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Spring 2016, Vol. 40, Issue 3, April
New Sexual Misconduct training in place
Students required to complete training before registering for Fall courses By Anton Rosario Triton’s Call Staff
The University of Guam has implemented a new requirement for registration. It is an online training program under the Sexual Misconduct Policy. The Sexual Misconduct Policy was revamped to ensure the safety of the university’s students and employees. The mandatory online training program serves to reinforce the policy among all students registering for the next Fall semester. The online training for students is one component to the Sexual Misconduct Policy.
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A UOG student above prepares to complete the Sexual Misconduct training before registering for the Fall 2016 semester. Photo by Anton Rosario/Triton’s Call Staff
Students must read the policy statement and correctly complete a survey online before registering for the following semester. The second component of the policy en-
compasses training for the university’s faculty, staff, and administrators. All UOG employees will go through live training with an instructor before the following semester starts.
This will equally enforce the policy with the whole university community. UOG President Robert Underwood said he trusts that this required training would lead to
better results. “We want to make sure that everyone understands what the policy is now moving forward. This is our comprehensive effort to make sure that everyone is starting from the same page,” Underwood said. Underwood states that sexual misbehavior is a general social problem across the country, and he would like to diminish this misbehavior on campus. “We are a safe and secure campus and we want to continue that, and we want people to feel safe and secure,” Underwood said. A committee formed with students and faculty members worked on revamping the Sexual Misconduct Policy. For Continued on page 2
Palmer hired as UOG’s new athletic director
By Elizabeth Wells For Triton’s Call
The University of Guam has hired an athletic director tasked to revitalize the athletic program. Doug Palmer, originally from South Carolina, said he was looking for something interesting and challenging, which led him to applying for this position.
program will His first bring positive initiative will changes for be to develop the university both a men by teaching and women’s student athsoccer team by letes real-life this fall. Palmer values such He said his as teamwork and long-term goal would responsibility and be to eventually have creating more student somewhere from 7 to 10 student teams at the activity. “If a student can University. become a team leader Palmer believes the renewal of the athletic on the basketball team,
then he can take those into later in life and become, say, a business leader,” Palmer said. Palmer received his undergraduate degree in physical education at Winthrop University in South Carolina, and completed his Master’s in Athletic Administration at Florida State University. *Photo courtesy of UOG Integrated Marketing Communications Office