• National Hazing Prevention Week

    		     

    Zeta Tau Alpha Award
    for Innovation in Campus Hazing
    Prevention and Education
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  • Zeta Tau Alpha

  • HazingPrevention.Org established the Zeta Tau Alpha Award for Innovation in Campus Hazing Prevention and Education with a generous gift from Zeta Tau Alpha Fraternity for Women and Zeta Tau Alpha Foundation Inc. The award seeks to:

    • Motivate higher education stakeholders to counter hazing on their campuses;
    • Recognize and reward the good work of campuses that are using true prevention practices effectively;
    • Encourage campuses to initiate comprehensive efforts to combat hazing;
    • Promote the most effective practices based on the criteria set forth;
    • Provide campus-based personnel with leverage to create campus buy-in for such efforts.

    This prestigious national award recognizes one outstanding college or university campus hazing prevention and education program whose efforts are:

    • Created through collaboration across the institution;
    • Holistic in nature, focused on a wide range of audiences both within and external to the campus;
    • Supported by senior-level administration with a plan for institutionalization and on-going commitment;
    • Grounded in research and proven prevention practices, and assessed for future evolution and improvement;
    • Included in short and long-term planning initiatives for wellness and community safety;
    • Strategic about how the prize money will be used to further these efforts.

     

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    CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNERS!

    In 2011, University of Kentucky received the Zeta Tau Alpha Award for Innovation in Campus Hazing Prevention and Education which comes with a $10,000 cash prize the campus can use to further its hazing prevention efforts. Read UK's winning submission here. 

     

     Click here to view UK's supplemental material.

     
    In 2010, Florida State University won the Innovation Award for their ground-breaking prevention work inspired by the passage of the Chad Meredith Act in their state. Click here to view FSU's Winning Award submission.

     

    HPO would also like to recognize Drexel University and their campus hazing prevention efforts. Click here to view Drexel's ZTA Award submission.

     

     

    Keep visiting the site for application information for the 2012 ZTA Award.