Students raise awareness about sexual and domestic assault

Social work students from a task groups class led by Dr. Gary Mathews collected the hand prints of more than 100 WMU students to help raise awareness about sexual and domestic assault.

The students gathered at the flagpoles in the center of campus to collect the hand prints. More than 100 students received information on sexual and domestic assault before making their mark on the banner.

Students who collected hand prints included Brittany Shetler, Megan Busscher, Hunter Ditzhazy, Jacob Fuller, Mitchell Chapman and Kendall McCarthy

Dr. Mathews also had groups of students working to support the Invisible Need Project and raising money to provide a Thanksgiving dinner for a local family in need.

In addition to raising awareness about sexual and domestic assault, the three groups together collected more than $200, which they donated to the domestic assault program at the Kalamazoo Y.W.C.A.