In February, seven Drake employees attended a Campus Training and Technical Assistance Institute in Fort Worth, Texas.  Drake is one of four central Iowa schools making up the consortium that received a three-year grant of $510,000 through the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Violence Against Women (OVW), which hosted the Institute.

Three Public Safety employees along with the interim dean of students, community standards officer, Title IX coordinator, and violence prevention coordinator attended the three-day institute to learn about strategic planning and community response as well as specific tracks on law enforcement, prevention, and student conduct. The schools will work individually as well as collectively within the consortium to strengthen and formalize education, policies, procedures, and messaging to prevent and respond to sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.

—Katie Overberg, Title IX Coordinator