LA VIE COLLEGIENNE LEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE’S STUDENT RUN NEWSPAPER SINCE 1924 VOLUME 87, NO. 2 | SEPTEMBER 19, 2019
Bystander intervention training for FYE students AUTUMN LIGHT ’20 STAFF WRITER Starting this year, LVC has accepted Community Response for Everyone’s Wellbeing’s (C.R.E.W.) Bystander Intervention and Title IX trainings as options for the campus engagement portion of FYE freshmen courses. New to the curriculum for the 2019-2020 academic year, freshmen are required to attend a variety of events on campus to earn points towards their campus engagement grade in their FYE companion course. “Students have one more program choice than points, so they are able to choose which programs they will attend,” Sally Clark, assistant professor of English and chair of the C.R.E.W. Bystander Intervention Committee, said. “Each program attendance is worth one point for a
total of 5 percent of their companion course grade.” Although freshmen were previously required to attend events on campus, training slots for C.R.E.W.’s Bystander Intervention courses as well as their Title IX refresher courses, have been added to the list of events that students are encouraged to attend. “The essential hope is that students will feel empowered to be part of the LVC C.R.E.W. so we can all work together to ensure our campus is as safe as possible,” Clark said. Students attending the new event option of C.R.E.W.’s Bystander Intervention training sessions will learn a variety of methods to diffuse difficult situations on campus. Clark is hopeful that the trainings will leave a long-lasting impression on the students who attend. “The goal is to have as many peo-
ple as possible trained so that we establish the norm in which we all look out for each other,” Clark said. “We share the understanding that violence of any kind is not permitted here. It is an approach that builds empathy, understanding and safety.” The bystander intervention trainings will be split into two sessions, both lasting two hours. Students can expect interactive training sessions that promote a safe, responsive and collaborative LVC community. “Session One covers an understanding of Power-Based Personal Violence, what it means to be an active bystander and how to recognize situations in which bystanders can help prevent or stop an act of violence (either physical or emotional),” Clark said. “Session Two provides skill training in the proactive and reactive ways Active Bystanders can make our community safer.”
Students are required to receive a stamp from C.R.E.W. trainers and must attend both sessions to receive credit for the events. Students also have the option to attend C.R.E.W.’s Title IX refresher trainings that build off the Title IX seminar held in the beginning of the semester. Non-freshmen students can look forward to C.R.E.W.’s other offerings of bystander intervention training sessions this semester, although they are still in the process of being scheduled. Students are required to sign up on Redbook for these events. They are limited to 30 students per session. Students can contact Clark at sclark@lvc.edu with any questions.
LVC named top Fulbright producer CLAIRE FITZGIBBONS ’19 STAFF WRITER The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs recently named LVC one of the top 79 Fulbright producing schools in the country. The Fulbright is one of the most prestigious academic awards in the world and allows students to conduct research or teach in a foreign country for a year. In the last four years, LVC has doubled its number of Fulbright recipients, including four from the
class of 2019. Dr. Philip Benesch, LVC’s associate professor of politics, director of prelaw and director of external scholarships and fellowships, is thrilled with LVC’s recent Fulbright success. “I’m delighted,” Benesch said. “People here at LVC are very modest, very humble. They don’t necessarily think they’re entitled to these kinds of awards. Now they can see that they are within reach, and that’s really exciting.” Because the Fulbright is such a distinguished award, it can have im-
mense benefits for those students who receive one. For students like Katie Hockenbury ‘18, the Fulbright experience was both life and career changing. “I gained a world view, amazing worldly friends and some amazing experiences,” Hockenbury said. “I also get a lot of benefits from the award itself including first priority on jobs with the government and no application fees for some Ph.D. programs.” Ultimately, Benesch hopes that more LVC students will follow in Hockenbury’s path and decide to pur-
sue a Fulbright. “It is an opportunity for students, before they settle into their career tracks, to get out and see the world,” he said. “Those are magnificent things. Hopefully success builds on success and students will apply and be interested in this.” Although applications for 2019 are almost due, students interested in applying for the award in 2020 can contact Benesch at benesch@lvc.edu for more details.
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