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Sexual Assault Prevention

A message from Lisa Broek and Lisa Landreman

Dear Incoming Student,

At Macalester College we are encourage our entire community to take responsibility for, become aware of, and work to prevent sexual assault. We want all of our students to enjoy a healthy and enlightening experience during their time at Mac. To help foster that environment we have provided the Sexual Assault Prevention online education module. All incoming students are required to complete this module by August 15. 

Nationwide, the statistics on sexual assault on college campuses are disturbing. 1 out of every 4 women attending college in this country will experience some kind of attempted or completed sexual assault. Many young men find themselves under legal scrutiny because they did not understand the particulars of consent.

Most of the sexual assault problem is not attributable to colleges directly, but rather to those forces in our culture that make sexual assault likely. Those forces include the following facts:

  • Men and women possess different communication styles and therefore hold differing perceptions of consent;
  • The media typically misrepresents rape as something that happens by strangers with weapons, when the truth is that 9 out of 10 rapes on college campuses are by someone the victim already knows;
  • Our language holds imbedded differences in its terminology for male and female sexuality, and
  • Both men and women experience peer pressure with respect to sexual activity.

Therefore, we are requiring that all new students view the Student Success™ Sexual Assault Prevention online education program. While some academic institutions try to keep the nationwide sexual assault problem hidden, we believe that an informed student body is in all of our best interests.  While we may never fully eliminate sexual assault, we are committed to making our campus one of the safest in the nation.

Program Instructions
The online program will be available for your taking as of July 1  You are required to complete the program by August 15.

Step 1:  Log on to the Student Success™ Sexual Assault Prevention Program at:
https://www.studentsuccess.org/macalester09

Step 2: Under “First Time User” enter the following School Access Code:  9073873

Step 3: Follow the instructions provided to take the program.  You will be asked to input an email address and password.  We recommend that you use your @macalester.edu address. Be sure to record this information, as it will allow you to re-enter the program as a returning student and complete the program in several sittings if you choose without having to start over.  You will retain access to the program throughout the school year for reference purposes.  You also will receive follow-up contacts from Student Success™ highlighting key program information. 

If at any time you have general questions or concerns regarding this program, please contact the Orientation office.  If you have any technical difficulties with the program, please contact Student Success™ at terrylynn.pearlman@studentsuccess.org or through the HELP button in the program.

We thank you in advance for your diligent participation in this critical program. Through the Student Success™ Sexual Assault Prevention Program and our other campus efforts and resources, we are becoming a nationwide model for a safer campus.

For more information on sexual assault prevention, support, and resources see http://www.macalester.edu/sexualassault