Subject: Update on the Task Force on a Safe and Responsible Campus Community
From: "University Notification" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2018 21:00:42 +0000 (UTC)

Dear Penn parent,

The message below was shared with your Penn student today:

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Dear Penn Families and Students,

We write to continue our important community conversations following the Task Force on a Safe and Responsible Campus Community. The Task Force, which met in 2017, sought to foster a campus culture free of sexual harassment and sexual violence, alcohol and other substance abuse, and other high-risk behavior that may jeopardize the personal safety of our students.

We are pleased to share that, because of wonderful collaborations with students and University partners, a number of Task Force follow-up initiatives related to campus culture and safety were implemented in the 2017-2018 academic year. For example, the majority of some previously “underground” off-campus social groups formally began working with University colleagues to learn how to register events to minimize risk for themselves and their guests. The Division of Public Safety also strengthened relationships with off-campus landlords in a partnership to promote safe living and event management expectations.

Penn Violence Prevention markedly expanded programming, and the University made important new investments in the “Wellness at Penn” initiative that includes augmented, integrated programming for all student health and wellness services. All of this important activity continues to flourish.

We are also excited to share that the Office of Student Conduct, with campus partners, will be expanding restorative justice training for students and staff in the coming year as another tool for conflict resolution and communication within student organizations. We are delighted, in addition, to report that the “safe event funding subsidy” begun in 2018 will continue, removing any financial barrier for student groups wishing to have safe, responsible events with, or without, alcohol.

As you come home to campus, we also want to make sure you review the Task Force recommendations and updates to the Alcohol and Drug Policy and Anti-Hazing Regulations, and Penn’s Code of Student Conduct.

We remain inspired by the commitment of our community to continue to improve our campus climate. Thank you for your partnership in the joint effort to ensure that all students are safe, and indeed, thriving, at our University!

Sincerely yours,

Dr. Valarie Swain-Cade McCoullum

Vice Provost for University Life

Maureen S. Rush, M.S., CPP

Vice President for Public Safety, Superintendent of Penn Police

CC:

Katie Hanlon Bonner, Executive Director, Office of Student Affairs

Noelle Melartin, Director, Office of Alcohol and Other Drug Program Initiatives

Jess Mertz, Director, Penn Violence Prevention

Julie Lyzinski-Nettleton, Director, Office of Student Conduct

Office of Parent Outreach and Development/Penn Parents
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