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Siena Heights University is the only school in Michigan to receive a U.S. Justice Department Office on Violence Against Women grant, which is designed to help students who are victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence and stalking.
(Courtesy Siena Heights University)
ADRIAN, MI -- The U.S. Justice Department's Office on Violence Against Women recently disbursed 61 grants, totaling $25 million, to 45 colleges and universities.
Siena Heights University was the only school in Michigan to receive one of the grants, which are designed to help students who are victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence and stalking.
The SHU grant is for $300,000.
"These Department of Justice campus grants are extremely competitive, and the fact that Siena Heights was funded is a real testament to the professional effort that was put forward by all involved," SHU President Sister Peg Albert said in a press release. "These funds will really provide a great resource for Siena Heights and its students.
"I would like to thank our dean for students, Michael Orlando, for leading this effort, as well as the many others who helped make this grant possible."
Recipients of these awards will work to deliver effective, comprehensive and coordinated strategies that help survivors heal; reduce campus sexual and domestic violence; and improve the institution's response to these crimes, according to a press release from the Office on Violence Against Women.
The awards will make possible a range of services, including specialized training for campus law enforcement, healthcare providers, university housing personnel and others who are often first responders, according to the release.