Category: Prevention
Pathbreaking Hazing Prevention Consortium Makes History
May 2024 | StopHazing Contributors | Hazing Prevention Consortium Continuing its pathbreaking work, the Hazing Prevention Consortium (HPC) makes history as the most comprehensive and enduring hazing prevention initiative. Last month, the HPC hosted its largest ever Summit. Film crews and journalists caught a glimpse of how StopHazing is leading the nation and guiding the… Continue reading »
What to Consider Before Joining a New Group: Tips from College Students
Guest Writers: Eleanor Tyne and Ella Allan-RahillFebruary 2024 Starting college, we were both interested in joining many clubs to get acquainted with our institutions and make some friends. There were many groups available, from varsity sports to academic clubs, performing arts, and more. Both of us have joined groups and left groups as we’ve tried… Continue reading »
Student Journalist Creates Video Highlighting Campus Hazing, A Taboo Topic with Long-Term Damaging Effects
October 23, 2023 Guest writer: Ella Allan-Rahill, Student Research-to-Practice Intern* As a student intern with StopHazing, it is always exciting to see the hazing prevention work of others my age. Earlier this year, Jillian Taylor, a recent graduate and student journalist at Southern Methodist University (SMU), created a video discussing her perspective on the hazing… Continue reading »
Next Cohort of Hazing Prevention Consortium Launches with 11 Colleges and Universities
October 19, 2023 StopHazing is launching a new cohort of the Hazing Prevention Consortium™ (HPC) with eleven colleges and universities this Fall. The HPC is a multi-year research-to-practice initiative using a public health approach to build an evidence base for hazing prevention on college campuses. Members come from select colleges and universities that have demonstrated… Continue reading »
A Student Perspective on StopHazing’s New Online Course: Stand Up to Hazing™
August 8, 2023 Guest writer: Ella Allan-Rahill, Student Research-to-Practice intern* I’ve been interning with StopHazing for a little over a year now and am about to enter my second year of college. Even before college, I experienced unhealthy groups, which could’ve created an environment for hazing. While I never experienced hazing myself, these unhealthy group… Continue reading »
Help Prevent Hazing: 10 Easy Tips for Talking with your Teen
July 20, 2023 | Guest Author: Lisa Stephen, PhD., ACC, NBC-HWC Dear Reader, As I was finalizing this blog, I took a break to take a walk along the river. I saw a university rowing team in a boat getting ready to take off. All of them were wearing heavy headpieces. I could hear the… Continue reading »
Hazing Prevention at a School that “Doesn’t Haze”
December 13, 2022 Guest writer: Bianca Dunay, Student Intern There has been at least one hazing-related death each year since 1970.1 While that statistic is heartbreaking, I’m sure we’ve all thought “There is no way this would happen at my school.” So, at a school that “doesn’t haze,” why do you need to be concerned… Continue reading »
Recapping SNAP in 2021-2022 and Looking to the Year Ahead
August, 12 2022 A lot happened in the 2021-2022 academic year at StopHazing–a number of updates, resources developed, research conducted, and new initiatives formed. One new initiative from StopHazing is the Student Network for Advocacy and Prevention or SNAP for short. SNAP is a student-led group dedicated to hazing prevention education and advocating for comprehensive… Continue reading »
Families, advocates walk Capitol Hill to advance hazing prevention legislation
July 29, 2022 Washington, D.C. – Parents who lost children to hazing, as well as the leaders of anti-hazing advocacy groups met with members of Congress on both sides of the aisle this week to promote legislation that seeks to prevent hazing in higher education. The Report and Educate About Campus Hazing (REACH) Act is… Continue reading »
Beyond the Letters: The Importance of University-Wide Hazing Prevention
June 27, 2022 Contributing Author: Claire Berman, M.S.Ed. According to the National Survey of Student Hazing, 55% of all students involved in any student organization experience hazing. Hazing has been defined by StopHazing as, any activity that is expected of someone joining or participating in a group that humiliates, degrades, abuses or endangers them, regardless… Continue reading »