FOA Programming Resource Guide

The following is a list of available resources for Fraternal Organizations. The Fraternal Organization Agreement requires that all fraternities and sororities complete a total of four educational programs during the academic year (ideally two each semester) on the topics of alcohol/drug use/misuse education, sexual respect education, hazing prevention education, and inclusion & respect education.

REMEMBER: In order to receive credit for an FOA Educational Program, chapters must submit the FOA Educational Program Evaluation Form following each program. This is how chapters receive credit from FSL for completing FOA Educational Programs.

Alcohol/Drug Use/Misuse Education

Does It Fill Up Your Cup: Facilitated by Well-Being Services at Student Health and Wellness 
Do you know how to recognize an alcohol overdose and respond? This interactive workshop explores current substance use trends, overdose response, relevant substance use policies, and practical strategies for looking out for yourself and others. Leave with the knowledge and confidence to make informed decisions and support your community. This presentation can be tailored to include customized scenarios and address the unique needs of your organization.  

Hosting Hacks: Facilitated by Well-Being Services at Student Health and Wellness 
Planning an event on or off Grounds and not sure where to start? This interactive workshop helps organizations create intentional, well-planned events that prioritize guest wellbeing and the goals you have for your event. Leave with a customized event plan and practical tips you can put into action. 

University Police Division: University Police has educational programming focusing on education, awareness, and enforcement regarding alcohol, drugs, and illegal date rape drugs. This program can be tailored specifically to fraternity and sorority audiences.

Inter/National Organizations: Many fraternities and sororities offer or require programs that address alcohol & other drug education. Chapters are encouraged to utilize these programs where possible. For assistance with being connected to these resources please contact your chapter’s FSL advisor. For our IFC and ISC chapters, as educational and leadership consultants plan their visits to UVA, you are encouraged to request a program on this topic. For Example: ASTP (Alcohol Skills Training Program).

Hazing Prevention 

Hoos Against Hazing for Organizations: Facilitated by Well-Being Services & Student Health and Wellness

Hoos Against Hazing for Organizations is a 1-hour hazing prevention program that leads student groups through discussion about the values of their organization and strategies to prevent hazing and associated harms. Every Hoos Against Hazing training can be tailored to meet the unique needs of your organization and includes space for group participation through activities and discussion.

Exploring Traditions and Values: Facilitated by Well-Being Services & Student Health and Wellness
Your organization will discuss how to create community beyond hazing. In this 1-hour interactive program, your group will explore your current traditions and values, define your why, and create a vision plan to build belonging without hazing in the future. Content can be tailored to the unique needs of your organization.

Inter/National Organizations: Many fraternities and sororities offer or require programs that address hazing presentation education. Chapters are encouraged to utilize these programs where possible. For assistance with being connected to these resources please contact your chapter’s FSL advisor. For our IFC and ISC chapters, as educational and leadership consultants plan their visits to UVA, you are encouraged to request a program on this topic.

Sexual Respect Education

Violence Prevention & Advocacy (VPA) is a team within Student Health and Wellness's Well-Being Services that provides a safe and confidential space to help UVA students identify what they want or need after an incident of sexual assault, family or relationship violence, harassment, hazing, or stalking has occurred. 

VPA works in partnership with students, organizations, and University partners to prevent violence before it happens, building a safer, more inclusive UVA community for everyone. In addition to providing direct services, VPA offers a comprehensive menu of prevention focused programs and workshops designed to promote a culture of consent, care, and respect across Grounds. Programs may include: 

  • Defining and identifying healthy relationship behaviors 
  • Exploring consent and power dynamics 
  • Learning how to support a friend who has been impacted by interpersonal violence 
  • And more! 

All programs are educational, preventive, and responsive to the unique needs and culture of each organization.

Office for Equal Opportunity and Civil Rights (EOCR)/Title IX: The Title IX team is available to provide training on topics related to the University's Policy on Sexual and Gender-based Harassment and other forms of Interpersonal Violence, such as sexual assault, sexual and gender-based harassment, stalking, intimate partner violence, sexual exploitation, and/or retaliation. 

Sexual Assault Resource Agency (SARA)/ Rape Crisis Center: SARA works to create a cultural climate where even attempted sexual assault is as unlikely as humanly possible; and where bystanders notice the red flags, feel responsible to intervene, and have the skills to help protect the people around them. SARA has a range of highly skilled trainers, and offers trainings on the following topics: Bystander Intervention, Consent, Gender, Sexual Harassment, Primary Prevention, Supporting Survivors, and more. SARA has 3 counselors who provide trauma-informed therapy to survivors of sexual assault, as well as loved ones who are impacted. SARA provides emergency accompaniment for survivors at the hospital, as well as a 24- hour hotline (434-977-7273). SARA’s services are free to survivors and their loved ones.

Maxine Platzner Lynn Women’s Center
Visit Workshops & Trainings | Women's Center for more information on how to schedule programs for your organization. If you have any questions, please contact [email protected] or 434.982.2252

  • How to Support a Friend

    • This FOA Program will cover how you can support a friend who has experienced sexual and gender-based harm. This workshops attempts to build on the skills needed to recognize signs of trauma, increasing your knowledge of resources on and off grounds, and how to develop a self-care plan for you and your friend.  

     

Take Back the Night: The Take Back the Night Foundation serves to create safe communities and respectful relationships through awareness events and initiatives. We seek to end sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, sexual abuse and all other forms of sexual violence. The UVA Take Back the Night programs take place throughout the month of April.  Once a complete calendar is available, the FSL Staff will determine what opportunities can count towards an FOA credit.  

