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The Williamson House is located at the corner of Main Street and Midway Drive on campus.

Organizations on campus offer support for Sexual Assault Awareness Month

Lauren Vaughn, Reporter April 18, 2024

First recognized in 2001, Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) aims to raise the public’s awareness of sexual violence and how communities can advocate for ways to prevent it. Since the early 2000s,...

The Williamson House is located at the corner of Main Street and Midway Drive on campus.

Campus support group provides safe space for students dealing with sexual violence

Savana Capp, Print Planner April 17, 2024

One in five college women experience unwanted sexual contact, according to a study from the National Library of Medicine.  In Kent State's 2023 Annual Security Report, there were 12 reported cases...

Protest sexual assault by wearing denim April 27

Protest sexual assault by wearing denim April 27

Katherine Masko, Reporter April 23, 2022

Kent State encourages students to fight back against sexual assault by wearing denim clothing on April 27  in solidarity with Denim Day. Denim Day started in 1999 after the Italian High Court acquitted...

Location of the Kent State Women’s Center, which also houses the Sexual and Relationship Violence Support Services office (SRVSS). 

The Center for Sexual and Relationship Violence Support Services fully adapts to the pandemic with virtual programming

Anthony Elder Reporter March 13, 2021

The Center for Sexual and Relationship Violence Support Services continues to offer all of its advocacy and support programs despite the spread of COVID-19. Other than converting its programs to a virtual...

MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN - OCTOBER 29: Members of the Wisconsin National Guard operate a mobile COVID-19 test center on the grounds of Miller Park on October 29, 2020 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Wisconsin recently reported a seven-day average positivity rate of 27.2%, the highest infection rate to date for the state. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

The US reported its second-highest number of new Covid-19 cases on Election Day, with more than 91,000 infections

By Christina Maxouris, CNN November 4, 2020

  (CNN) -- The US recorded 91,530 new Covid-19 infections on the day many Americans cast their ballots, adding to a series of staggering case numbers reported within just the past week.The country's...

SRVSS moves Sexual Assault Awareness Month events online

Shelby ReevesReporter April 20, 2020

In America, an act of sexual assault happens on average once every 73 seconds. The Department of Justice says 80 percent of sexual violence cases go unreported. This could happen because survivors blame...