Hazing prevention workshop held at PSU days after guilty peas in Timothy Piazza death

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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (WTAJ) – Penn State hosted a hazing prevention workshop two days after former Penn State fraternity leaders pled guilty to charges related to the death of Timothy Piazza.

Piazza was a pledge of the now banned Penn State chapter, Beta Theta Pi, when he passed away following a hazing initiation party in 2017. Security camera footage showed the moments of Piazza’s final hours in the fraternity house before he died from severe head and abdominal injuries.

Brendan Young, 28, and Daniel Casey, 27, both pleaded guilty to hazing and reckless endangerment charges during a Centre County court proceeding on July 30.

The two-day hazing prevention workshop was organized on behalf of the Hazing Prevention Network and Penn State’s Timothy J. Piazza Center for Fraternity and Sorority Research.

Faculty and staff signed up for the inaugural workshop intended to educate and engage University members about how to prevent high-risk behaviors such as hazing. Information gleaned from the workshop will be used to help other campus groups and organizations, including University Police and Public safety, advisers for student organizations, and offices within Student Affairs, such as the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life.