Hazing Prevention
Settle Colleges prohibits student organizations and their members from engaging individually or collectively in hazing activities.
Definitions
As used in RCW 28B.10.901 and 28B.10.902, "hazing" includes any act committed as part of a person's recruitment, initiation, pledging, admission into, or affiliation with a student organization, athletic team, or living group, or any pastime or amusement engaged in with respect to such an organization, athletic team, or living group that causes, or is likely to cause, bodily danger or physical harm, or serious psychological or emotional harm, to any student or other person attending a public or private institution of higher education or other postsecondary educational institution in this state, including causing, directing, coercing, or forcing a person to consume any food, liquid, alcohol, drug, or other substance which subjects the person to risk of such harm, regardless of the person's willingness to participate. "Hazing" does not include customary athletic events or other similar contests or competitions.
(District Policy 376 | Procedure 376).
Hazing is defined as any activity that includes one or more of the characteristics described below:
- Activities that expose personal values to compromise or ridicule.
- Activities that abuse the trust an organization is striving to build between its members and prospective members.
- Stunts which have no meaningful relationship to the objectives of the organization.
- Activities that humiliate or subject individuals to circumstances with which they are not comfortable, or of which they are fearful.
- Activities which are illegal or violate college policy.
- Activities which interfere with academic pursuits or normal life functions.
- Some examples of prohibited activities are forced swallowing of uncommon substances, forced consumption of alcohol or drugs, excessive exercise, and sleep or sensory deprivation.
Student organizations whose members participate in hazing activities will be subject to appropriate disciplinary action.
Reporting Hazing
Reporting questions or concerns regarding hazing may be referred to the appropriate office at your college.
North Seattle College
Jeanette Miller, Dean, Student Support Services
jeanette.miller@seattlecolleges.edu, 206.934.3643
Discrimination/Harassment/Bullying Incident Reporting Form (maxient.com)
Seattle Central College
Crystina Mostad, Student Conduct Officer
crystina.mostad@seattlecolleges.edu, 206.934.6946
Student Conduct Incident Report
South Seattle College
Hip Nguyen, Interim Dean, Student Development & Retention
hip.nguyen@seattlecolleges.edu, 206 934-5141
Hazing Prevention Committee
A committee comprised of students, faculty, staff, and parents or legal guardians of students has been established to promote and address hazing prevention.
Committee membership consists of six members with fifty percent to include current student. The other fifty percent include a faculty or staff and one parent or legal guardian. If you are interested in serving on this committee, please email Kao Lezheo.
Committee Members 2023-2024
- North Seattle College: Mohamed Fathi Bin Nagi (student)
- Seattle Central College: Naina Lopez (student), Yuka Hemmi (staff), Ricardo Leyva-Puebla (staff), chair
- South Seattle College: Jonathan Toledo (student)
Meeting Dates 2023-2024
- Fall: Thursday, November 2, 2023, 1 to 2 p.m.
- Winter: Thursday, February 8, 2024, 1 to 2 p.m.
- Spring: Thursday, May 9, 2024, 1 to 2 p.m.
Hazing Prevention Education
As required by law, Seattle Colleges provides hazing prevention education on the signs and dangers of hazing as well as the institution’s prohibition on hazing to students, student employees, faculty, staff, and volunteers. The Seattle Colleges District provides an online course on hazing/bullying prevention. For details contact Kao Lezheo.