  • Feel free to contact your chapter’s FSL Chapter Coach regarding this opportunity 

     

Contemplative Sciences Center (CSC)  
Visit the Contemplative Sciences Center website for more information on how to schedule programs for your organization. Previous offerings have included:

  • Women’s Empowerment Retreat (Sororities only)

  • Cultivating Healthy Relationships 

     

University Police Department: A workshop that discusses different forms of gender-based violence and also reviews basic self-defense techniques.

The One Love Foundation was started in 2010 after Yeardley Love, a fourth-year lacrosse player at UVA, was killed by her ex-boyfriend. Our main program, the Escalation Workshop, is a 90-minute, film-based experience that educates about the warning signs of an abusive relationship.  It includes a 45-minute film and a facilitator-lead discussion afterwards. Our newer workshop, Behind the Post, is a 45 to 60-minute workshop, and it is focused on the role that social media plays in our relationships, and also demonstrates really clearly the 10 signs of an unhealthy relationship. It includes a 7-minute video and a 40-minute facilitated discussion. 

  • Contact: Addison Boughan - [email protected] or visit JoinOneLove.org for more info about the work we do. 

     

Inter/National Organizations: Many fraternities and sororities offer or require programs that address sexual assault prevention. Chapters are encouraged to utilize these programs where possible. For assistance with being connected to these resources please contact your chapter’s FSL liaison. For our IFC and ISC chapters, as educational and leadership consultants plan their visits to UVA, you are encouraged to request a program on this topic. 

Inclusion & Respect

The Division for Community Engagement and Equal Opportunity offers Learning Programs that can be requested by chapter leaders, including:

  • Vibrant Community: This session explores what it means to be part of a community, encouraging curiosity and appreciation of varied experiences, building personal storytelling skills, and considering practical strategies for contributing to an environment where everyone feels valued and heard.
  • It's The Little Things: This interactive workshop explores how to recognize and name the small positive behaviors that support mutual recognition and build trust so you can take action to foster vibrant community with care and confidence. Together, we’ll turn small actions into powerful opportunities for community growth and wellbeing.
  • Breaking Free of Boxes: In this session we explore how to be person-centered and grow our awareness of our brain's two thinking systems. Together, we’ll uncover strategies to think more deliberately, connect more deeply, and engage with greater empathy.
  • Can We Talk?: This is an engaging workshop for building the skills to listen with empathy, speak with clarity, and navigate tough conversations. Learn practical tools to strengthen trust, deepen understanding, and create a more connected community.

To schedule a program, contact Sly Mata, Director of Community Education.

Personal Development, Health, and Wellness

While these programs do not count towards the FOA educational programming requirements, chapters are encouraged to take advantage of these additional resources for the benefit and continued education of their members.

Body Positive Program (BPP): This program can provide education and facilitate an interactive discussion focused on how body image affects us all and how to create and support a body positive community. We can tailor the outreach to include other topics including how to help a friend you are concerned about as it relates to body image, eating and exercise. BPP envisions a body positive community at UVA where everyone enjoys a healthy relationship with food, exercise and body image.

Fire Prevention and Emergency Plans Training: Presentation will provide fire safety advice and tips that will help prevent fires and also advise on measures that one should take in the event of a fire. Additionally, presentation will address how to prepare and execute an evacuation plan during emergencies.  Program only offered from August through the end of March of each year.

Honor: This program is designed and presented by representatives of the Honor Committee, with the intention of educating members about the basics of the Honor System, the changes recently made to the Honor System, and how the Honor Code may affect a fraternity or sorority member's daily life. Topics of this FOA will range from discussing pragmatically how Honor reports, investigations, and trials work to the philosophical underpinnings of the Honor Code. The program will also involve a question and answering portion, in the hopes that the Honor representatives can resolve any questions that members may have.

Mental Health and Wellness Outreach: The Shiela Johnson Center Mental Health and Wellness Outreach team is a program created by Greeks, for Greeks with the goal of helping to educate the Greek life population on key mental health and wellness topics. We offer a wide range of programming including Self care, eating disorders, depression, anxiety, time and stress management, and more. We would be happy to create and present a program that meets your needs, even if you have something in mind that isn't listed above. We also serve as a liaison for those in Greek life to help them find resources to meet their mental health needs and offer support for those who are reaching out on behalf of their peers.

  • Contact: If you would like to schedule a program please reach out to Dr. Peter Sheras ([email protected]).

The Miller Center is a nonpartisan institute that seeks to expand understanding of the presidency, policy, and political history, providing critical insights for the nation’s governance challenges. What are the lessons of leadership from the best, and worst, presidencies in American history? How can these lessons help prepare you for a life in the public or private sectors? Using a variety of materials, including recordings and interviews with former Cabinet members featured in our Presidential Recordings and Presidential Oral History programs, the Miller Center explores how the lessons of history help to inform current events.

  • Contact: For more information about bringing a program to your chapter, please contact Stefanie Georgakis Abbot ([email protected])

Mindfulness and Stress Management: If you are worrying, you are not studying:  This brief introduction to mindfulness practice includes instruction in simple, practical mindfulness exercises, and an explanation of how and why these practices can be used to manage stress and foster wellbeing. Topics include defining what mindfulness is and isn’t, including dispelling some common misconceptions; the myth of multitasking; our harmful addiction to thinking; noticing the difference between the conditions we encounter and our reactions to the conditions; mindfulness and sleep; and learning HOW to accept the things you cannot change.

University Career Center: UVA Students who come to the UVA Career Center get expert and supportive guidance for each stage of their journey - whether it's figuring out what you really want to do, choosing a major, working on a resume, finding an internship or prepping for a first interview. Career Peer Educators can build a tailored program for your chapters in helping your members reach career goals.  Search Handshake for upcoming programs, internships and jobs.