SVPP Sophomore Experience

Sophomore Year Experience

The Sexual Violence Prevention Project (SVPP) Sophomore Experience has been designed and developed from prevention research and tailored to the Dartmouth community with the help of upper-level students. This year's curriculum is intended to build on the foundational knowledge and skills cultivated in the SVPP First-Year Experience

The components of the SVPP Sophomore Experience will allow students to apply knowledge and skills learned the prior year with their own lived experiences to the following concepts regarding each of the four SVPP outcomes:

  • Context;
  • Nuance and complexity;
  • Impact on others; and 
  • Second-level skill building and practice.

We all have a role to play

All undergraduate students are REQUIRED to complete their annual SVPP Experience. As a member of the Dartmouth community, every one of us has a role in creating a safe and supportive campus where we don't allow sexual violence to occur. This four-year curriculum is intended to enhance students' skills to actively contribute to sexual violence prevention and increase student wellbeing. The SVPP is asset-based and designed to cultivate and strengthen interpersonal leadership skills that are transferable to other health and wellness concerns (e.g. mental health, high-risk drinking and drug abuse, self-harm and suicide, eating disorders, etc.) and can be used both in and after college. This curriculum is not intended to be punitive. However, in order to hold students accountable to one another, those who do not complete their annual SVPP Experience will be in violation of our Community Standards and receive a conduct sanction. 

For more information visit our SVPP FAQ page.

Requesting an extension, modification, or waiver

If you need additional time to engage with a component or have concerns about participating in any SVPP component for personal reasons, please contact us at SVPP@dartmouth.edu to make arrangements. If you need support or would like to request a waiver from a confidential resource, please contact a WISE Advocate at campus@wiseuv.org or the College Chaplain, Reverend Nancy Vogele, at College.Chaplain@dartmouth.edu.