Through a Department of Education grant of over $330,000 The University of Arizona Campus Health Services will be using STEP UP! as the foundation for Violence Prevention Education on campus.
Melissa Vito, UA vice president for student affairs, who serves as the project’s program director, said she will work with UA Campus Health staff to foster a campus where more individuals are willing to intervene – or STEP UP! – to prevent potentially dangerous situations. “STEP UP! education provides our students with the skills and confidence to acknowledge inappropriate or unsafe behavior or attitudes and to challenge it,” Vito said.
For more information, see the article on the UA website highlighting this joint effort. Look for more collaboration through campus partners for STEP UP! Day on March 1, 2010. This will be co-sponsored by Student Affaris, Campus Health, The OASIS Program for Sexual Assault and Relationship Violence, Greek Life, Residence Life, and the Center for Student Involvement and Leadership. What can you do to get your campus more involved in STEP UP! ?
DO SOMETHING – STEP UP!