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Patricia and O. Jay Tomson receive Purple and Gold Award at Distinguished Awards CelebrationUniversity of Northern Iowa President Mark A. Nook, the UNI Alumni Association and the UNI Foundation honored alumni and friends of the university at the President’s Distinguished Awards Celebration, on Friday, November 4. The annual award ceremony included the President’s Philanthropy Awards, presented by the UNI Foundation, and the UNI Alumni... |
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Alysa Mozak to serve as UNI’s new director of the Patricia A. Tomson Center for Violence PreventionThe University of Northern Iowa has selected Alysa Mozak to serve as the new director of the Patricia A. Tomson Center for Violence Prevention (PATCVP), effective Aug. 2022. In her new role, Mozak will oversee curriculum infusion of bystander education and strategies within pre-service teacher education and social sciences programming, as well as... |
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MVP 2.0: Lessons in Social & Emotional LearningThe Patricia A. Tomson Center for Violence Prevention is unveiling the newest addition to MVP programming: A ready-to-use curriculum of SEL lessons for high school classrooms, conveniently structured in an online format! In this webinar, you will learn about the background and mission of this resource; how to navigate the MVP 2.0 website; and how... |
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Keeping Students SafeA transformational gift from Patricia and O. Jay Tomson ensures the 10-year-old UNI Center for Violence Prevention continues its important work. |
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MVP-SEL Curriculum ProjectAs educators, we have a tremendous opportunity to engage young adults in "thinking about their thinking" on topics and issues that form the building blocks of positive and healthy social and emotional learning and development. It is with deep gratitude and appreciation that UNI's Patricia A. Tomson Center for Violence Prevention presents the work and... |
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REGISTER NOW! Engaging Men as Allies in Preventing Sexual AssaultThursday, April 22, 2021The Center for Violence Prevention at the University of Northern Iowa, Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity and Riverview Center will host a conversation between Gwen Bramlet-Hecker, Iowa Program Director with Riverview Center, and Dr. Jackson Katz, educator, author, filmmaker and cultural theorist. Dr... |
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Virtual MVP Train-the-Trainer Training - February 2021What is Mentors in Violence Prevention?MVP is a widely acclaimed leadership program that motivates both men and women to play a central role in solving problems that historically have been considered “women’s issues:” rape, relationship abuse, sexual assault and harassment. Founded in 1993, MVP is the original "bystander" program in the field of... |
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Allies for Gender and Racial EqualityVideo recording of webinar now available!The Iowa High School Athletic Association and the Center for Violence Prevention, University of Northern Iowa will host a webinar featuring Daryl Fort, National MVP Strategies trainer. Mr. Fort will be joined by state and national thinkers, educators, advocates and practitioners as they discuss and share what it... |
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2020 Virtual MVP Student Leadership SummitThe Center for Violence Prevention is pleased to announce its 2020 Virtual MVP Student Leadership Summit, beginning on Thursday, November 12, 2020, and running through spring of 2021. The MVP Summit's on-demand format will allow MVP student mentors, teachers and staff sponsors, community... |
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New Virtual MVP Train-the-Trainer Training Date for September 2020.What is Mentors in Violence Prevention?MVP is a widely acclaimed leadership program that motivates both men and women to play a central role in solving problems that historically have been considered “women’s issues:” rape, relationship abuse, sexual assault and harassment. Founded in 1993, MVP is the original "bystander" program in the field of... |