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University of Maine

Hazing Prevention Consortium SummitJune 11-12, 2015

University of Maine

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It’s a marathon not a sprint

• 2005 My first Hazing Prevention workshop• 2006 Pilot National Hazing Study• 2007 Softball incident• 2008 Website development• 2008 Hazing Prevention Team • 2010 Sigma Chi incident• 2013 Campus Assessment• 2013 Policy alignment and revision• 2013-14 Problem Analysis and Priorities• 2015 Implementation plans

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Challenges

• Competing priorities: SA/VP, Alcohol, etc…

• Re-teaching a Hazing Prevention Team about our model and strategy

• Work outside of our meetings (fatigue)

• Transparency of incidents: data not available

• Responding to incidents is more prevalent than prevention efforts

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Moving from exposure to intervention• Policy/Website: http://umaine.edu/studentlife/hazing/• OFSL and SWell work with organizations, FSL,

athletes, club sports, intramurals.• Trainings and workshops: not solely hazing prevention

(4394 students, 144 hazing prevention specific)• Educational interventions post incident: taylored to the

specific incident• Student Health 101/Social media messaging

throughout the year• Greek peer education: class and project based• Parent newsletter 2 times /year

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Hazing Prevention Core Strategies•Social norms messaging

–We need to develop messaging so students have a clear understanding of:

•What our expectations are regarding hazing•What their responsibilities are regarding hazing•How to prevent hazing•How to report hazing•What the outcome will be if hazing occurs

–The secondary effect of our campaign will be communicating this message to the campus as a whole.

•Bystander intervention–Current efforts focus on alcohol, sexual violence and suicide prevention.

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Key Assessment Data

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Case Study•Social Norms campaign to coincide with Hazing Prevention Week as the kick-off to our campus-wide efforts.

–Platform: “I do not need to be hazed to feel part of a group” (94.2%)

•Bystander Intervention training with a control group and experimental group with Greek life as the target population.

–The hazing prevention BI training is focused on skill development rather than topic areas–Basis is modified Step Up program from UA/NCAA –Research: Ways in which bystanders can shift community norms to interrupt and stop violence. (Berkowitz, 2003; Katz, 2006)

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Next steps:

•Evaluation to enhance tracking•Visible statements from senior leadership needed•Facing our challenges: using our resources•Leadership and student organizational development is needed.•Investigation protocol:

–Our hazing investigation protocol has been an area of development this year and will continue to be an area we grow.–Student ethical leadership development is a priority based on outcomes of recent investigations and assessment data

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Think Tank issues

• Assessment• Competing priorities/Motivating the

team• Transparency issues