Handling Violent Situations on Campus, in the Classroom, or Office
March 18, 2010
Spartan Rooms B & C – International Center
5:30 – 7:00 p.m.
F/Lt. Penny Fischer, Professional Emergency Manager
Michigan State University Police Department
Sgt. Jill Geile
Michigan State University Police Department
University students may experience a great deal of stress during the course of their academic experiences. While most students cope successfully with the challenges these years bring, some students find the various pressures of life unmanageable or unbearable. As a result, faculty members, graduate students, and teaching assistants in their offices and classrooms may occasionally encounter students stressed to the point of violent behavior. In the years following the Columbine High School shootings, and violence at Virginia Technical University, university faculty, students, and staff need to have appropriate tools to manage and survive random, violent encounters.
This workshop, while intended primarily for women faculty, graduate students and teaching assistants, will provide all participants an overview of conditions that could trigger violence, provide them with knowledge of common tactics used to quell it, and with tools that allow threatened faculty and staff to survive violent encounters. In addition to providing participants with helpful strategies, this experience is also intended to be an open, inviting “space” for discussion of questions, concerns, and fears. In short, we hope to create a space conducive for all participants to share their concerns with one another. The facilitators have presented these programs across the campus to a diverse group of university groups and will draw from recognized “best practices” to share positive results. Members of The Counseling Center, Office for Inclusion and Intercultural Initiatives, and the Women’s Resource Center will also be attending this event.
Please join us in this workshop that will involve teaching, discussion, and a scenario-based exercise to help you develop your own skills in these situations. We hope participants leave better informed, empowered, and more able to handle the challenges active violence poses.
To REGISTER:
Please Email The Graduate School at gradwrsp@msu.edu OR, email kmj@msu.edu.
Please include the following:
Name
Department
Email Address
Name of the Workshop
Date you would like to attend.
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