Prevention of Hazing on campus is essential to upholding the dignity of the human person, a hallmark of Emmanuel’s founding order, the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur. Emmanuel College prohibits all forms of hazing and enforces Massachusetts General Law chapter 269, secs. 17-19 and the recently-enacted Stop Campus Hazing Act (the “Act”), which amends the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, 20 U.S.C. § 1092(f), a subsection of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (the “Clery Act”), and renames the Clery Act officially as the Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act.
It is a crime for an individual or an organization to participate in or fail to report incidents of student hazing under Massachusetts Law (M.G.L.c269, SS17 to 19). In compliance with the Campus Hazing Act (Public Law 118-173), Emmanuel College does not permit and will report hazing in any of its forms by students organizations or individual students. Hazing will absolutely not be tolerated in any form both on campus and off campus. The institution will review all allegations of hazing and may discipline any individual, team, and/or organization that engages in hazing.
If you believe that you are someone you know if experiencing behaviors or activities that could be considered hazing, you should report the incident to prevent continued or future acts from occurring. When reporting, assess the immediate needs of the situation. If there is a life threatening or dangerous situation, please contact local law enforcement authorities through 911.
If you are reporting an incident without an immediate life-threatening situation, reports can be made in the follow manner:
- Contact Campus Safety at 617-735-9710
- Contact Susan K. Benzie, Senior HR Business Partner/Compliance, Training, and Title IX Coordinator via benzies [at] emmanuel.edu (email) or phone
- Online Hazing Incident Reporting tool
Campus Hazing Transparency Report
2024-2025 Academic Year
No findings of responsibility.