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The University of Vermont's Independent Voice Since 1883

The Vermont Cynic

The University of Vermont's Independent Voice Since 1883

The Vermont Cynic

SGA fails to provide promised mandatory sexual violence training

SGA fails to provide promised mandatory sexual violence training

Shannon Turner, Cynic News Reporter April 14, 2022

Instead of promised mandatory ClubSigner sexual violence training, SGA will offer smaller trainings this semester, according to junior Ann Wong, chair of the SGA club affairs committee. These changes...

Junior Maeve Forbes speaks at an SGA meeting.

Students plan Sexual Violence Awareness Month around survivor healing

Audrie Caruso, Cynic News Reporter April 11, 2022

Four students’ plan for this year’s Sexual Violence Awareness Month focuses on healing for survivors of sexual violence, junior Maeve Forbes said. Forbes, alongside sophomores Olivia Eisenburg,...

Director of Athletics Jeffrey Schulman and Cathleen Rahill, associate director of athletics presented at the weekly SGA meeting on Feb. 8.

Athletics works to end sexual violence

Isabelle Tanner, Cynic News Reporter February 14, 2022

In an effort to communicate with the UVM community, Director of Athletics Jeffrey Schulman and Cathleen Rahill, associate director of athletics, addressed sexual violence prevention and training within...

Sexual violence prevention position filled

Sexual violence prevention position filled

Reitz Wishtischin, Cynic News Reporter February 9, 2022

The University hired its first Sexual Violence and Education Coordinator, Dr. Elliot Ruggles, Jan. 13, eight months after students demanded change in UVM’s handling of sexual violence. Ruggles begins...

An email reminds students to complete an EVERFI training before Sept. 30.

Students confused about legitimacy of sexual assault prevention training email

Lila Cumming, Cynic News Reporter September 13, 2021

UVM students are unsure if the recent Sexual Assault Prevention Course email is real or a scam. EVERFI sent an email to UVM students on Sept. 6 stating that students are required to take a sexual assault...

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