Finding Solutions: USCA awarded $4,000 grant for student safety programs

AIKEN, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - The USCA Counseling Center was awarded a $4,000 grant from the South Carolina Institute on the Prevention of Sexual Violence on College Campuses, Director Dana Cullum said.The grant is intended to help students step in before an emergency happens. What the grant will fund“Students need to have more awareness about healthy relationships, recognizing the signs of unhealthy relationships, and also building the confidence to intervene if they witness something that might be unsafe,” Cullum said.Cullum said the grant will allow the department to educate students while offering resources.“We’ll be able to offer resource fairs to our students. We’ll be able to also offer workshops focusing on bystander intervention and healthy relationships. We will be able to provide more material to them so they can have as takeaways. We’ll also be able to do pre- and post-evaluations of those programs,” Cullum said.Existing campus resourcesCullum said the grant builds on resources