Tag Archives: sexual assault awareness

Student organization shines a light on sexual assault survivors

Promoting Awareness Victim Empowerment or PAVE organization, has a national chapter, on the UWSP campus to provide support, lend a listening ear, educate students and ultimately, spread awareness for sexual assault.  Sexual assault has been a more reoccurring horrible issue in our world today, in many different environments.  1 in 4 girls and 1 in 6 boys will be affect ... Read More »

Students Plan to ‘Walk a Mile in Her Shoes’

Sometimes the best way to understand another person’s hardship is to slip into their shoes for a day. Dec. 6, students will literally walk in another female’s shoes. “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” is an international men’s walk against sexual assault and domestic violence to be held at the Health Enhancement Center. The executive coordinator of the Women’s Resource ... Read More »

Sexual Awareness Week: Created by Students, for Students

Approximately one in four college women will be the victim of a sexual assault during her academic career. Most of those victims won’t report it; many will contemplate suicide, and junior Elizabeth Colianni wants to help. At the University of Wisconsin– Stevens Point, health promotion students like Colianni are required to take a class in which they learn about various ... Read More »