Campus Life Response Team

Responding to Students In Crisis

Vassar College has a number of response mechanisms in place to respond to student crisis situations, or to incidents or behaviors that threaten the quality of campus life for students. This can be an event that is accidental, occurs without warning, or which is intentional and meant to cause harm to our students or the campus community. The Dean of the College Division works to ensure communication between departments and across campus to:

  • RESPOND quickly to immediate threats to the well being of our students, the affected community, and the greater campus community;
  • PROTECT members of our community, and when necessary protect the physical and/or financial assets of the college;
  • COMMUNICATE openly and proactively, recognizing the importance of balancing an individual’s rights to privacy with the community’s need to know how the college is responding to an incident;
  • DEMONSTRATE through its management of the crisis that the college is maintaining responsible control of the situation, viewing each incident seriously, and viewing each incident as an opportunity to establish trust and conviction in campus response mechanisms.

Campus Life Resources