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Violence Prevention
WHY PEACE?
The PEACE team works to bring areas across campus together to promote a culture of violence prevention under the Benedictine University values of:
“Our students can only achieve their academic aspirations if they learn in an intellectual environment that is supportive, accepting, open, and safe. We are called to sustain such a space by our Benedictine Hallmarks of hospitality and community.“
—Steven Burgess, Faculty
Philosophy
“We value each of our student athletes tremendously. Our goal is that we are developing mature and confident men and women who understand that violence has no place in their lives - whether it's on the court or field nor in their interpersonal relationships.”
—Kate Heidkamp
Athletics
“Students participate in community as active members; appreciate the tradition and heritage of Benedictine; and contribute to the common good through purposeful action. Violence prevention is taken very seriously because each member of our community serves a unique purpose in the Benedictine community.”
—Monica Ragusa
Residence Life
“The Benedictine Hallmark of conversatio calls us to continuingly better ourselves. We recognize the ways we are called to honor the dignity of ourselves and the dignity of others.”
—Carrie Ankeny
Campus Ministry
"Teaching students how to learn the skills of violence prevention, and then giving them the opportunity and courage to pass this knowledge on to others, is a Hallmark of Benedictine Education.”
—Officer Royce Williams
Police Officer, BenU Police Department
“Violence prevention work is an active process that requires one to be courageous in the pursuit to end gender-based violence. The courage then turns us in to leaders—pioneers, who will raise our voices on behalf of the ones who have been silenced along the way.”
--Arely Ramos '20
Former Prevention Peer Educator
Community Service Officer,
Police Department
Bernadette Ramsden, LSW
Violence Against Women Act Grant Coordinator
(630) 829-1326
bramsden@ben.edu
Tammy Sarver, Ph.D.
Title IX Coordinator
Professor, Political Science
Scholl Hall, Room 228L
(630) 829-6473
tsarver@ben.edu