ALLENDALE, Mich. (via WOOD TV 8) — After a rocky relationship with the prosecutor’s office amid a series of reported sex assaults near campus, Grand Valley State University has formed a team to keep the lines of communication open.
“Ultimately (our goal is) to encourage more reporting of these incidents by our students, more students wanting to pursue police investigations and more prosecutions of these cases,” said Jesse Bernal, GVSU’s vice president for inclusion and equity.
GVSU’s Women’s Center often handles sexual assaults, working with the victims to report the attacks to police. But that doesn’t mean that every report makes its way to authorities or leads to a conviction.
“There’s a lot of anxiety when you’re going through this traumatic experience,” said Jesse Bernal, GVSU’s vice president for inclusion and equity.
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