How to Operationalize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), including the Campus SaVE Act, and Effects on Clery Reporting
In Partnership with ASCA, the Association for Student Conduct Administration

Webinar Date: Tuesday, April 30, 2013, 1:00-2:30p.m. EDT
Registration Deadline: Friday, April 26, 2013. 1:00p.m. EDT
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Program Overview
The Association for Student Conduct Administration (ASCA) and the Stetson University College of Law are hosting this webinar to discuss operational techniques for VAWA, Campus SaVE Act, and Clery. This webinar will discuss the recently passed changes to these acts. An additional webinar will be conducted at a later date when specific regulations are enacted.
Operational techniques discussed will include:
• Elements of the act
• Rationale of the act
• Definitions
• Policy Programs
• Hate Crime category changes
• Who reports this information and how
• Stakeholders
• Student and Employee reporting requirements
• Resource Development
Presenter Bios:
Connie J. Kirkland, MA, NCC, is currently the Director of Student Mental Health and Behavior at Northern Virginia Community College, where she chairs the Threat Assessment Team and coordinates behavioral intervention and support services for the College. Previously, she was the Director of Sexual Assault Services at George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, where for 20 years she provided university-wide education and training, as well as intervention services for victims of campus sexual assault, stalking, and dating/domestic violence. Connie has worked for over 35 years in crime victim advocacy, as a college instructor, and as a criminal justice researcher and trainer. She is an ATSS Certified Trauma Specialist (CTS), a National Certified Counselor (NCC), and a Certified Law Enforcement Instructor. She has authored legislative bills, training manuals, and materials related to crime victim issues, specializing in violence against women. She has recently been appointed to the NCAA Think Tank on Campus Violence Issues as well as being named as one of nine national campus security experts assisting the VTV Family Outreach Foundation, an organization created following the Virginia Tech tragedy of 2007.
Andrea Goldblum is a Compliance Director in the Office of University Compliance and Integrity at the Ohio State University. Her role includes being OSU’s Title IX and Clery Act Coordinator. She joined OSU as the Director of Student Conduct in 2005. Andrea is currently working on a Master’s in the Study of Law at OSU’s Moritz College of Law. She previously earned a M.A. in Higher Education Administration at the University of Michigan in 1989, and a B.S. in Secondary Education at the University of Miami, where got her start in Student Affairs as a graduate assistant in the Student Personnel Dean’s Office as a hearing officer.
Connie J. Kirkland, MA, NCC, is currently the Director of Student Mental Health and Behavior at Northern Virginia Community College, where she chairs the Threat Assessment Team and coordinates behavioral intervention and support services for the College. Previously, she was the Director of Sexual Assault Services at George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, where for 20 years she provided university-wide education and training, as well as intervention services for victims of campus sexual assault, stalking, and dating/domestic violence. Connie has worked for over 35 years in crime victim advocacy, as a college instructor, and as a criminal justice researcher and trainer. She is an ATSS Certified Trauma Specialist (CTS), a National Certified Counselor (NCC), and a Certified Law Enforcement Instructor. She has authored legislative bills, training manuals, and materials related to crime victim issues, specializing in violence against women. She has recently been appointed to the NCAA Think Tank on Campus Violence Issues as well as being named as one of nine national campus security experts assisting the VTV Family Outreach Foundation, an organization created following the Virginia Tech tragedy of 2007.
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