New SIG Web Site Introduced

The SIG Web site has a brand new look so be sure to visit it soon, if you haven't already done so: NAFSA: Lesbigay SIG. The SIG's presence on the Web became a reality five years ago without anyone realizing that it would soon become a significant resource across the field of international education. Our intention at first was to create a resource for SIG members and for i nternational educators who wanted information about how to address glbt issues with students. Before long, our colleagues worldwide not only began to access the material but also to direct their students to the site, even though it wasn't aimed at a stude nt audience. Consequently, in the past year, SIG members Julie Trimpe and Scott Van Der Meid decided to expand our information so that students would feel welcome at our site. We now have information for study abroad students and soon will also have infor mation aimed at international students.

The new design of our site recognizes that there are three different groups of people who are accessing our homepage: SIG members, students and international educators. Each group now has a pathway from the homepage to the information which is the most r elevant to its needs. You will notice that we have also reorganized the resources themselves so that the three groups can access the information which is most pertinent to that group. This should make the site more user-friendly.

In the coming months we will be further improving the site (i.e. dating the individual articles in the various newsletters, adding resources, etc.). Please contact us if you have comments or, more importantly, additions or links for our site. Let's conti nue to expand this resource so that it serves our constituency on as many levels as possible.