UConn Women's Self Defense Program for Faculty/Staff
The UConn Police Department in partnership with Community Standards and Office of Student Services & Advocacy are functioning together to reaffirm the goal of providing the highest level of safety and well-being to the UConn community by offering a free-of-charge women's self-defense course.
The goal of the UConn Women's Self-Defense Program is to offer easily accessible education, awareness, and risk reduction strategies for the women in our college community. This program trains women in basic self-defense and offers them viable options when confronted with various threats of violence.
This 12 hour self-defense course will be held on four consecutive Wednesday nights, May 21st, May 28th, June 4th, and June 11th, from 5:00 pm-8:00pm. Classes will be held in the UConn Hawley Armory. The first 3 classes are mandatory to complete the course while the 4th class allows students to participate in voluntary hands on simulated exercises. This comprehensive course progresses from awareness, prevention, risk reduction, and avoidance to basic self-defense participation. The course we are currently teaching women is the "R.A.D. For Women: Basic Physical Defense".
For male members of our community interested in similar courses, please vist the webpage listed below for information on the UConn Men's self-defense program featuring the "Resisting Aggression with Self-Defense" (RAD for Men) course.
Class size is limited so please go online at http://police.uconn.edu/administration/uconn-self-defense-programs/ to submit a request form before the class fills.
For more information, contact: Caitlin Farr/ Public Safety at caitlin.farr@uconn.edu