Here is the link. Condolences to Matt’s friends and family and university
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Here is what you need to know:
HPO will be doing a webinar in December talking about HPO and its national objectives:
https://www.nccpsafety.org/
This December, we are pleased to welcome Emily Pualwan (PDF), executive director of HazingPrevention.Org, to discuss building and sustaining year-round hazing prevention efforts on campus. This webinar will discuss the public safety issue of hazing, and the process for implementing broad and sustainable prevention plans that drive culture change. There are many overlaps in strategy and just as many differences in approach, and there is no one-size-fits-all solution. This presentation is not ‘The Plan’ – it’s how we get there.
As the executive director of HazingPrevention.Org, Emily represents the organization in the media and in engagements with high schools, colleges and universities, and national organizations involved in the prevention of hazing. Her career over the past 25 years includes focus in the behavior and culture change areas of hazing prevention and awareness, including advocacy and education; anti-bullying advocacy and awareness; cancer prevention and smoking cessation, including advocacy and education; and substance abuse awareness and intervention.
Covering the roles that awareness, advocacy, public policy, education, and engagement share in the achievement of prevention goals, this presentation will focus on:
- Changing embedded cultural and campus norms to drive change
- The need to bring key stakeholders to the table to affect change from the bottom up as well as the top-down
- Understanding the prevention cycle and long-term prevention goals
- Building and sustaining an effective hazing prevention plan and platform throughout the year
- The difficulties of maintaining focus to work the plan
- The challenges campus-based professionals face in managing multiple and overlapping public safety issues
Understanding the role that national organizations take in implementing long-term hazing prevention strategies will help campuses and communities sustain local efforts in the shared objective to eradicate hazing.
The webinar is appropriate for professionals in secondary and post-secondary education, as well as those interested in prevention strategies and tactics, including public policy and wellness advocates, campus safety and security officers, residential life staff, student conduct and affairs personnel, victim services workers, wellness coordinators, and Title IX personnel. Those new to the field as well as more experienced professionals will benefit from the presented material.
Our Campus Public Safety Online webinars are free. Space is limited and registration is required to hold a seat. One person may register on behalf of a group of participants from one institution or organization. Live webinars are recorded, closed captioned, and made available for on-demand viewing in our webinar archives. Click below to register. The registration deadline is Tuesday, December 19, 2017 at 1:00 PM ET.
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Thursday seminar on hazing: Moderator
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The Constant Threat of Hazing
Record Date/Time: November 16, 2017,
Hazing is a bizarre and sometimes deadly safety problem on campuses nationwide.
Rigorous safeguards are needed to prevent occurrences and to keep a persistent culture of hazing from taking hold at an institution. Like sexual assault, hazing can be a problem particularly troublesome in fraternities and sports teams, as it often flares up in organizations considered to have high status on campus. Moreover, campus professionals combat hazing in ways that are far too lenient for the felony or misdemeanor crimes that can result from increased alcohol levels, sexual assaults or other activities.
When college athletic teams engage in hazing, about a quarter of all coaches is aware of the problem, but often do not step in to stop the practice until parents become aware of the practice and raise the issue. By then, prevention is too late.
Simply stated, hazing is a menace unlikely to evaporate on its own. Once campuses learn of the presence of hazing at one social group or team, chances are a culture of hazing is already present. At this point the hazard must be addressed by campus law officers, administrators and chapter advisers.
This webinar will discuss how to:
- Teach your students how to conduct positive rites of passage.
- Help professionals intervene when hazing is present.
- Understand the seriousness of hazing and the consequences that should follow such acts.
- Know when it is necessary to involve outside law enforcement about a possible criminal hazing incident.
Guest Speaker: Hank Nuwer, Journalism Professor at Franklin College (Indiana)
Hank Nuwer is a nationally renowned speaker and writer for HazingPrevention.Org and is also a published author of five books on the topic of hazing.
Excerpts follow
In 2007, a teenage novice died after being beaten up by older wrestlers, with the stable master subsequently jailed for five years over the abuse.
That case exposed a culture of bullying and hazing within the ancient sport’s strict hierarchy.
In 2016, a stable master and wrestler were made to pay nearly $300,000 (£230,000) to a wrestler allegedly abused so badly that he lost sight in one eye, according to reports.
Nine-time grand champion Mongolian wrestler Harumafuji, 33, has apologised for “causing trouble”.
The alleged victim, Takanoiwa, was hospitalised for several days, the Japan Sumo Association has said.
Japanese media report the incident occurred during a drinking session.
Sumo association officials told AFP news agency that exactly what happened remains unconfirmed.
Takanoiwa, who is also Mongolian, is reported to have suffered a fractured skull. The 27-year-old is part of a so-called ‘stable’ led by Takanohana, a former grand champion who reported the incident to police, according to Kyodo news agency.
Harumafuji and his stable master, Isegahama, were questioned by association executives on Tuesday.
The grand champion apologised publicly but did not confirm the circumstances of the incident.
“As for Takanoiwa’s injuries, I apologise deeply for causing trouble for stable master Takanohana, people affiliated with Takanohana stable, the Sumo Association and my stable master,” he told reporters.
Texas State University President Denise Trauth released the following statement Monday:
As president of Texas State University, I am deeply saddened by the tragic death of one of our students who attended an off-campus social event on Sunday evening hosted by members of a university fraternity. Following a call from friends, officers with the San Marcos Police Department found Matthew Ellis, a Phi Kappa Psi pledge, unresponsive on Monday morning at an apartment off campus. He was pronounced dead after EMS personnel were unable to revive him. My thoughts are with his family, friends, and the Texas State Community.
As a result of this tragedy, I have suspended activities of all Greek fraternity and sorority chapters at Texas State. These chapters are prohibited from holding new-member events, chapter meetings, social functions, and philanthropic activities until a thorough review of the Greek Affairs system is completed.
I have asked Dr. Joanne Smith, Vice President for Student Affairs, who has responsibility for the Greek Affairs system, to immediately initiate this review and propose recommendations for reinstating fraternity and sorority chapters that demonstrate a commitment to the core values of Texas State and the ideals established by their respective national organizations.
It is imperative that our entire university community develop a culture that places the highest priority on the safety of its students, faculty, and staff.