2023 ANNUAL SECURITY REPORT 49 “Employee Ongoing Awareness and Prevention Programs” for additional training received by student conduct board members.) The Title IX Coordinator and Deputy Title IX Coordinator, in their roles as Investigators, participate in training throughout the academic year on conducting Title IX investigations and/or adjudications, including training through the SUNY Student Conduct Institute. Additionally, the Title IX Officers from PASSHE institutions meet monthly. At these meetings, Title IX (including updates and best practices) is discussed. Sexual Offenses Prevention and Awareness Programs The University engages in comprehensive, intentional and integrated programming, initiatives, strategies and campaigns intended to end dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking that: • Are culturally relevant, inclusive of diverse communities and identities, sustainable, responsive to community needs, and informed by research, or assessed for value, effectiveness, or outcome; and • Consider environmental risk and protective factors as they occur on the individual, relationship, institutional, community and societal levels. Educational programming consists of primary prevention and awareness programs for all incoming students and new employees and ongoing awareness and prevention campaigns for students and employees that: • Create a caring environment that fosters education, support and dialogue. • Identify domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking as prohibited conduct; Feeling Safe After an Assault If you have experienced sexual assault, there are steps you can take to feel safer. Make use of on-campus resources. Kutztown University provides a host of services to students for free, including security escorts, a health center, psychological services, and sexual assault services. Request a schedule or housing change. If you have classes with the perpetrator or live in the same building, you can request a change from Housing and Residence Life. Federal laws, such as the Campus SaVE Act, require KU to honor these requests. Access off-campus support services. If you are concerned about anonymity, you can seek out resources located off campus in the community, like a local sexual assault service provider or domestic violence shelter. Contact information is listed earlier in this section. Seek a Protection from Abuse (PFA) Order. A PFA, sometimes also referred to as a restraining order, is a legal document that bars an individual from certain types of contact with the person who is awarded the order. An individual who violates the terms of the restraining order can face criminal charges. Create a safety plan. If you are concerned for your ongoing safety, it can be worthwhile to create a safety plan. Safety planning is about finding ways to be safe in the present while planning for your future safety as well. • Use definitions provided both by the Department of Education as well as state law as to what behavior constitutes domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; • Define what behavior and actions constitute consent to sexual activity in the State of Pennsylvania and/or using the definition of consent found in the Student Code of Conduct;
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