In an email to fraternity and sorority leaders on Oct. 12, MU announced a new set of training courses centered around hazing prevention.
The announcement comes a year after the hospitalization of MU student Danny Santulli as a result of an alleged hazing incident. Because of the incident, MU no longer recognizes Phi Gamma Delta, or Fiji, as a fraternity on campus.
The three courses are titled “Hazing Prevention 101,” “Hazing Prevention Fraternity & Sorority Edition” and “Haze,” and they address the different aspects and signs of hazing. Each course offers interactive video components for students to complete, along with quizzes and surveys to indicate understanding.
“I mean, [for] the Mizzou student population, leaders and those who take the courses, [the goal is] to increase their knowledge and skills on what to do if someone encounters hazing and then also to increase their awareness of how to report hazing if they do see it,” Uriah Orland, associate director of the MU News Bureau, said.
MU will track completion rates for the training until Nov. 11, when the chapters with the highest completion rates will be recognized, according to the email from MU.
“They want to recognize, you know, those who take the training seriously and … [the] chapters [that] have the most people go through it so that way we are ensuring that the students are actually taking the training and having the opportunity to increase their awareness about what hazing is,” Orland said.
According to Orland, there are various resources on campus to support students affected by hazing, such as Student Health and Well-Being, the Counseling Center, or reporting any incidents through the MU Police Department and the Columbia Police Department.
The courses are offered through Prevent Zone, which offers different safety courses designed for students.
All members of the MU community can access the courses using their university login.
Edited by Emma Flannery | eflannery@themaneater.com
Copy edited by Kyla Pehr and Jacob Richey
