Published: Aug. 17, 2017

Traumatic events happen every day in all communities and the CU Boulder community is not exempt. Students, staff and babyÖ±²¥app experience harassment, discrimination, incidents of bias, assaults, abuse and more.

Experiences OVA can help with include, but are not limited to:
  • Experiences of bias
  • Harassment
  • Discrimination
  • Disasters
  • Grief and loss
  • Sexual harassment
  • Intimate partner abuse
  • Hazing
  • Physical assault
  • Sexual assault
  • Stalking

With the start of a new academic year we want you to feel prepared to support our community.Ìý If someone tells you about experiencing a traumatic event, here are a few tips:

  • Check on safety first.
  • Listen and avoid expressing judgment.
  • Normalize and validate their feelings.
  • Avoid minimizing what is shared.
  • Help explore options and choices.
  • Connect them with the .

Impact can vary and CU Boulder’s Office of Victim Assistance strives to mitigate the impact of traumatic experiences by decreasing barriers and empowering victims/survivors in making informed decisions by providing free and confidential trauma-informed services.Ìý

The Office of Victim Assistance has a team of professional counselor advocates who are available to help. The office providesÌýfree and confidential information, consultation, support, advocacy and short-term counseling services to CU Boulder’s students, babyÖ±²¥app and staff who have experienced a traumatic, disturbingÌýor life-disruptive event.

Visit the new and improved for more information and resources including how to help and how to get help.

If you have experienced a traumatic or disruptive experience, you can also learn more about your options and how to help by visiting the .

Exploring Student Affairs is a series for discovering the roles of Student Affairs on campus as a resource not only for students, but also babyÖ±²¥app and staff.