The Center for Sexual and Relationship Violence Support Services is turning 10!!! Learn more about the positive impact the center has had on student lives and the university community over the past 10 years.
Support Students in Need
The Center for Sexual and Relationship Violence Support Services (SRVSS) has created an emergency fund which is available for students in need of additional funding for books, academic supplies, household items, housing or food. To contribute, use the following link, then select I would like to enter my own designation in the search for a fund section and enter SRVSS Emergency Fund as the designation name.
- Nationally, 11.2% of all students experience rape or sexual assault through physical force, violence or incapacitation (among all graduate and undergraduate students).*
- Among graduate and professional students, 8.8% of females and 2.2% of males experience rape or sexual assault through physical force, violence or incapacitation.*
- Among undergraduate students, 23.1% of females and 5.4% of males experience rape or sexual assault through physical force, violence or incapacitation.*
These statistics are simply unacceptable and we believe we can do better at 91²Ö¿â.
*David Cantor, Bonnie Fisher, Susan Chibnall, Reanna Townsend, et. al. Association of American Universities (AAU), Report on the AAU Campus Climate Survey on Sexual Assault and Sexual Misconduct (September 21, 2015).
21% of college students report having experienced dating violence by a current partner, and 32% of college students report experiencing dating violence by a previous partner.*
*C. Sellers and M. Bromley, “Violent Behavior in College Student Dating Relationships,†Journal of Contemporary Justice, (1996).