Thursday, March 3, 2011

A webnar on campus sexual assaults

Upcoming Webinar

Webinar Date: March 29th at 2pm REGISTER

Webinar Title: Hitting the Moving Target - The Federal Government's Expectations for Sexual Assault Resolution on Campus

Webinar Topics Include:

* Lessons learned from recent Title IX complaints against higher education institutions by the Office of Civil Rights in the U.S. Department of Education
* Impact of legislation being considered by Congress that would place new requirements on how sexual assault and other forms of intimate personal violence are addressed
* Insight from the OCR investigations and pending legislation, including suggestions of key areas for institutions to focus upon when reviewing campus sexual assault response protocols

Webinar Sponsor: Rave Mobile Safety

Keynote Speaker: Dr. John Wesley Lowery

Lowery, Dr. JohnDr. John Wesley Lowery is an associate professor in the Student Affairs in Higher Education Department at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He previously served on the faculty at the Oklahoma State University and coordinated the college student affairs program and higher education programs and at the University of South Carolina where he taught in and coordinated the Higher Education and Student Affairs (HESA) Program. He earned his doctorate at Bowling Green State University in Higher Education Administration. While at BGSU, John served in a variety of roles including Editorial Assistant for About Campus and Visiting Instructor for BGSU's College Student Personnel Program. Before beginning his doctoral work in 1996, he was Director of Residence Life at Adrian College in Michigan and University Judicial Administrator at Washington University in St. Louis.

In August 2009, John joined the National Center for Higher Education Risk Management (NCHERM) as an affiliated consultant. Founded in 2000, NCHERM is a law and consulting firm dedicated to best practices for campus health and safety. NCHERM emphasizes best practices for policy, training, and educational programming as proactive risk management. NCHERM specializes in advancing culture change strategies and problem-solving for the challenging wellness, compliance, and liability issues colleges and universities face today.

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