The four discussions, while typically small, welcomed students, staff, faculty and community members to discuss what the Michigan State community can do to better support the campus in creating a safe environment.

The discussions offered opportunities for the attendees to ask questions and voice concerns they may have in regard to the data. It also allowed them the chance to suggest next steps the program could take to make progress or suggest anything the community could be doing better.

Some concerns expressed at the meetings include workplace incivility amongst faculty members and wanting policies to be implemented to avoid both incivility and RVSM related topics.

"What we have found is that each (discussion) creates new opportunities," professor of psychology and advisor to President Samuel L. Stanley on RVSM-related issues Rebecca Campbell said. "Each one, we meet somebody new who gets us connected to a new audience."

MSU's survey was unique in that most campus climate surveys are only sent out to students, whereas this one was sent out to everyone on campus, including staff and faculty.

The results were then gathered by an independent firm, RTI International.

"I'm really happy that we have a true campus survey," Campbell said. "All campus, all faculty, students, staff, that it was a really good measurement with a credible outside firm that really gave us accurate information about the scope of the problem."

Using the data, the RVSM workgroup will work to provide more resources to the community and encourage more education on topics regarding sexual violence, relationship misconduct and workplace incivility.

"It's hard to plan for the future if you don't really know what your current state is. As hard as it is to look in the mirror and see that, we did that," she said. "We have that information, and it can inform that where we go from here actually, hopefully, really will address the problems we have on the campus."