Interpersonal Violence: “What is the WRC doing?”
Campus community trainings
The Wellness Resource Center wants to equip all members of the campus community with accurate information about violence prevention. We have a number of trainings and programming available. Learn more about programming or request a program today!
- Peer-Facilitated Programs – Student organizations, instructors, athletic teams, and other student groups can request a program facilitated by the WRC’s HEART Peer Educators
- We [HEART] Healthy Relationships
This workshop will offer participants strategies for cultivating relationships that make them happy. - Building A Safer Nest: Addressing sexual assault and harassment
This workshop will cover the wide realities of sexual violence, as well as some things we can do to create a safer campus community.
- We [HEART] Healthy Relationships
- Staff Training & Professional Development
- Creating Safer Spaces for Survivors of Sexual Assault
Effective and informed responses to disclosures of sexual assault are built on a solid foundation of research and experiential expertise. Discussions and content will focus on the dynamics of sexual trauma and how best to incorporate trauma-sensitive principles into practice
- Creating Safer Spaces for Survivors of Sexual Assault
Awareness-raising events
- Clothesline Project – Started in 1990 as a way to raise awareness about interpersonal violence. Visitors are invited to design a t-shirt representing their own experience with violence or offer a message of hope and social change to others.
- WalkTU – WalkTU is an annual campus-wide event designed to honor and kick-off Sexual Assault Awareness Month efforts on campus.
- October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month – The WRC organizes programming throughout the month for members of the campus community to learn more about preventing and responding to intimate partner and dating violence in meaningful ways.
- April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month – The WRC organizes programming throughout the month for members of the campus community to learn more about preventing and responding to sexual violence in meaningful ways.