NEED TO KNOWS

Title IX: A law that prohibits sex discrimination on campus, including toleration of sexual violence, and requires an immediate response to claims and campus-wide procedures.

Hate Crime: Crimes on campus motivate by prejudice in which the perpetrator targets a victim based on their race, identity, or social class.

Evacuation: Organized and supervised dispersal of students, faculty, and staff from campus in a dangerous or potentially dangerous situation.

Fire Drills: A drill regularly conducted on campus in which students, faculty, and staff must take these drills to evacuate whenever a fire alarm sounds to promote safety in the incident of an actual fire

First Responders: A professional designated and trained to respond to an emergency, from dispatch to arriving on the scene.

Active Shooter: The U.S. Department of Homeland Security defines an active shooter as “an individual actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a confined and populated area; in most cases, active shooters use firearms(s), and there is no pattern or method to their selection of victims.”

Cybersecurity: The protection of computer systems on campus from theft or damage to their hardware, software, or electronic data, as well as from disruption of the services these systems provide.

Stop the Bleed: A type of training that equips students, faculty, and staff to act in a bleeding emergency before professional help arrives.

Large Events: Any event on campus which may bring large crowds, including visitors or guests, such as football games, commencement, or major conferences