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Lack of Bystander Trainings Prompt Concerns About Community Safety

Lack of Bystander Trainings Prompt Concerns About Community Safety

By Giulia Testa November 4, 2021

CW: This article mentions sexual assault. Please refer to the end of the article for on- and off-campus resources. Delays in mandatory first-year bystander training prompted students and faculty to...

Delay in Required Sexual Assault Prevention, Alcohol Awareness Trainings Prompts Safety Concerns

Delay in Required Sexual Assault Prevention, Alcohol Awareness Trainings Prompts Safety Concerns

By Caitlin McLean September 10, 2021

Health Education Services has postponed required Sexual Assault Prevention trainings and AlcoholEdu, an alcohol safety course, for incoming students until mid-September. HESs postponed the two online...

GUSA Specific Bystander Trainings See Low Attendance

GUSA Specific Bystander Trainings See Low Attendance

By Grace Buono December 6, 2019

Many Georgetown University Student Association members have missed their GUSA bystander training sessions, GUSA Vice President Aleida Olvera (COL ’20) said at the weekly meeting of the GUSA senate Monday. Starting...

EDITORIAL: GUSA Executives Rebuild Student Trust

EDITORIAL: GUSA Executives Rebuild Student Trust

By Editorial Board November 1, 2019

When Georgetown University Student Association President Norman Francis Jr. (COL ’20) and Vice President Aleida Olvera (COL ’20) were sworn in last spring, they inherited their office amid high levels...

EDITORIAL: Improve Sexual Assault Prevention

EDITORIAL: Improve Sexual Assault Prevention

By Editorial Board October 18, 2019

As sexual misconduct remains a pervasive issue on Georgetown University’s campus, the university’s education programs surrounding this issue have also been woefully inadequate.  Moving forward,...

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In response to the climate survey results, student club leaders will be required to undergo bystander training.

Bystander Training Required for Leaders

By Tala al Rajjal October 21, 2016

Leaders of Georgetown’s largest student groups will undergo required bystander intervention training as part of the Sexual Assault and Misconduct Task Force’s goal of improving bystander education...

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