• Home
  • Campus
    • Academics
    • Greek Life
    • SGA
    • Student Life
  • State/Local
    • Around Town
    • Board of Regents
    • National
    • Pierre
    • Vermillion City Council
    • Vermillion Police Department
  • Sports
    • Cross Country
    • Football
    • Golf
    • Men’s Basketball
    • Soccer
    • Swimming/Diving
    • Track and Field
    • Volleyball
    • Women’s Basketball
  • Verve
    • Feature
    • Diversity
    • Events
    • CAB
    • The Vault
  • Opinion
  • E-Edition
  • COVID-19
The Volante
  • Campus
  • Sports
  • Verve
  • Opinion
  • State/Local
The Volante
  • Home
  • Campus
    • Academics
    • Greek Life
    • SGA
    • Student Life
  • State/Local
    • Around Town
    • Board of Regents
    • National
    • Pierre
    • Vermillion City Council
    • Vermillion Police Department
  • Sports
    • Cross Country
    • Football
    • Golf
    • Men’s Basketball
    • Soccer
    • Swimming/Diving
    • Track and Field
    • Volleyball
    • Women’s Basketball
  • Verve
    • Feature
    • Diversity
    • Events
    • CAB
    • The Vault
  • Opinion
  • E-Edition
  • COVID-19
  • Follow
    • Facebook
    • Twitter
    • Instagram
PAVE continues promoting remote resources for victimsCOVID-19
Last year PAVE-USD and I CARE cohosted the kickoff event for Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Due to the cancellation of all USD events through April 30, the kickoff will not be held this year. Submitted Photo | The Volante
Home
Special
COVID-19

PAVE continues promoting remote resources for victims

March 24th, 2020 Chloe Fullenkamp COVID-19, Events, Special, Verve comments

Share this story

Facebook Twitter Google+ LinkedIn Pinterest

Since the cancellation of all USD-hosted events until April 30, all student groups are coming to a close sooner than expected. For some clubs, they are creating new ways to help USD students remotely. 

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and USD’s Promoting Awareness Victim Empowerment (PAVE) canceled over ten events on campus this spring. But they are doing what they can to continue being a resource to students dealing with sexual violence.

Claire Litzen, senior English major and PAVE Awareness chair, said all the students in PAVE are disappointed they had to cancel their events planned for April.

PAVE planned events including Motivational Mondays and YoteFloats, two different wellness courses with University Police and yoga classes at the Wellness Center.

Litzen said their largest event was a Coffee and Consent Panel where professors, faculty, administrators and students were set to discuss consent, sexual violence and what USD can do for their students. 

“It’s been pretty upsetting because we were working really hard to create these opportunities for students,” Litzen said. 

Even though the international COVID-19 pandemic has been an issue since early January, PAVE was unaware of the cancellations prior to the announcement.

Kathryn Opitz, a graduate accounting major and treasurer of PAVE, said there are a lot of things still up in the air for all student organizations. 

“There are still so many unanswered questions about reimbursements and how we are supposed to handle cancellations and we do not know when we will have the answers,” Opitz said. 

PAVE worked alongside many different people to make these now canceled events possible.

“We coordinated with other organizations and faculty for these events and there were a lot of people moving their schedules around for us,” Litzen said. 

Though many of the PAVE executive board members are graduating this semester, Litzen said they are still looking to the future.

“All of the things we had planned are all events we can replicate which I believe is very promising for the future of PAVE,” Litzen said. 

PAVE’s website and social media pages have resources for students who may need help during this time. 

“There are still options and we are still here for people to get connected with those options. We are still with you,” Opitz said. 

The National Sexual Assault Hotline is 1-800-656-4673.  

Post Views: 14
  • Tags
  • April
  • cancellations
  • coronavirus
  • COVID-19
  • COVID19
  • online
  • PAVE
  • special editon
  • special issue

Share this story

Facebook Twitter Google+ LinkedIn Pinterest

Chloe Fullenkamp

Related Posts

COVID-19

New COVID-19 Strain Emerges

Jan 24th, 20230
A new COVID-19 variant called XBB.1.5 surges on the east coast. According to the World Health Organization,...
Rawlins Piano Trio Comeback After COVID-19 Feature
January 24th, 2023

Rawlins Piano Trio Comeback After COVID-19

A Must See Collection 37 Years Later Events
January 24th, 2023

A Must See Collection 37 Years Later

Facebook Comments

E-Edition

https://volanteonline.com/eedition/

For our online E-edition click here

Weather

March 2020
MTWTFSS
 1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
3031 
« Feb   Apr »
Read about: Best Detox Shampoos for Hair Drug Test and Synthetic Urine and Fake Pee manual
  • Coyote News
  • KAOR 91.1
  • Media & Journalism Department
  • Back to top

Stay Connected

  • Letters to the Editor
  • Submit an Overheard
  • Contact Us
  • Submit News Tips
  • Subscribe

About

  • Coyote News
  • KAOR 91.1
  • Media & Journalism Department
© The Volante 2015. All rights reserved.