Faculty, Staff and Administrators Invited to NWA LGBTQA Monthly Happy Hour

All University of Arkansas faculty, staff and administrators are invited to join the monthly NWA LGBTQA Happy Hour.

The next event will be at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 29, at The Cork & Keg in Fayetteville. Attendees do not need to identify as LGBTQ to participate — all queer folk, partners, friends and allies are welcome.

The goal of the happy hour is to build a more visible community and network among faculty, staff and administration as well as provide social support.  

"We want to bring people together from all across the university and surrounding NWA community that might not otherwise meet or might not have the space to meet," said Justin Barnum, one of the event's organizers and an instructor in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice within the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences.

"It is also a way for us to create a relationship between the University of Arkansas and Fayetteville, to dismantle a little of the distinction between town and gown," Barnum said.

For more information, please email jbarnum@uark.edu or visit the NWA LGBTQA Happy Hour Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/groups/NWAHappyHour/.