Prevention Education teaches students how to recognize and stop harmful behaviors before they happen.

Green Dot is a nationally recognized violence prevention program designed to create a safer, more supportive environment by empowering everyone on campus to look out for one another. The program covers how to recognize potentially harmful situations and respond in safe, effective ways. The goal is to create a culture where violence is not tolerated and everyone is responsible for looking out for one another.

Students, faculty, and staff can get trained in Green Dot at no cost.

Spring 2026 Training Dates, please sign up using the registration link.

• Tuesday, February 10th from 3:00 – 5:00pm in the Health and Recreation Complex or
• Wednesday, April 8th from 3:00 – 5:00pm in the Health and Recreation Complex

Student, faculty, and staff groups can email Amanda Nelson (arnelson1@butler.edu) to request a workshop.

As part of the Orientation course for incoming students, Butler students complete the “Cultivating Awareness & Prevention of Sexual Violence” assignment. This assignment is part of Butler’s comprehensive approach to sexual and relationship violence response and prevention. It consists of five 15-20 minute online training modules that promote a greater awareness and understanding of: sexual violence, healthy relationships, and campus policies.

We understand that students come to campus with a variety of experiences, and that the content found in this module could be triggering, particularly for those who have experienced interpersonal violence. If you are concerned about the content, please email Prevention Education & Student Well-being Specialist, Amanda Nelson, (arnelson1@butler.edu). Amanda can provide you with resources and help make alternative arrangements for the assignment.

Creating a culture of well-being and safety takes every Bulldog. To that end, we offer a comprehensive, evidence-based module, “Hazing Prevention 101.” The course educates and empowers participants on how to: recognize, prevent, and report hazing. For questions about the Hazing Prevention 101 module, contact Katie Wood (kewood1@butler.edu). For information about Butler’s Hazing Policy, please visit our website.

Consent, Communication, Connection (45-60 mins) This workshop examines the topic of consent from a variety of lenses and engages students in conversation about the role that consent plays in their own relationships. Students practice new techniques to communicate with their partner, examine how society affects our individual lives, and practically apply new tools to intimate situations.

Love in the Media (45-60 mins) Discuss and consider the representation of healthy, unhealthy, and abusive relationship behavior as demonstrated in film and television, and how to recognize the signs of healthy and unhealthy relationships.

Safe Steps: Recognize, Respond, and Prevent Stalking (45-60 mins) This workshop will provide a comprehensive overview of stalking behaviors, how to recognize stalking as a bystander, and how to prevent stalking form occurring in our communities. Participants will also consider the implications of romanticizing stalking behaviors and violent relationships in pop culture.

Love Shouldn’t Hurt: Recognize, Respond, Prevent (45-60 mins) This workshop teaches students how to recognize signs of intimate partner violence, respond safely, support friends in need, and help prevent abuse in their communities.

Queer Love, Clear Boundaries (45-60 mins) This workshop empowers LGBTQ+ students and allies to build healthy relationships, understand consent, and prevent sexual violence through open and affirming conversations.

Accessible Love: Healthy Relationships for Everyone (45-60 minutes) Students will explore the unique strengths and challenges of building healthy dating relationships for those with disabilities. They will also learn how and why sexual violence disproportionately affects disabled people and what they can do to help someone who has experienced sexual violence.

Redefining Strength: Men, Consent, and Healthy Connections (45-60 mins) Participants will evaluate the portrayal of sexual assault in popular media and discuss the effects such portrayals have on how male survivors are believed and treated. The workshop will also encourage participants to consider how men and masculine identities can contribute to a culture of respect and healthy relationships.

Consent Workshop Facilitators ’24-’25

• Consent Workshop Facilitators – lead incoming student education about consent, bystander intervention, and healthy relationships. These students are critical in establishing healthy social norms with our incoming students and promoting healthy behaviors.
  
• Prevention Education Fellow – a student-led position created to improve cross-campus dialogue about prevention education, healthy relationships, and bystander intervention.

Our ’25-’26 Prevention Education Fellow, Liz.