Allan to lead hazing prevention webinar Dec. 17

UMaine Alert

Posted: April 19, 2024 - 1:32 PM

At approximately 9:24 a.m. on Friday, April 19, a University of Maine graduate student was struck by a university vehicle on Long Road at the University of Maine campus in Orono. The student reports that they are at a local hospital with minor injuries.

Emergency services, including the Orono Fire Department, University Volunteer Ambulance Corps, University of Maine Police Department, Orono Police Department and Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene.

The university vehicle involved in the incident was a Chevrolet Express van. It was being operated by a university employee.

Counseling services and support are available for students, faculty or staff who may have been affected. The Counseling Center can be reached at 207-581-1392 and the Dean of Students Office can be reached at 207-581-1406.

The scene has been cleared and Long Road is now accessible. An investigation is being conducted by the University of Maine Police Department with assistance from the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office Crash Reconstruction Unit. Any witnesses to the incident are encouraged to contact Lt. Noel Santiago at noel.santiago@maine.edu.

December 15, 2015 hazing, Higher Education, In the News, News, Research and Outreach

Elizabeth Allan, a University of Maine professor of higher education, will lead a webinar on “Preventing Hazing on Campus” on Thursday, Dec. 17.

Lauri Sidelko, director of the UMaine Student Wellness Resource Center, and UMaine alumna Diana Haney also will take part. The fourth participant will be Rasheed Ali Cromwell, president of the Harbor Institute, an education consulting firm based in Washington, D.C.

The online discussion is the first in a series that Allan is doing with the National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments, which is funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Safe and Healthy Students. Education Secretary Arne Duncan will introduce Thursday’s talk.

Participants in the webinar will be able to:

Define hazing,
Identify three key components of hazing,
Consider how hazing falls within a spectrum of interpersonal violence,
Describe salient research findings about the nature and extent of hazing and the underlying motivations for hazing,
Articulate challenges and opportunities related to hazing prevention,
Depict examples of current hazing prevention initiatives, and
Describe how educators and community members can play a role in hazing prevention.

Allan leads research efforts of the Hazing Prevention Consortium — eight universities that have partnered on comprehensive hazing prevention programs. She was principal investigator of the 2008 National Study of Student Hazing.

More information about the webinar, including how to register is online.