In collaboration with Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Student Services, the LGBTA Alliance is hosting an ice cream social and open house welcoming students back to celebrate the beginning of the academic year Wednesday night.

All are encouraged to attend this event, which will include a variety of activities including games, LGBTSS Center tours and the opportunity to connect with others in the Ames LGBTQA community.

What’s being called “an experience of a lifetime,” the largest student-run LGBTQA conference in the United States known as the Midwest Bisexual Lesbian Gay Transgender Ally College Conference, will take place in Ames in February.

LGBTSS is looking for students to get involved in MBLGTACC and will be providing information on the event after the ice cream social.

The social begins at 6 p.m. outside the Student Services building in the Student Services Plaza.

The MBLGTACC orientation will follow in Marston Hall Auditorium from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m.