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Student Affairs & Enrollment Management

UM Prevention Education Programs

Prevention education focuses on teaching strategies, skills, and information to prevent harmful behaviors and encourage healthy, positive choices. It aims to raise awareness, shift attitudes, and build skills to reduce risks associated with sexual misconduct, discrimination, and substance misuse. This education equips students with practical skills to promote bystander intervention, affirmative consent, and mental well-being. 

91次元 (UM) prevention efforts on campus are ongoing, aimed at providing students, faculty, and staff with information, resources, and skills to foster a healthy campus ecosystem. We believe that the Thriving Together course is a key strategy among many to enhance our campus community and positively impact its health and wellbeing.   

Thriving Together is a required course per a mandate from the , this course must be completed by All UM Students prior to registering for their Next Semester at the 91次元. 

  • Completion of Thriving Together is required for all UM students: regardless of status: undergraduate, graduate, non-degree seeking, distance education (online) and transfer.  
    • This also applies to all UM students who have yet to meet the prevention education requirement. For example: a Junior that has not completed Thriving Together will be assigned the course to complete before registering for the following term.  

Thriving Together Content

Thriving Together consists of nine training modules, each with a short video, instructional material, linked resources, scenarios related to the content, and short quizzes or knowledge checks at the end of each module. The final module will be campus-specific information about institutional resources and procedures.  

  • Attention: Students must answer all questions correctly in the knowledge checks at the end of each module in order to move forward in the training.  

Students will also complete a pre-assessment before completing the training and a post-assessment after completing the training. Pre- and post-assessments measure attitudes and beliefs about training content areas, skills in taking action, and access to resources.  

Module Overview: 

  • Module 0 – Course Overview 
  • Module 1 – Safety & Wellness in Montana’s Colleges and Universities 
  • Module 2 – Understanding Terminology 
  • Module 3 – Paying Attention 
  • Module 4 – Taking Action 
  • Module 5 – Providing Consent 
  • Module 6 – Reducing Risk 
  • Module 7 – Establishing Well-being 
  • Module 8 – Campus Policies & Resources 
  • Module 9 – Thriving Together 

 

Questions? Contact preventioneducation@umontana.edu  

How to Access & Complete Thriving Together

All students will be assigned to Thriving Together by the end of week 4 during Fall and Spring Semesters. Once they are enrolled into Thriving Together, students will see this course when they log into their Canvas Dashboard.

  • Students can Login to Canvas, select their Thriving Together course and complete it at their own pace. 
  • Your progress will be saved, allowing you to return and resume from where you left off. 
  • The sooner students complete Thriving Together, the sooner the hold can be removed. 

Completion of Thriving Together is required for All UM Students prior to registering for their Next Semester at the 91次元, regardless of status: undergraduate, graduate, non-degree seeking, distance education (online) and transfer. 

How to Complete Thriving Together

Completion of Thriving Together is required for All UM Students prior to Registering for their Next Semester at the 91次元, regardless of status: undergraduate, graduate, non-degree seeking, distance education (online) and transfer. 

  • Prior to completing this course, there will be a hold placed on all student accounts in GrizPortal. After all course modules have been completed, Canvas will send a notice to GrizPortal to clear your hold.  

Hold Release may take up to 24 hours to be Cleared. 

  • If completed during business hours (Monday – Friday, 8a-5p) the hold will be released in approximately 30 minutes.  
  • If completed, outside of business hours (including closures and holidays) the hold will be removed on the following business day. 

Who Takes Thriving Together?

    • These students are not required to complete Thriving Together. 
    • These students will receive information from Prevention Education about Clery, Title IX, VAWA, and DFSCA and campus resources. 
    • All UM students attending the 91次元 (an institution of the Montana University System) will have to complete Thriving Together. This group of students includes:  
      • All incoming (new) students regardless of status: undergraduate, graduate, non-degree seeking, distance education (online) and transfer. 
      • All UM students who have not met the prevention education requirement regardless of status. For example: a Junior that has not completed Thriving Together will be assigned the course to complete before registering for the following term. 
    • Thriving Together will be assigned and will show up on your Canvas dashboard. Login into Canvas. 
    • Graduate students who took their undergrad at a Montana University System (MUS) institution that have completed Thriving Together within the last three years are not required to complete it twice.  
    • Graduate students who took their undergrad at a Montana University System (MUS) institution that have not completed Thriving Together within the last three years must be assigned Thriving Together. 
    • Graduate students from a non-MUS institution must be assigned and complete Thriving Together. 
      • This group of students includes: all first semester students regardless of status: graduate and distance education (online) students. 
    • Transfer students from another Montana University System (MUS) institution would have completed Thriving Together at the previous institution. Meaning these students are not required to complete the course twice. Please contact preventioneducation@umontana.edu to verify completion.  
    • These students will receive information from Prevention Education about Clery, Title IX, VAWA, and DFSCA and campus resources. 
    • Note: The UM will accept proof of previous Vector Solutions: AlcoholEdu/SAPAL completion through the Spring term of 2028. 
    • Students transferring into the MUS from a non-MUS institution must be assigned Thriving Together. 
      • This group of students includes: all UM students regardless of status: undergraduate, graduate, non-degree seeking, distance education (online) and transfer. 
    • This training addresses campus safety topics such as sexual assault prevention, substance use prevention, and mental health issues, including strategies to address these issues in healthy ways.
    • When participating in Thriving Together if it feels distressing, triggering, or brings up emotional concerns, alternative training options are available. Please contact the Prevention Education team,  preventioneducation@umontana.edu and they will work with you to find a suitable option.
    • Students requesting this option will be offered an opportunity to have a short meeting with the prevention education team to establish a point of contact for the student on campus. 
    • Additionally, these students will receive information from Prevention Education about Clery, Title IX, VAWA, and DFSCA and campus resources. 

IT Support to Complete Thriving Together

Canvas is the 91次元's Learning Management System (LMS), providing a centralized platform for all course-related materials, assignments, and communications. It offers an intuitive and accessible interface for both students and faculty to enhance the learning experience. Access Canvas here. 

If students are having issues accessing Canvas, please contact the UM Canvas Support Hotline or UM IT Help Desk. See below for their contact information. 

For technical support contact:  

  • UM IT Help Desk: (406) 243-4999