Safety Week Programming

Wednesday, September 18, 2024 9am to 7pm

  • Cones4CATSafe - Davis Center Atrium - 9 am - 12:30 pm
    • Show CATSafe downloaded on your phone and get a coupon for a free ice cream cone.
  • CAT ECare - Davis Center Atrium - 9 am - 1 pm
    • Catamount Emergency Care or CAT ECare is a new health and safety project that is being rolled out on the UVM campus. The CAT ECare program consists of lifesaving equipment at stations distributed around campus. CAT ECare emergency stations will include Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs), bleeding control kits, and Narcan®.  Stop by to learn more about this new project and how to get involved.
  • HOPE Works - Davis Center Atrium - 9 am - 1 pm
    • HOPE Works is dedicated to ending all forms of sexual violence.  We provide crisis counseling and advocacy for those whose lives have been affected by sexual violence. Our education outreach work strives to change attitudes and beliefs that perpetuate and condone the cycle of violence.
  • We Keep Us Safe - Davis Center Atrium - 9 am - 1 pm
    • Come meet Equal Opportunity support staff, UVM's Sexual Violence Prevention and Education Coordinator and Police Services to up your skills around Bystander Intervention, reporting and learn more about support resources for interpersonal violence.
  • Fire Extinguisher Challenge - Andrew Harris Commons (Outside Davis Student Center) - 9 am - 11:30 am
    • Learn how to use a Fire Extinguisher and test how fast you can put out a fire - prizes for best times.
  • Better Biking Workshop - Virtual Session - 12:00 pm - 1 pm
    • ​Join Local Motion, UVM TPS, UVM OOS, for a Better Biking Workshop to learn some tips on how to stay safe while riding your bike on the street and in the neighborhood, how to avoid getting your bike stolen, and answers to your questions about the rules of the road. All UVM students and employees are welcome! For showing up (and sticking around), you’ll get a FREE U-lock for your bike, FREE reflective band, and FREE pizza! (for in-person option). Spots are limited and registration is required.
  • Active Threat Response Training (Open to all students, faculty, and staff) - Waterman Lounge - 1 pm - 2 pm
    • Active Threat Response is an hour long course which uses national data from past active threat incidents to inform a Run, Hide, Fight curriculum. Five different sessions of this course are being offered through the week of 9/16-9/20 at various locations across campus. Snacks provided and chances to score some free gadgets and swag.
  • Active Threat Response Training (Open to all students, faculty, and staff) - Hills Agricultural Science | Patrick Leahy Building - Room 102 - 6 pm - 7 pm
    • Active Threat Response is an hour long course which uses national data from past active threat incidents to inform a Run, Hide, Fight curriculum. Five different sessions of this course are being offered through the week of 9/16-9/20 at various locations across campus. Snacks provided and chances to score some free gadgets and swag.