Web Student Directory Faculty & Staff Directory Departments & Services Avon Foundation for Women grant to help develop bystander intervention training Florida State University will use a $5,000 grant from the Avon Foundation for Women to develop a bystander intervention training program that has the potential to educate thousands of students about realistic, safe and authentic ways to help prevent sexual violence on campus. The grant — one of 30 Avon campus grants awarded this year to activate bystanders to reduce sexual assault, dating abuse and stalking — will enable Annelise Mennicke (pictured far left), a researcher with the Florida Center for Prevention Research, and Kori Pruett (pictured near left), the sexual violence prevention coordinator with University Health Services, to attend a weeklong bystander intervention training program that will serve as the basis for Florida State's upcoming training program. Bystander intervention is a major component of Florida State's kNOw MORE awareness campaign aimed at preventing sexual violence on campus. "Beginning in the spring of 2015, we have a target of hosting at minimum four bystander intervention trainings for the Florida State community in a room with a capacity of 250. That's a conservative estimate for our first semester. In subsequent semesters, the numbers of students who participate in this training can only expand," said Mennicke, who is also an FSU College of Social Work doctoral candidate focusing on domestic and sexual violence, and a co-chair of the Curriculum Development Committee, part of the university's Presidential Task Force on Sexual Violence Prevention. Writer-in-residence wins prestigious literary prize kNOw MORE: FSU launches initiatives aimed at prevention of sexual violence Nursing professor recognized for heart failure research Three graduate students receive prestigious P.E.O. awards Research offers new way to predict hurricane strength, destruction Florida State ranks among top 10 feeder schools for national service organization Florida State ranked among top public universities Scientist uncovers Red Planet's climate history in unique meteorite Back on campus: Students ready for new academic year Academics Admissions Research Faculty Students Alumni and Friends Veterans KEY SITES >> FOLLOW US: © Florida State University, 600 W. College Avenue, Tallahassee, FL 32306 | Directory Assistance 850-644-2525 | Questions or Comments | Privacy Policy | Copyright