Dear
BW
Community,
The
BW
Campus
Safety
Task
Force
submitted
a
final
report
to
my
office
on
Friday,
April
27.
Yesterday
I
reviewed
the
report
with
the
co-chairs
of
the
task
force
-
Professor
Tom
Sutton
and
Counseling
Services
Director
Sophia
Kallergis.
This
report
reflects
the
work
of
the
task
force
as
it
sought
to
provide
guidance
and
recommendations
on
campus
safety
with
a
focus
on
sexual
misconduct
and
discrimination
policies,
practices,
procedures
and
resources
at
BW.
Since
late
January,
the
members
of
the
task
force
have
interviewed
21
BW
faculty
and
staff,
reviewed
Title
IX
sexual
misconduct
and
discrimination
policies
from
24
Ohio
campuses
and
interviewed
six
staff
members
from
those
campuses
who
work
to
execute
Title
IX
policy.
The
panel
also
addressed
concerns
first
raised
by
a
student-led
safety
group,
as
well
as
issues
submitted
through
a
confidential
MyBW
page.
The
final
report
offers
guidance/proposals
in
three
major
categories:
-
Policy
and
Procedures
-
Personnel
and
Training
-
Campus
Awareness
We
will
begin
work
immediately
on
the
priority
recommendations
for
Summer
2018:
-
Establish
a
standing
university
committee,
composed
of
faculty,
staff
and
students,
which
represents
the
breadth
of
our
diverse
community,
with
responsibility
for
overseeing
and
monitoring
progress
on
the
recommendations
from
the
task
force.
-
Separate
the
positions
of
Title
IX
Coordinator
and
Chief
Diversity
Officer
to
ensure
that
adequate
time
can
be
given
to
these
two
important
areas
of
our
university.
-
Strengthen
and
improve
engagement
of
the
campus
misconduct
investigation
team.
-
Revise
Title
IX
policy
document
to
incorporate
task
force
recommendations.
-
Design
and
implement
a
campus
safety
awareness
outreach
campaign
that
will
begin
as
we
welcome
new
and
returning
students
to
our
campus
in
August.
In
addition
to
these
excellent
recommendations,
we
will
be
looking
for
ways
to
incorporate
Title
IX
awareness
into
the
opening
faculty
and
staff
meetings
of
the
Fall
2018
semester.
While
the
University
is
committed
to
the
immediate
implementation
of
the
Priority
Recommendations
for
Summer
2018,
the
report
also
includes
longer
term
recommendations.
Review
and
decisions
on
implementation
of
the
full
report
will
begin
immediately
in
the
Fall
2018
semester
under
the
direction
of
the
new
university
committee.
The
full
report
can
be
found
here.
We
are
grateful
to
all
who
have
given
their
time
to
this
constructive
dialogue
and
process
to
date,
and
to
those
who
will
help
us
carry
out
the
work
still
to
be
done.
We
offer
a
special
thank
you
to
the
members
of
the
Campus
Safety
Task
Force:
Ally
Crays,
Vice
President,
BW
Student
Body
Clara
Harb,
Middle
East
Culture
Club
Melanie
Jones,
Director
of
Multicultural
Student
Services
Alex
Leslie,
Cleveland
Rape
Crisis
Center
Sarah
Mamula,
Conservatory
student
Terrell
Mitchell,
Black
Student
Alliance
Aaron
Montgomery,
Assistant
Professor,
Mathematics
Kathleen
Moser,
Student
Led
Safety
Olivia
Murphy,
Student
Senate
Kyriakos
Nalmpantis,
Assistant
Professor,
History
Department
Jen
Perry,
Professor
and
Chair,
Psychology
Department
Vanessa
Sampsel,
Cleveland
Rape
Crisis
Center
Eric
Warman,
Student
Senate
Sophia
Kallergis,
Psy.D.,
Task
Force
Co-chair
Tom
Sutton,
Ph.D.,
Task
Force
Co-chair
All
good
wishes,
Bob
Helmer
President
Baldwin
Wallace
University
