The Department of Health is providing the grant through its Office of Women’s Health, according to the University. The award is a one-year grant and will create two full-time positions and one part-time position, which will work to address sexual violence-based issues, according to an IU press ?release.
The full-time project coordinator will be responsible for facilitating online conversations, coordinating activities across all IU campuses, encouraging information sharing and planning conferences and training. This position will be based at IU-Bloomington.
The full-time sexual assault education and prevention specialist, which will be based at IU-Purdue University Indianapolis, will focus on developing a system-wide approach to assessment, identifying partners in local communities and maintaining relationships with state agencies.
The part-time research assistant will be based at IU-Bloomington and will assist in campus efforts and work to serve populations that are consistently underserved.
Two conferences for IU staff and students aiming to improve practices on all eight campuses will also be funded by the grant.
One conference, which will take place in summer 2015, will educate IU staff on the ways in which sexual violence can lead to psychological trauma so they are better equipped to respond to victims’ needs.
The other, in fall 2015, will provide training for student leaders and staff on bystander intervention.
“We are very excited about this opportunity and are looking forward to enhancing our sexual violence prevention efforts across all of our Indiana University campuses,” said Leslie Fasone, assistant dean of students of women’s and gender affairs at IU-Bloomington, in the release.
Anna Hyzy
