This toolkit is for faculty and staff to better understand their role in hazing prevention and resources to report to the University.
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President Biden signed the Stop Campus Hazing Act into law in December 2024. The law requires colleges and universities to include hazing incidents in their annual security reports. Institutions must define hazing, collect and disclose statistics on reported cases, and implement clear, evidence-based reporting and prevention policies. Additionally, schools must publish a transparency report summarizing violations by student organizations.
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The Hazing Prevention Model was developed to focus and evaluate hazing prevention efforts internally within the Hazing Prevention and Response Team, and to communicate the Team’s prevention work with its campus partners and other stakeholders. The Model is guided by a primary-secondary-tertiary prevention framework, a tiered approach to public health issues that recognizes the importance of prevention at multiple levels.
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Learning the foundation of hazing is crucial to changing the culture on UW’s campus. This guide provides an overview of hazing, understanding the HARM acronym for identifying hazing, list of possible signs an individual may be experiencing hazing, and a discussion of the socio-ecological factors that drive hazing and ways UW addresses them.
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This toolkit is for parents, guardians, and families to understand hazing behaviors, the impact they can have on your child, and methods to report hazing.
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Washington State’s Anti-Hazing Law, known as Sam’s Law, was enacted in March 2022. Sam Martinez was a first-year student at Washington State University in the fall of 2019. He died from acute alcohol poisoning after a hazing incident. This law strengthens requirements for hazing prevention education for students and employees at higher education institutions, requires transparency of organizations and athletic teams responsible for hazing, and more.
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This guide is developed to provide all student group advisors with information about hazing, signs to look out for in their students, conversational tips for leadership, and methods to report hazing.
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Students leaders on campus play an active role in preventing hazing and changing the culture for inclusion and acceptance in all organizations, teams, and living groups. This guide provide our leaders with resources and information on how you can use your role to prevent hazing.
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