{"product_id":"student-death-december-11-2026","title":"Student Death – December 11, 2026","description":"\u003ch1\u003eFriday, December 11, 2026\u003cbr\u003e11:00 am – 12:15 pm ET\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eStrengthen Your Campus Response and Preparedness \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eStudent death can profoundly affect an entire campus community. Students, faculty, staff, administrators, and the broader campus community may all experience grief, uncertainty, and disruption. For the professionals responsible for supporting them, the aftermath can bring immense emotional and operational demands. Yet when a student death occurs, there is no time to build a response plan from scratch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eJoin us on December 11, 2026, as our seasoned presenter will provide practical, research-informed strategies for building a comprehensive postvention plan, strengthening cross-campus coordination, navigating communication challenges and supporting the well-being of responders.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eMove from reactive crisis management to proactive, compassionate preparedness. You will leave this training with practical tools, actionable strategies, and a stronger understanding of how to prepare for and respond to student loss—before, during and after a crisis. You cannot predict when student loss will affect your campus but you can prepare your institution to respond with compassion, coordination and confidence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eTopics Covered\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eLeave the webinar prepared with strategies to confidently:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eIdentify key elements of a proactive postvention framework and recognize gaps in existing response systems, policies, and procedures.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eDevelop a structured approach to postvention planning, including roles, responsibilities, communication protocols, and ongoing plan maintenance.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eStrengthen cross-campus coordination by identifying strategies for engaging student affairs, counseling, campus safety, communications, academic units, leadership, and other stakeholders in a coordinated response.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eApply compassionate, research-informed support strategies and approaches for addressing the needs of students, faculty, staff, administrators, and first responders following a student death.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003ePrepare for complex communication challenges and the considerations necessary for communicating about student deaths across different circumstances, including social media, stakeholder expectations, and the need for timely, sensitive messaging.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eRecognize and address responder well-being to reduce burnout, mitigate secondary trauma, and promote sustainable support for professionals involved in postvention efforts.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePresenter\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0595\/5171\/1405\/files\/Dr._Smita_Ruzicka_Headshot_circle.png?v=1773148833\" width=\"100x100\" height=\"100x100\" alt=\"Headshot of Dr. Smita Ruzicka\" style=\"margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; float: left;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDr. Smita Ruzicka\u003c\/strong\u003e currently serves as the Vice President for Student Affairs at Middlebury College where she provides leadership for a wide portfolio of services and programs aimed at enhancing the overall student experience. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/paper-clip.com\/pages\/presenter-bio-dr-smita-ruzicka\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eClick here for full bio.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eInvite your entire team for one low price!\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLive 75-minute online session with carefully selected expert(s)\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnlimited access for your entire team to view webinar recording for two years \u003cem\u003e(available after live event)\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterials for your team (handouts, discussion questions, etc.)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCertificate of completion for each participant\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 75%;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eInstructions for live webinar access for your group are provided to you immediately upon checkout. Instructions for accessing the on-demand recording will be emailed to you approximately 24 hours following the live webinar. Feel free to contact us at \u003ca href=\"mailto:email%20info@paper-clip.com\"\u003einfo@paper-clip.com\u003c\/a\u003e or 1-866-295-0505 with any questions. For information about licensing this webinar for unlimited distribution on your institution’s internal network\/server, email \u003ca href=\"mailto:email%20info@paper-clip.com\"\u003einfo@paper-clip.com\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 75%;\"\u003ePaperClip Communications welcomes persons with disabilities to join our webinars. 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