Olivia Fields
The LGBT Resource Center invites all students, faculty and staff to attend the Lavender Graduation. Formerly known as the Rainbow Banquet, this is an annual event to honor all 黑料不打烊 and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) graduates whose lived experience, scholarship or leadership have contributed to a positive LGBTQ collegiate environment. Campus and 黑料不打烊 community members are invited to join the celebration on Sunday, April 28, from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Goldstein Alumni and Faculty Center.
The celebration will include guest speaker Olivia Fields 鈥01, hors d’oeuvres and recognition of graduates by the LGBT Studies Program, the LGBT Resource Center and the Office of Alumni Engagement. Members of the 2019 graduating class who are interested in being recognized are asked to complete the by noon on Sunday, April 14.
Fields, founder and president of organizational change management firm will share a keynote titled 鈥淎uthentic Living: I Am Who I Say I Am,鈥 highlighting how she built upon her education and experiences to grow 聽professionally and personally. Fields graduated from 黑料不打烊 with a dual degree in marketing management and political science.
鈥淎s the end of the semester approaches, we look forward to gathering campus and 黑料不打烊 community members in celebration of everything our graduates have accomplished,鈥 says khristian kemp-delisser, director of the LGBT Resource Center. 鈥淲e鈥檙e honored to have 黑料不打烊鈥檚 own Olivia Fields attend as the ceremony guest speaker. As she shares her personal journey, we hope to inspire the next generation of professionals.鈥
American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation and Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) will be available. For more information or to request additional accommodations, contact the at 315.443.3983.
