Mission Statement
Empower our VCSU employees and students with active bystander skills through awareness, programming, and education resulting in a culture where violence will not be tolerated and everyone does their part to provide a safe campus.
What is Green Dot?
VCSU Green Dot is a bystander training program to help students and VCSU employees gain skills to reduce violence they may see on campus and in the community. The program focuses on reducing power-based personal violence on our campus and to address other social issues that impede progress towards a safe and equitable campus community as stated by the official Green Dot program by Alteristic. Power-based personal violence includes (but not limited to): sexual assault, dating/domestic violence, stalking, and child abuse.
Skills and Terminology
-
Green Dots
-
Reactive Green Dots
-
The choices you make in response to a situation that you think might lead to interpersonal violence.
- Example: The 3 D's - Direct, Delegate, & Distract
-
The choices you make in response to a situation that you think might lead to interpersonal violence.
-
Proactive Green Dots
-
Little things you can do to shift the culture of our campus by making sure Red Dots do not occur.
- Example: Violence Prevention Sticker or computer background
-
Little things you can do to shift the culture of our campus by making sure Red Dots do not occur.
-
Reactive Green Dots
- What is Red Dot?
- Decision to use words or actions to hurt someone else. Including but not limited to sexual assault, dating/domestic violence, and stalking.
- What are Barriers & What Can I Do?
- Times where we want to get involved when a situation arises but personal or social barriers stop us.
- Example: assuming someone else will step in or it is "none of my business"
- Times where we want to get involved when a situation arises but personal or social barriers stop us.
Meet our Coordinators, Facilitators, and Leaders
|
|||||
Kelsie Carter VCSU Green Dot Campus Coordinator |
Kiersten Baughman VCSU Green Dot Campus Coordinator |
Brigitte Greywater VCSU Green Dot Campus Facilitator |
Anthony Dutton VCSU Green Dot Campus Facilitator |
Jackie Owen VCSU Green Dot Campus Facilitator |
Erin Edinger VCSU Green Dot Campus Facilitator |
|
|
|
|
||
Ekow Ephrim VCSU Green Dot Campus Facilitator |
Julie Crist VCSU Green Dot Campus Facilitator |
Jacob Frey VCSU Green Dot Campus Facilitator |
Deedra Froemke VCSU Green Dot Campus Facilitator |
Amber Aberle VCSU Green Dot Campus Facilitator |
|
|
|||||
Michael Baughman VCSU Green Dot Campus Facilitator |
Sarah Wangrud VCSU Green Dot Campus Facilitator |
Employees and Students Already Trained Tracker - As of September 21, 2021
Students | Staff | Faculty |
---|---|---|
492 |
71 |
29 |
Personal Statement Videos
- Statement videos from others who have gone through a Community Green Dot or VCSU College Green Dot training
Student Organization
- Sign up for our Student Organization by stopping by our booth during Marketplace - August 25 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on McFarland front lawn
- Or by emailing Kelsie.Carter@vcsu.edu or Kiersten.Baughman@vcsu.edu
Upcoming Events
- VCSU Green Dot along with Valley City Green Dot will have a booth at Marketplace on August 25, 2021 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. - We will have games and prizes!!
Upcoming Trainings
- Request a training for your department, class, event, and/or student organization by emailing Kelsie.Carter@vcsu.edu
- 2 types of trainings:
- Bystander Training
- VCSU employees and/or students complete a three hour engaging and energetic workshop that focuses on learning and practicing skills used to address power-based violence on our campus and community.
- Overview Training
- A brief, interactive, 90-minute overview session to help employees/students become acquainted with the tools and skills needed to address power-based violence.
- Bystander Training
Resources
- North Dakota Resources List
-
VCSU Resource List
- Title IX Coordinator
- Kaleen Peterson
- McFarland Hall 322B | 3-7302 | Kaleen.Peterson@vcsu.edu
- Kaleen Peterson
- Counseling Service Office
- Erin Klingenberg, Ph.D, LPCC, NCC
- McFarland 209 | 3-7300 | Erin.Klingenberg@vcsu.edu
- Kelsie Carter, ME.D, LPCC
- McFarland 425 | 3-7427 | Kelsie.Carter@vcsu.edu
- Erin Klingenberg, Ph.D, LPCC, NCC
- Health Services
- Betty Tykwinski, MSN, RN
- Mythaler Hall 119 | 3-7305 | Betty.J.Tykwinski@vcsu.edu
- Betty Tykwinski, MSN, RN
- Title IX Coordinator
Ways to get involved
- Join our VCSU Green Dot team by helping us plan events, engage with others to create connections on campus and in the community, and enhance your skills of working with a team!
- Join the VCSU Green Dot Student Organization by emailing Kiersten.Baughman@vcsu.edu or Kelsie.Carter@vcsu.edu
- Join the Valley City Community Green Dot group
- Visit the Valley City Community Green Dot webpage for information on how to get involved in the community Green Dot program and upcoming events/trainings!
Follow Us on Social Media!!