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["Michelle N. Issadore" <>]

Hi Amy,

We have recently amended our protocol in that if an RA (called Gryphons at Lehigh) receives a disclosure, they share the resident's name with their Residence Life Coordinator or myself and we fill out a report form using the last four digits of the resident's ID number (https://www.lehigh.edu/~inwnc/sv_reporting_fs.html). As Gryphons are employees of the university, if they know...the institution knows (or should). This process allows us to protect residents' anonymity whenever possible.

We will begin carrying these "utilization of services" numbers on our website at the end of this semester. These could include non-student perpetrators, assaults from before college, questions about friends, etc. Formal reports are carried as reports to University Police.

We also have a program called the Advocates, comprised of staff who volunteer to undergo additional training. They carry an on-call cell phone and can serve as a single access point to resources for survivors- medical, legal, conduct, academic, housing, counseling, etc. By telling their story only once and having a liaison work with other offices, we prevent the student from being bounced around all over campus.

Best,
Michelle

Nord, Amy wrote:

Colleagues,

 

I apologize if you may have gotten this on the ASCA list-serve. I am trying to me an information-gather machine today. ;-)

 

I am struggling with a protocol issue when a SA occurs in a residence hall, and the student reports to hall staff immediately. However, SAs are heard by the DOS, and the student, having made a report with res life staff, did not want to report again to DOS right away. I want to suggest a best practice or offer a protocol so, I was wondering if you have some thoughts to help guide me. My questions are:

 

Do you think that if a victim reports to the RA that report could be considered a formal report? Residents are told to report problems to their RA, an authority figure. At what point does all of this become official? I think a victim may assume,by reporting to the RA and Hall Director that they have made a formal report. I think the victim, by telling the RA and especially the Hall Director, would assume the university is involved at that point. Why does the victim have to keep meeting with additional people (DOS) if they have already told an authority figure in order to get the ball rolling i.e the offender moved to another hall during the investigation?

 

Just to get to this point (two weeks), she has met with her RA, HD, Counselor, me, health services, DOS, police officer, police investigator. What is a FORMAL complaint? Who makes it formal?

 

Thank You,

Amy

 

Amy Nord, M.S.Ed

Campus Violence Prevention Project Coordinator

University of Wisconsin-Stout

410 Bowman Hall

Counseling Center

715.232.2468

www.uwstout.edu/cvpp

www.uwstout.edu/counseling

 

 

 

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