September is an important month at the University of Idaho as it is a time of remembrance and learning. UI hosts the Katy Benoit Campus Safety Awareness Month every September to provide students and faculty with safety-orientated events.
Katy Benoit was a graduate student at the university in 2011 when she was killed by a professor who she had a romantic relationship with previously. Every year the school retells her story to keep her memory alive and to empower students to keep themselves and each other safe.
The first event of the month is taking place on Wednesday, Sept. 4 at the Campus Safety Resource Fair in the ISUB Plaza.
The full list of campus events are listed here:
Sept. 4: Campus Safety Resource Fair (11 a.m.- ISUB Plaza)
Sept. 7-8: “Every Brilliant Thing” play for suicide awareness (7 p.m. or 2 p.m.- Forge Theater)
Sept. 12: Take Back the Night (7 p.m.- Ag Sci 106)
Sept. 13: Campus Safety Crafternoon (12:30 p.m.- Women’s Center Memorial Gym 109)
Sept. 17: Responding to Disclosure of Interpersonal Violence (2 p.m.- Register Online)
Sept. 20: Disfluency Film Screening- Katy Benoit Campus Safety Forum (7 p.m.- Kenworthy Theater)
Sept. 21: Green Dot Bystander Intervention Workshop (9 a.m.- TBA)
Sept. 23: Virtual Green Dot for Employees (10:30 a.m.- Register Online)
Sept. 27: SASS Go Women’s Self Defense Class (4 p.m.- Register Online)
Allyssa Dotson can be reached at [email protected].