Discussion List for campus-based and allied personnel working to end gender-based violence on campus.

[Katie Dalton <>]

Good morning, 

At Boston College we work with residence halls and first year courses to 
offer the Bystander Intervention Education Program (an adapted version of 
UNH's Bringing in the Bystander). Through a number of assessments (pre, post 
& 3 month post) to measure the program's effectiveness we have found that the 
second semester first year students gain so much more in terms of 
understanding as well as behavior change than first semester first year 
students. I know this makes it trickier to implement because most mandatory 
programs are offered as soon as school starts but it is definitely something 
to consider.

Be well,

Katie Dalton

-----Original Message-----
From: Kades, Roshelle 
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Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 10:15 AM
To: 

Subject: RE: Programming for upperclass students

And by "this message," I mean the following:

Various staff and faculty members at Goucher have been working to think more 
innovatively and comprehensively about how we program to our entire student 
body. As I'm sure is a common occurrence, we have found that it is much 
easier to educate first year students about sexual violence, dating violence, 
and stalking because of certain requirements they have (such as Orientation 
and the first year experience course).

Our thinking on increasing upperclass attendance at our education events is 
to offer more variety in our programs, in the hopes that more students will 
feel as though something we offer is appealing to them. In other words, we 
are trying to build programs that are not solely aimed at "the choir." While 
we have considered finding a way to make some program, whether live or 
online, mandatory for all upperclass students, we have not yet decided that 
is the right route for us.

I am interested in learning what other insitutions have tried, whether 
mandatory or not, to increase both the numbers and the diversity of 
attendance from upperclass students as well as transfers and graduate 
students. What has or has not worked for you?


Roshelle Kades

Student Health and Wellness Coordinator

Goucher College

(410)769-5088

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From: Kades, Roshelle 
[]
Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 10:13 AM
To: 

Subject: RE: Programming for upperclass students

Hello, all,



Last week, I sent this message out to the group. I received quite a few 
responses, most of which were along the lines of, "Please share any info you 
get with me."



This seems to be something that others are also unsure about and want to 
improve upon. So it felt worth opening this back up and proposing that it be 
a public dialogue.



If anyone in the group has tried things that have or have not worked for 
their schools (we are talking about trying to expand our reach in educational 
efforts with upperclass students), or things they have been thinking about 
trying, I invite you to share here with the larger group. It appears that 
many of us would benefit from others' ideas.



Thanks for all the hard work you all do,



Roshelle Kades

Student Health and Wellness Coordinator

Goucher College

(410)769-5088

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From: Kades, Roshelle
Sent: Friday, July 19, 2013 11:32 AM
To: 

Subject: Programming for upperclass students


Various staff and faculty members at Goucher have been working to think more 
innovatively and comprehensively about how we program to our entire student 
body. As I'm sure is a common occurrence, we have found that it is much 
easier to educate first year students about sexual violence, dating violence, 
and stalking because of certain requirements they have (such as Orientation 
and the first year experience course).



Our thinking on increasing upperclass attendance at our education events is 
to offer more variety in our programs, in the hopes that more students will 
feel as though something we offer is appealing to them. In other words, we 
are trying to build programs that are not solely aimed at "the choir." While 
we have considered finding a way to make some program, whether live or 
online, mandatory for all upperclass students, we have not yet decided that 
is the right route for us.



I am interested in learning what other insitutions have tried, whether 
mandatory or not, to increase both the numbers and the diversity of 
attendance from upperclass students as well as transfers and graduate 
students. What has or has not worked for you?



Thanks in advance for your insight,



Roshelle Kades

Student Health and Wellness Coordinator

Goucher College

(410)769-5088