Defiance College receives $15,000 ODHE grant

October 3, 2016

DEFIANCE, Ohio - Defiance College will receive $15,000 in a grant award from the Ohio Department of Higher Education as part of the Transforming Campus Climate grants offered through the Changing Campus Culture initiative to all campuses in Ohio. The DC grant was one of nine awarded statewide and is the maximum amount granted by ODHE.

According to ODHE, the grants seek to provide support to Ohio colleges and universities as they work to implement best practices to address sexual violence on campuses in response to climate survey data.

Defiance College’s grant will build upon progress made over the past year, including programs that have already been implemented with assistance from ODHE funding this past spring. It will seek to expand current efforts through the Sexual Violence Prevention Project to address personal and community responsibility toward victims and situations of sexual violence, assault and harassment, implementing bystander intervention training, reinforcing comprehensive response protocols, and empowering the community to reduce the stigma associated with reporting sexual violence by giving a voice to survivors.

Other grant recipients include Ashland University, Bowling Green State University, Case Western Reserve University, Hocking College, Kent State University, Mount St. Joseph University, Wittenberg University, and Wright State University.

Defiance College, chartered in 1850, is an independent, liberal arts institution in Northwest Ohio offering more than 40 undergraduate programs of study as well as graduate programs in education and business. Defiance College has received national recognition for its educational experience of service and engagement. The college website is www.defiance.edu.