WHAT IS THE ovp DOING FOR THE HILL?
2025–2026 Year in Review
Building a Safer, Stronger Campus Community
During the 2025–2026 academic year, the Office of Violence Prevention worked across campus to provide prevention education, outreach, training, and supportive programming.
Through partnerships with students, faculty, staff, campus departments, and community organizations, OVP promoted healthy relationships, increased awareness of available resources, strengthened campus response, and encouraged students to take an active role in creating a safer Spring Hill community.
Prevention Work Rooted in Care
The Office of Violence Prevention is committed to fostering a campus culture of safety, respect, accountability, and support.
Prevention is more than responding after harm occurs. It means giving students the information, skills, resources, and support they need to make safer choices, build healthy relationships, help one another, and know where to turn when they need assistance.
This work reflects Spring Hill College’s commitment to cura personalis, or care for the whole person.
Training Campus Leaders to Support Students
Resident Assistant Training
August 13 and August 15, 2025
Resident Assistants received information about Counseling & Wellness Services, OVP, SART, sexual and relationship violence, survivor resources, student referral, and the importance of self-care when supporting others.
New Faculty Orientation
August 15, 2025
New faculty received information about Title IX, prohibited conduct, reporting responsibilities, and available support resources for students.
Mandatory Reporter Training
August 19, 2025
This training helped campus partners understand the difference between confidential and mandatory reporters. Participants also learned about their responsibilities when receiving information involving sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence, or stalking.
SART Victim Advocate Training
August 20, 2025
SART team members participated in victim-advocacy training focused on survivor-centered and trauma-informed responses to sexual and interpersonal violence.
Greek Life Bystander Intervention Training
September 27, 2025
Greek Life members learned how to recognize concerning situations, intervene safely, support their peers, and promote accountability within their organizations.
Bystander Intervention Training
October 29, 2025
Participants learned practical intervention strategies for preventing sexual assault and relationship violence and creating a culture of shared responsibility.
DV101 Training for SART
October 29, 2025
In partnership with Penelope House, SART members received education on identifying domestic violence, responding appropriately to survivors, making referrals, and connecting students with support.
Athletics Prevention and Compliance Education
OVP partnered with Athletics throughout the academic year to provide sexual assault prevention and compliance education to student-athletes.
Programs were held on:
- August 17, 2025
- August 23, 2025
- September 17, 2025
- October 10, 2025
- November 10, 2025
- March 18, 2026
These sessions addressed sexual assault awareness and prevention, consent, bystander intervention, reporting options, and available campus resources.
Meeting Students Where They Are
Welcome Week and Campus Transitions
August 2025
OVP connected with students and families through Move-In Day, commuter programming, Badger Expo, and other beginning-of-year activities. These outreach opportunities introduced students to OVP, SART, Counseling & Wellness Services, and other support resources.
Common Hour Cool Down
August 26, 2025
Students received ice cream along with sexual assault prevention materials and information about campus and community resources.
Residence Hall Outreach
October 13, October 30, and November 14, 2025
OVP partnered with Residence Life to bring healthy-relationship education, alcohol and other drug prevention, violence-prevention information, games, and informal conversations directly into Viscardi, Fairways, and Mobile halls.
Trick-or-Treat Prevention Outreach
October 31, 2025
Students received treat bags containing alcohol and other drug education, violence-prevention materials, and campus resource information.
Badgerfest Outreach
November 6, 2025
Students participated in games, relaxation activities, mental health education, and conversations about safety, violence prevention, and available support.
Nursing Boot Camp
January 12, 2026
Nursing students received information about OVP and Counseling & Wellness Services so that future healthcare professionals would be familiar with the support and referral options available on campus.
Signature Prevention Programs
Badger Balance
September 23, October 27, October 28, and November 10, 2025
Badger Balance combined alcohol and other drug education with sexual assault prevention, bystander intervention, and violence-prevention education.
Sessions were offered to first-year students, student-athletes, Greek Life members, SGA members, and other student groups.
