Dartmouth College is being recognized for its success at preventing campus sexual assault.
Earlier this summer, Dartmouth College received the Campus Prevention Network鈥檚 . Dartmouth is one of five schools to receive the recognition, including American University, Juniata College, State University of New York at Buffalo and Vanderbilt University.
For the past few years, Dartmouth has been , including partnering with community advocates and researching best policy practices to prevent and report sexual assault.
Caitlin Barthelmes, the Director of the Student Wellness Center at Dartmouth College, hopes that Dartmouth can serve as a model for other campus sexual assault prevent initiatives as well.
鈥淲e really think sharing our process and progress with other schools more campuses may be empowered to utilize best practices, tailor it to their individual campuses,鈥� she said. 鈥淭ogether we can hopefully prevent sexual violence across the country.鈥�
The University of Vermont was also recognized at this year's Campus Prevention Network Summit for its .
