E-mail this pageNational Hazing Prevention Week
National Hazing Prevention Week is held the last week of each September to educate the entire campus about the crime of hazing and how it destroys organizational trust and teamwork. The events for NHPW 2007, to be held September 24 - 28 are:
Monday, September 24
New Member Education Showcase
Time: 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Location: Alumni Conference Room
Hear what fraternities and sororities have done to eliminate hazing in their organizations and the components of their developmental new member education programs. One organization will receive a $250 award based on their new member programming.
Candlelight Vigil in Remembrance of All Victims of Violence
Time: 8:30 p.m.
Location: Walter Dean Jennings Memorial outside of Hood Hall
Bullying, hazing, domestic violence, sexual assault and other forms of violence are inter-related because they are issues of power and control by one person over another. Join faculty, staff, and students in memory of those who have been affected both directly and indirectly by violence. Co-sponsored by the Office of Violence Prevention.
Tuesday, September 25
"My Experiences with Hazing "
Time: 8:00 p.m.
Location: Alumni Conference Room
Join SUNY Plattsburgh's 2000 Panhellenic Council President Kelsey Angell (Sigma Delta Tau) to learn how hazing once divided and nearly destroyed the Fraternity/Sorority Community. Co-sponsored by the Inter-Sorority Association & Interfraternity Council.
Wednesday, September 26
Book Club Discussion: "Black Haze: Violence, Sacrifice, and Manhood in Black Greek-Letter Fraternities," by Ricky L. Jones
Location: Meeting Room #8
Author Ricky L. Jones examines five black Greek-letter fraternities and maintains that hazing practices within these fraternities are more deeply ingrained, physically violent, and imbued with meaning to their participants than the initiation rites of other ethnic groups. Because they do not see themselves as having the same political, social, and economic opportunities as other members of society, black fraternities and their members have come to see the ability to withstand physical abuse as the key ingredient in building and defining manhood. Join the Center for Fraternity/Sorority Life staff, fraternity/sorority leaders, advisors and faculty/staff members in this engaging book club discussion facilitated by J.W. Wiley, Director of the Center for Diversity, Pluralism & Inclusion, and alum of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Co-sponsored by the Center for Diversity, Pluralism & Inclusion.
All fraternity and sorority members who are committed to an anti-hazing new member education program should stop by the tables in the Angell College Center or the Center for Fraternity/Sorority Life for a free "Proud Member of a Non-Hazing Organization" button to wear throughout the week. Free anti-hazing buttons will be give to anyone who stops by the table for information.
In addition, a review of the history of hazing on the SUNY-Plattsburgh campus will be on display in the Feinberg Library all week. Co-sponsored by the Feinberg Library.
Thursday, September 27
"Unless a Death Occurs " Film Screening & Discussion
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: Angell College Center Ballrooms
View a screening of the Mountain Lake PBS documentary about the 2003 hazing death of a Plattsburgh State freshman followed by a panel discussion of student and administrators who were involved in the aftermath. Co-sponsored by Mountain Lake PBS.
Contact Information
For more information about Fraternity/Sorority Life at SUNY Plattsburgh, please contact:
Allison Swick-Duttine
Director of Fraternity/Sorority Life & Organization Development
Angell College Center 204
Phone: (518) 564-4825
E-mail: allison.swick@plattsburgh.edu