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Summit of Success: Out for Undergrad Leadership Summit 2013

Posted on May 1, 13 :: Events, Updates

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With the conclusion of the first annual Out for Undergrad Leadership Summit, O4U looks back on a successful weekend and what lies ahead for the Summit Out for Undergrad Leadership Summit attendees on the Georgetown University campus One student said she wanted to join the United States Foreign Service. Another wanted to build medical devices. [...]

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Leadership Summit Spotlight: Chris Fleming

Posted on Apr 5, 13 :: Events, Profiles, Uncategorized, Updates

Co-Director of Programming for the Out for Undergraduate Leadership Summit Chris Fleming

With the inaugural O4U Leadership Summit only weeks away, O4U spoke with Chris Fleming, the Co-Director of Programming for the Out for Undergrad Leadership Summit, on his involvement with O4U, his preparations for the Leadership Summit and his advice to current LGBT undergraduates. When did you first become involved with Out for Undergrad? I first [...]

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Countdown to the O4U Leadership Summit 2013

Posted on Mar 31, 13 :: Events, Updates

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Interested in the upcoming O4U Leadership Summit? O4U spoke with Garrett Hall and Chris Lloyd, two of the founders of this year’s inaugural Leadership Summit, to discuss the inspiration for the summit, what they hope attendees will gain from the experience, and how the Leadership Summit differs from OUBC and OUTC. What was your inspiration [...]

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10th Anniversary Kickoff Parties

Posted on Mar 10, 13 :: Updates

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Throughout the month of February, Out for Undergrad (O4U) hosted four successful kickoff parties across the US to celebrate our organization’s 10th anniversary. At these kickoff parties, alumni, organizers, sponsors, and supporters of O4U came together to toast to the mission of helping high-achieving LGBT undergrads reach their full potential in their careers. Everyone at [...]

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OUTC 2013: Reliving the Highlights

Posted on Feb 24, 13 :: Events, Updates

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Earlier this month, over 200 tech-interested LGBTQ students, company representatives, and O4U volunteers descended upon Facebook’s global headquarters in Menlo Park, California (many an attendee checked in on Facebook at Facebook!) for the second-annual Out for Undergrad Technology Conference. This year, OUTC spanned the whole weekend, and nearly doubled in the number of student attendees and participating [...]

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Introducing O4U

Posted on Jan 20, 13 :: Updates

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Our annual conferences bring together the nation’s most high potential undergraduate lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) leaders for a weekend of education, inspiration, community development and career recruitment: The annual Out for Undergrad Business Conference (OUBC) for students interested in careers in financial services, management consulting, and accounting The annual Out for Undergrad Technology [...]

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November Highlights

Posted on Dec 9, 12 :: Updates

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For those of you who were not able to attend, the 9th annual Out for Undergraduate Business Conference held October 5th and 6th in New York City was a huge success.

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OUBC at Sea

Posted on Jun 15, 12 :: Updates

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This year, three of our Campus Ambassadors participated in the Semester at Sea program.

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A Note from the Executive Director

Posted on Mar 15, 12 :: Updates

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Greetings, Conference planning is already well under way! We are pleased to confirm J.P. Morgan, our underwriting sponsor, will host the conference on October 5th and 6th at their global headquarters in New York City. The organizing committee is working to improve the experience for all stakeholders – we’re seeking to add additional student attendees, [...]

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Half of College-Educated Gays and Lesbians Hide their Orientation at Work

Posted on Jun 23, 11 :: Updates

A recent study showed that nearly half of college-educated lesbians and gays still hide their sexual orientation at work and nearly a third live “double lives,” in the closet at the office but completely open about their sexuality outside of work. Obviously, there is massive opportunity to get more LGBT individuals to come out of [...]

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