limited Liability Corporation.
- 2006 - People of Color, LGBT2, and Anti-Racism ad hoc groups created.
- 2006 - First comprehensive Survey of center staffing, history, and resources.
- 2007 - Anti-Racism Report released.
- 2008 - Consortium celebrated 10 year anniversary.
- 2008 - Bylaws revised to create permanent Anti-Racism Working Group and permanent constituaency-based People of Color Group and LGBT2 Group. Membership defined as staff, faculty, and graduate students on college or university campuses who support our mission, complete an application, and pay dues.
- 2008 - Name of Consortium changed to Consortium of Higher Education LGBT Resource Professionals.