The Campus Prevention Network Seal of Prevention, awarded annually by Vector Solutions, recognizes best-in-class digital prevention and wellness programs at colleges and universities. Wagner College is proud to have made the list for another consecutive year.Â
Wagner’s comprehensive, evidence-based modules focus not only on sexual assault prevention, but also diversity and inclusion as well as alcohol and drugs. According to Vector Solutions, 82% of high school seniors reported that safety, wellbeing and inclusion are as important as academic rigor when choosing a college.
“We want to make sure that we are helping them understand all of this and what our expectations are of them,” said Deputy Title IX Officer Ruta Shah-Gordon, Ph.D, who is also Wagner’s vice president of enrollment and campus life.
New and returning Wagner students complete the modules on multiple occasions. Incoming students complete one before arriving on campus and then a post-session later in the semester. Students continue to complete the trainings each year.
According to Dean of Campus Life Ange Concepcion, Ph.D., 85% of Wagner's student body, both undergraduate and graduate, completed the sexual assault prevention module for the 2022-2023 academic year. Jazzmine Clarke-Glover, vice president of workplace culture and inclusion, said there was around an 85% completion rate for employee training.
While the seal is for online courses, Wagner goes above and beyond by supplementing the modules in person during freshman orientation. For example, community partners such as members of the District Attorney’s office and victim assistance organization Safe Horizon visit campus to introduce themselves and share resources.
“If we don’t acknowledge that sexual misconduct is something that can occur on campus, then our community members are not going to be able to be prepared to respond,” Concepcion said. “They’re not going to be able to identify what some of the warning signals could be.”
Added Shah-Gordon: “I really appreciate our students taking the time to do this kind of work — and to do it continuously — because I think that it helps make our campus safer.”
