Mission 

The NC State Pride Center is open to all students and celebrates and empowers our collective communities to increase student success and well-being. Through culturally relevant programming, we cultivate joy, foster belonging, and build community in the promotion of academic and personal excellence. 

Vision

Our vision is to serve as a welcoming and accountable space that connects students to resources and community, designed to enhance their leadership development and opportunities to thrive.

Community Agreements

Our Community

As center staff, we agree to and lift up these statements within our daily work and our commitment to creating and cultivating communal spaces. We lift up human liberation, where we practice and promote wellbeing, honoring the needs and experiences of our diverse communities. We lift up a community where we are able to live, play and thrive.

Challenge yourself

As a community we are committed to creating and cultivating a healthy, accountable, open space, honoring all who enter and leave.

Privacy

As a community, we are committed to protecting the rights of others, learning and growing together while encouraging the sharing of only helpful information beyond our Center.

Respect

As a community we believe in the respect of each other at all times, encouraging healthy connections that may call each other in or out, while centering kindness and giving grace.

Speak from your own experience

As individuals who are a part of many communities, we recognize our center and our institution are not monoliths, and our individual or collective views are not necessarily the views of the community as a whole.

Self-care

As a community, we center the health and well-being of all community members and we encourage you to center your own wellness while honoring and respecting the needs of others.

Values

• Accountability: We foster an accountable and inclusive environment for students, staff, faculty and alumni of all genders and sexualities, for individuals exploring their sexual orientation and gender identity/expression and for allies of the LGBTQ community.
• Cultural Affirmation: We affirm the identities of LGBTQ and questioning students, staff, faculty and alumni while also acknowledging and helping to raise awareness about the way the lived experiences of LGBTQ individuals vary and are influenced by their race, religion, ethnicity, age, ability status, social class and other social characteristics.
• Collaboration: We collaborate with departments, offices and organizations across campus to engage members of the NC State community in conversations about issues of belonging, well-being, identity and community building.
• Education: We provide education with respect to the issues faced by LGBTQ individuals and their allies.
• Holistic Well-being: We prioritize holistic well-being, uplifting student success by offering advising and resources to the campus community to ensure healthy and supportive academic, residential and professional environments.
• Community: We celebrate and honor our community of LGBTQ and allied students, staff, faculty and alumni of NC State while networking with LGBTQ groups and organizations in the local area and throughout North Carolina.

Annual Reports

From advising student organizations to hosting events that engage the campus community in conversations about identity and social justice, the LGBTQ Pride Center works throughout the year to fulfill our mission, vision and goals. Not only is our work intentional, but so is our desire to be transparent about what we are trying to do and the impact we are having. Each year we complete annual reports that outline all of our programs and services as well as our assessment of how effectively we are meeting our intended outcomes. Information for 2024-2025 will be posted in the summer of 2025.