Category: StopHazing News
Year-in-Review 2024
It’s time for StopHazing’s annual Year-In-Review! 2024 has been quite a year – let’s recap it together in this blog post. We briefly highlight many of the milestone moments, achievements, updates, new content, and announcements over the last twelve months from the small-but-mighty StopHazing team. Thanks for being a part of the hazing prevention community… Continue reading »
A Historic Step Forward: The Stop Campus Hazing Act Becomes Law
A new era of campus safety has begun. The Stop Campus Hazing Act has officially been signed into law by President Biden, representing a pivotal moment for student safety and well-being. This bipartisan legislation, which amends the now-renamed Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act (formerly the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime… Continue reading »
Senate Passes Stop Campus Hazing Act, Landmark Legislation to Combat Hazing on College Campuses
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Senate Passes Stop Campus Hazing Act, Landmark Legislation to Combat Hazing on College Campuses [Washington, DC, December 11, 2024] Today, the United States Senate passed the Stop Campus Hazing Act, a bipartisan bill aimed at preventing hazing on college campuses nationwide. The bill, which previously passed the House of Representatives, will now… Continue reading »
Celebrating the Historic Passage of the Stop Campus Hazing Act
After more than a decade of concerted advocacy, research, and collaboration, we are thrilled to announce the passage of the Stop Campus Hazing Act—a monumental step in the fight against hazing. This federal legislation, which amends the Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act – renamed from ‘Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime… Continue reading »
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 »
StopHazing Announces New Staff Member: Hazing Database and Outreach Coordinator
November 2023 | Orono, Maine | StopHazing announces a new staff member, Megan DeShon-Runge, as the Hazing Database and Outreach Coordinator. Megan DeShon-Runge (she/her/hers) joins the StopHazing team in the role of Hazing Database & Outreach Coordinator. Megan steps into this role with 10+ years of combined experience in higher education including work with fraternity… Continue reading »
Devin Franklin joins StopHazing Team as a University of Maine Flagship Doctoral Fellow
October 2023 | Orono, Maine Devin Franklin (she/her/hers) joins the StopHazing team as a doctoral Flagship Fellow in partnership with the University of Maine. A competitive and highly selective award, the Flagship Fellowships are granted to exceptional applicants who will support the research mission of the University of Maine as an R1 institution. “We are… Continue reading »
Dr. Allan writes op-ed for MSNBC about hazing and sexual assault
Dr. Elizabeth Allan, Principal of StopHazing and Professor of Higher Education at the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development, was invited to write an op-ed for MSNBC. Identified as leading researcher on hazing and its prevention, editors requested Dr. Allan’s expertise and knowledge about sexual assault and hazing as allegations and lawsuits… Continue reading »
StopHazing Announces New Staff Member: Program & Training Specialist
October 2022 | Orono, Maine StopHazing announces a new staff member, Jenny Desmond, as the Program & Training Specialist. Jenny Desmond (she/her/hers) joins the StopHazing team in the role of Program & Training Specialist (part-time). Having worked as a campus professional, including in Enrollment Management, overseeing New Student Orientation Leaders and Tour Guides, and in… Continue reading »
StopHazing Redesign Prompts Reflection: Then and Now
January 19, 2021 By Dr. Elizabeth Allan, StopHazing Principal Shifting gears amidst the pandemic brought many challenges but also some unexpected opportunities. Among these, for StopHazing, was reallocating resources that would ordinarily be allocated to conference travel and redirecting them toward improvements to our website, www.stophazing.org. While the site redesign project was on our “to… Continue reading »