In order to comply with the federal government’s mandated training requirement under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), various Collin College committees, departments, initiatives, and offices present programs and training sessions throughout each academic year to promote prohibition, prevention, and awareness of prohibited conduct. These programs are organized into “primary prevention and awareness programs” and “ongoing prevention and awareness programs” that are described below and offered on a continual basis.
Primary Prevention and Awareness Programs
Collin College provides primary prevention and awareness programs on prohibited conduct
and other relevant topics to all incoming students, faculty, and staff. All of these
programs include, but are not limited to, information on the following topics:
2. Personal safety.
3. Safe and positive options for bystander intervention.
4. The importance of preserving evidence.
5. Risk reduction strategies.
6. Reporting options.
View a list of Collin College’s primary prevention and awareness programs.
Ongoing Prevention and Awareness Programs
Collin College also provides ongoing prevention and awareness programs on dating violence,
domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and other relevant topics to all new
and returning students, faculty, and staff members throughout each academic year.
All of these programs include, but are not limited to, information on the following
topics:
2. Personal safety.
3. Safe and positive options for bystander intervention.
4. The importance of preserving evidence.
5. Risk reduction strategies.
6. Reporting options.