Prevention, Outreach and Education (POE) Dashboard

Glossary of Terms Updated (10/26/2026)

Bystander Intervention – A by-request training that provides participants with practical strategies for recognizing concerning behaviors, identifying opportunities for intervention, and safely taking action to help foster a respectful and supportive campus community.

Bystander Network Program (2nd Year Students) – Required training for all second-year students that explores the ways they can be active bystanders to create a safer community, free of harm and harassment. Bystander Network is delivered in-person and allows students to interact with Peer Educators and explore intervention options for various scenarios and topic matters related to bystander intervention.  The program also reinforces and builds upon first-year training through refresher components, while covering ways to support survivors and hold each other accountable.

Climate & Response – Climate & Response specific trainings, consultations, community conversations, listening sessions and other forms of Climate & Response engagements with individuals and teams.

Employee & Volunteer Reporting Obligations – A by-request training that provides an overview of the University's Mandatory Reporting Policy, including reporting expectations for employees and exempt staff, guidance for navigating disclosures, and resources for connecting community members with campus support services.

Greeks Take the Lead – A gender-based violence prevention initiative tailored to MSU’s fraternity and sorority community, including leadership and new member education, chapter-specific trainings, and an annual series featuring guest speakers and a variety of prevention topics.

Health Care Training – An annual training for health care employees identified by MSU Health Care, Inc and covers topics such as the University’s Relationship Violence and Sexual Misconduct & Title IX Policy, University Reporting Protocol, and resources to support survivors. This training was required for the 2024-25 academic year cycle and optional in the 2025-26 academic year cycle.

Online Training - Employees – All faculty and staff are required to complete an online RVSM-prevention training program within 30 days of hire and biennial thereafter. The online employee RVSM-prevention course covers both Clery Act and Title IX requirements, providing direct links to the full MSU RVSM and Title IX Policy as well as the Mandatory Reporting Policy. Further, the training includes information for campus support resources. In addition to compliance content, the training emphasizes building healthy relationships, recognizing unhealthy dynamics, and fostering a supportive campus culture.

Online Training - Graduate & Professional Graduate and professional students are required to participate in an online RVSM-prevention training program upon beginning their program and biennially thereafter. This training provides a base understanding for recognizing and responding to sexual and relationship violence, provides links to the full RVSM and Title IX and Mandatory Reporting policies, safe and positive options for intervention, strategies for supporting survivors, reporting options, explaining confidential resources, and the importance of consent in building and maintaining healthy relationships.

Other Trainings – A range of prevention education and outreach opportunities provided for undergraduate students, including It's On Us week of action events, by-request trainings (e.g. consent, healthy relationships, etc.), special events, initiatives, and other campus engagement activities.

Navigating Policy & Reporting – A by-request training that provides an overview of the University's RVSM and Title IX Policy, reporting expectations, responding to disclosures, and resources available to connect individuals with campus support services.

Population - Undergraduate Student – A person enrolled or participating in an undergraduate-level, University-sponsored program or course, regardless of program level; full-time or part-time status; credit, degree, or certificate awarded; location; or mode of instruction.

Population - Graduate and Professional Students – A person enrolled or participating in a graduate-level or professional, University-sponsored program or course, regardless of program level; full-time or part-time status; credit, degree, or certificate awarded; location; or mode of instruction.

Population - Employees – An individual who holds an employment position (e.g., faculty, staff, academic staff) at Michigan State University.

Population Totals - Undergraduate Student – The total number of undergraduate students enrolled in the fall semesters of the 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 academic years. https://msu.edu/state-transparency-reporting/Section245FY17_2a

Population Totals - Graduate and Professional Students – The total number of graduate and professional students enrolled in the fall semesters of the 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 academic years. https://msu.edu/state-transparency-reporting/Section245FY17_2a

Population Totals - Employees – The total number of MSU employees as reported by the University in November 2024 and 2025. https://explore.ir.msu.edu/

Refresher Online Module (3rd Year + Students) – Required annual online programming completed each year by third year and above undergraduate students that builds on previous sexual assault prevention training. Through these modules, students strengthen their ability to intervene when friends engage in unsafe or unhealthy behavior, and to intervene earlier -- before a situation escalates. Students explore the relationships between identity and bystander intervention to decrease individual barriers to taking action. Students also review the MSU RVSM & Title IX policy, understanding of consent, and how to support survivors of relationship violence, sexual misconduct, and stalking. 

SARV Prevention Program (1st Year & Transfer Students) – Required training for all students in their first year at MSU (including transfer students). The SARV prevention program is a foundational workshop that defines gender-based violence, explains university policies and resources available on campus and in the surrounding community. This workshop defines various components of the MSU RVSM and Title IX policy and discusses ways to intervene and begin changing the culture to help create a violence-free community.

Spartans Against Violence (SAV) Athletics Training – Required program focused on educating and empowering Spartan student-athletes and athletics department staff to prevent sexual misconduct, relationship violence, and stalking. The program follows guidance and requirements by the NCAA Prevention Checklist (3rd Edition) to have coaches, college athletes, and athletic administrators complete education each year in sexual violence prevention. All participants, including coaches, athletic trainers, strength and conditioning staff, and student-athlete mentors/tutors receive training on MSU’s RVSM & Title IX Policy, including how to report violations of MSU’s RVSM & Title IX Policy, confidential resources, and how to support survivors. Student athletes receive two 90-minute training sessions over the course of the academic year. The required session for students defines gender-based violence, discusses the MSU RVSM & Title IX Policy and the Anti-Discrimination Policy, reporting, supporting and bystander intervention.

Undergraduate Student Employee Policy Training – A by-request training for undergraduate student employees that provides an overview of the University’s RVSM and Title IX Policy, reporting expectations, and resources available to connect individuals with campus support services.