Healing Arts Project: The Mask We Wear
September 30 and October 2, 2025
In partnership with Lifelines Rape Crisis, students participated in a trauma-informed creative project that provided space for reflection, expression, connection, and survivor support.
Shatter the Silence
October 14, 2025
Students participated in an interactive plate-breaking event designed to raise awareness about domestic violence and encourage conversations about safety, empowerment, and healthy relationships.
Approximately 60 students participated. Penelope House provided materials and shared information about community resources.
Let’s Taco ’Bout It
November 12, 2025
This relationship-focused event invited students into approachable conversations about healthy relationships, communication, consent, boundaries, and dating-violence prevention.
Teen Dating Violence Awareness Campaign
February 7, 2026
OVP used social media to share information about teen dating violence, warning signs, healthy relationships, and available support resources.
Love Yourz
February 12, 2026
This Valentine’s season event focused on self-worth, self-love, emotional wellness, and the importance of healthy relationships.
Sunday Sundaes
March 15, 2026
Students participated in a wellness-centered outreach event featuring facilitated roundtable discussions about domestic violence and sexual assault.
The program connected self-care and emotional well-being with violence prevention and provided a supportive setting for honest conversation.
Burgers, Badges, & Boundaries
March 30, 2026
In partnership with Public Safety, this event helped build trust, increase the visibility of campus resources, and encourage conversations about personal safety, healthy relationships, and boundaries.
2025–2026 Academic Year at a Glance
August 2025
- August 13: Resident Assistant Training
- August 15: New Faculty Orientation
- August 15: Lifelines/OVP Resident Assistant Training
- August 17: Athletics Compliance Meeting
- August 19: Mandatory Reporter Training
- August 20: SART Victim Advocate Training
- August 23: Move-In Day Outreach
- August 23: Athletics Compliance Education
- August 23: Commuter Student Outreach
- August 26: Common Hour Cool Down
September 2025
- September 17: Student-Athlete Sexual Assault Prevention Education
- September 23: Badger Balance
- September 27: Greek Life Bystander Intervention Training
- September 30: Healing Arts Project, Session 1
October 2025
- October 2: Healing Arts Project, Session 2
- October 10: Student-Athlete Sexual Assault Prevention Education
- October 14: Shatter the Silence
- October 27: Badger Balance
- October 28: Badger Balance
- October 29: DV101 Training for SART
- October 29: Bystander Intervention Training
- October 31: Trick-or-Treat Prevention Outreach
November 2025
- November 6: Badgerfest Outreach
- November 10: Athletics Badger Balance and Compliance Education
- November 12: Let’s Taco ’Bout It
January 2026
- January 12: Nursing Boot Camp
February 2026
- February 7: Teen Dating Violence Awareness Campaign
- February 12: Love Yourz
March 2026
- March 15: Sunday Sundaes
- March 18: Athletics Compliance and Sexual Assault Prevention Education
- March 30: Burgers, Badges, & Boundaries
April–July 2026
OVP continued planning, partnership development, resource sharing, compliance work, and preparation for the next academic year.
Campus and Community Partnerships
OVP’s work was strengthened through collaboration with:
- Athletics
- Campus Ministry
- Center for Student Involvement
- Counseling & Wellness Services
- Greek Life
- Lifelines Counseling and Mobile Rape Crisis
- Pathways
- Penelope House
- Public Safety
- Residence Life
- SART
- SGA
- Title IX
Together, these partnerships helped expand prevention education, strengthen campus response, and connect students with meaningful support.
Looking Ahead
The Office of Violence Prevention remains committed to creating a campus culture where students feel safe, respected, supported, and empowered.
The work completed during the 2025–2026 academic year reflects a strong foundation of prevention education, student engagement, collaborative partnerships, and care for the whole person. We look forward to continuing this work and expanding our reach in the year ahead.lture where students feel safe, supported, and empowered. This year’s work reflects a strong foundation of prevention education, collaborative partnerships, and student engagement. We look forward to continuing that work and expanding our reach in the year ahead.