WSU hosts series of events dedicated to preventing domestic and dating violence
Oct. 6, 2022
By WSU Strategic Communications
Contact for News Reporters: Lainie Mazzullo-Hart, director of news and media relations, 316-978-3409 or lainie.mazzullo@wichita.edu.
Wichita State University is presenting Notes of Purple, a free concert and campus
resource fair focused on preventing domestic/dating violence and honoring survivors.
The event is hosted by the student Prevention Ambassadors and the Preventing Sexual
Violence Subcommittee of the Prevention Services Advisory Board.
The resource fair begins at 4:30 p.m. Oct. 7 outside Wichita State’s CAC Theater,
and the concert begins at 5 p.m. All are welcome to attend this free event featuring
local artists BORVH and Hunter Gromala. The Purple Mile is a community resource fair
and memorial and awareness walk from 9-11 a.m. Oct. 8, starting on the north side
of the Rhatigan Student Center at WSU. This event will feature speakers and lived
experience from individuals in our community.
Nationally, one in three women and one in four men have experienced some form of physical
violence by an intimate partner. In Kansas, one domestic violence incident occurs
every 22 minutes. While these numbers are striking, we hold the power to change them.
The mission of the Preventing Sexual Violence subcommittee is to effectively and inclusively
reduce the occurrence of domestic and dating violence, sexual assault and stalking
among the WSU community by bringing about structural and cultural change on campus.
Wichita State University is Kansas' only urban public research university, enrolling
almost 22,000 students between its main campus and WSU Tech, including students from
every state in the U.S. and more than 100 countries. Wichita State and WSU Tech are
recognized for being student centered and innovation driven.
Located in the largest city in the state with one of the highest concentrations in
the United States of jobs involving science, technology, engineering and math (STEM),
Wichita State University provides uniquely distinctive and innovative pathways of
applied learning, applied research and career opportunities for all of our students.
The Innovation Campus, which is a physical extension of the Wichita State University main campus, is one
of the nation’s largest and fastest-growing research/innovation parks, encompassing
over 120 acres and is home to a number of global companies and organizations.
