We have over a hundred folks from all over UAB
medical, mental health and student services
professionals all coming together to
learn about how we can serve the needs
of our transgender students.
From their healthcare their mental
healthcare as well as every encounter
that they might have on campus. This is a
great opportunity for the university and student affairs in
particular to learn more about an important population that we're serving. A lot
of folks are unfamiliar with terms or 
concerns or issues that trans students
might have and so we're going to provide
the kind of diverse welcoming
environment that we want to do as a university to be as informed as we can so that
when they do present that we know what
their issue might be. Some people don't have
support systems
and I don't know that necessarily until we
start talking and I want all students to feel
supported no matter what is going on in their life. One of the things I was really interested in hearing about
was cumulative impact and I think it's
really important especially as all the
areas and Student Services are aware and
have the knowledge that we need to be able to work
together to best help students. Our job at UAB is to set up our students to have the best chance of
success we want to make sure that there
are no barriers to their education and
access to the services that they need so
that they can focus on their education and
can focus on meeting their goals so
that when they graduate there equipped to
be citizens and contribute to our world
